Tag: spy

THE PIGEON TUNNEL Review: Heady Swirl of Conversation on History and Lies

Errol Morris directs John le Carré's final and most personal interview.

NEGATIVE Trailer: Joshua Caldwell's Spy Thriller is Out Now

Dexter's Katia Winter and Westworld's Simon Quarterman are an unlikely team-up in Joshua Caldwell's new spy thriller Negative, out today from Monarch Home Entertainment. In the film, Winter plays a burned MI5 agent on the run from a deadly cartel...

Classic movie review: Shiri, a South Korean action movie from 1998

Movies with war, political and society differences can be difficult to avoid being a propaganda movie instead of being just an ordinary movie. But there are a few movies that actually succeeded to get away from the propaganda stamp such...

Review: OUR KIND OF TRAITOR, Slick Yet Simple Spycraft

Veteran screen adapter Hossein Amini (The Two Faces of January, Drive) teams up with famed author John le Carré for yet another big screen espionage thriller joint with Our Kind of Traitor. Le Carré, who serves as executive producer, brings...

Review: THE SUSPECT Eschews Drama For Action, And Lots Of It

Thinking back to Shiri (1999) and Secret Reunion (2010), North Korean spies have a history of success at the Korean box office. Local producers have been especially keen to capitalize on their appeal this year with no less than four...

New To Netflix: Snipers! Spies! Trains! Tentacles! and The End of the World

Another lovely week in the world streaming media sees a mixture of highbrow and lowbrow, old and new, stylized and playful entries in territories around the world.  Sean Connery asks for a dead cat.  Jude Law looks for both a...

Action-Packed Trailer For Korean Spy Thriller THE BERLIN FILE

[UPDATE:  Added second trailer containing character spotlight and two making-of video.]CJ Entertainment has released the trailer for Ryoo Seung-wan's spy thriller The Berlin File, promoting it as Korea's most anticipated action blockbuster of 2013.  From the director of Arahan and...

2INKER 2AILOR? Sequel in the Works for SOLDIER SPY film

A year ago almost to the day, I posted my first article on ScreenAnarchy, a gushing review of Thomas Alfredson's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The film proved to be my favourite of 2011, joining the likes of Children of Men...