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Movie reviews by Graeme Shimmin.
Firefox is a Cold War technothriller written by Craig Thomas and published in 1977. It’s widely regarded as a classic and often mentioned in lists of the top ten…
Rogue Male, written by Geoffrey Household and published in 1939, is one of the first assassination novels told from the point of view of the assassin. Widely regarded…
Casino Royale, written by Ian Fleming and published in 1953, was the first James Bond novel. It led, eventually, to a massive franchise including dozens of books, films…
The Thirty-Nine Steps, written by John Buchan and published in 1915, was one of the first “conspiracy” spy thrillers. Critics regularly vote it one of the top ten spy…
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, written by John le Carré and published in 1963, is a literary thriller addressing the amorality of spying and the cynicism…
North by Northwest stars Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, Eve Marie Saint as Eve Kendall and James Mason as Phillip Vandamm. Alfred Hitchcock directed it from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman. It was…
Hanna stars Saoirse Ronan as Hanna Heller, Eric Bana as Erik Heller and Cate Blanchett as Marissa Wiegler. Joe Wright directed it from a screenplay by Seth Lochhead…
Argo stars Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, Bryan Cranston as Jack O’Donnell and John Goodman as John Chambers. Ben Affleck directed it from a screenplay by Chris Terrio….
Complicit stars David Oyelowo, who played Danny in Spooks/Mi5, as Edward Ekubo and Arsher Ali, who was in Four Lions, as Waleed Ahmed. Niall MacCormick directed, from a screenplay by…
Cypher (also known as Brainstorm in some countries) was released in 2002. It stars Jeremy Northam as Morgan Sullivan/Jack Thursby and Lucy Liu as Rita Foster. It was directed by…