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American Assassin: Movie Review

American Assassin released in September 2017, starring Dylan O’Brien, and directed by Michael Cuesta, is an espionage thriller about a man who joins a CIA black ops unit, seeking revenge…

Charade Movie Review

Charade staring Cary Grant as Peter Joshua, and Audrey Hepburn as Reggie Lampert, directed by Stanley Donen, and released in 1963, is a good example of a romantic-comedy-espionage-thriller, a genre crossover…

American Made: Movie Review

American Made released in August 2017, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Doug Liman, is a black-comedy-thriller about a pilot who gets mixed up with the CIA and drug-smuggling, against…

Atomic Blonde – Movie Review

Atomic Blonde, released in August 2017, starring Charlize Theron and James McAvoy and directed by David Leitch, is a super-stylish and action-packed spy thriller with a convoluted plot. It’s set in…

Watchmen: Graphic Novel Review

Watchmen, written by Alan Moore, drawn by Dave Gibbons and coloured by John Higgins, was serialised in 1986 and published as a graphic novel in 1987. Hugely commercially and critically successful, critics have long…

The Final Countdown – Movie Review

The Final Countdown is a time-travel movie from 1980, starring Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen. It’s often described as an alternative history movie, though technically it isn’t. Despite that, it…

King Solomon’s Mines: Book Review

King Solomon’s Mines was one of the first of the ‘lost world’ novels. H Rider Haggard published it in 1885 to immense commercial success. It has been hugely influential…

Bridge of Spies: Movie Review

Bridge of Spies is a Cold War spy movie based on the true story of an exchange of American and Soviet spies. It stars Tom Hanks as James Donovan and Mark…

Spectre – Movie Review

Spectre is the fourth James Bond film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. Also starring are Monica Bellucci as Lucia Sciarra, Christoph Waltz as Oberhauser, and Léa Seydoux…

Mr. and Mrs. Smith – Movie Review

Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a comedy thriller starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a married couple who discover they are both assassins. Mr. and Mrs. Smith:…