A retired spy recalls his exciting past in Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s wonderfully realized violent Euro-spy-thriller throwback, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, premieres in select theatres and on Shudder the first weekend of December. Continue reading
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Black Bag (2025)
George and Kathryn are married spies for the same British agency. When he discovers she might be a traitor, he sets up a sleek, smart, twisty game to reveal the truth.
Super Spies and Secret Lies box set [Eureka Classics]
Now available from Eureka Classics
This set of three Shaw Brothers film represents their Bondsploitation era where they produced a bunch of spy films in their style, bringing the stories to their land and their studio. This new set from Eureka Classics includes The Golden Buddha, Anger with Iron Fists, and The Singing Thief.
OSS 117 Box Set from Music Box Films (2023)
The OSS 117 films have been around for a very long time. Originally a sort of French response to James Bond and his 007, OSS 117 films seemed to disappear for a while and then, in 2006, Jean Dujardin stepped in the suit and made it his own. His films as the famed spy started with OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006), followed by OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009), and OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021). The box set released by Music Box Films recently contains the first two films only, something that was a bit of a letdown. However, it is a solid release of these films.
Diary of a Spy (2022)
An intelligence officer whose career is on the downfall gets a mission to befriend and recruit a man with ties to the Saudi Royal Family.
Black Widow (2021)
After waiting almost two years (with three delays) for “Black Widow,” there’s something poignant about its entire tone and the time of its release. With Scarlett Johansson leaving the MCU and the series moving on, “Black Widow” is a wonderful epilogue that fills in the holes about Natasha Romanoff once and for all. Natasha was always something of an enigma who we could never really make up our minds about, and the long overdue solo movie gives us the definitive look in to the life of a pretty noble heroine.
Kim Possible (2019)
As a preamble I admit that I’ve never liked the “Kim Possible” animated series. I know as a Disney fan I’m supposed to love it, but I always found the series to be incredibly flat, bland, and boring. I didn’t really care for anything about it beyond Will Friedle who, at the time, was my favorite voice actor. That said, when “Kim Possible” was rebooted in to a TV movie series, I was surprised by how new and re-energized the reboot looked. Though “Kim Possible” is back, she’s returned for a whole new generation of fans that have embraced heroines fighting crime.