I have a friend who once wrote a novel about an entire minor league stadium (players and fans alike) which is suddenly transported through a wormhole to third century Palestine. There, the modern-day folks meet Barabbas (who was freed in Jesus’s stead) roaming about the desert. The players and fans change Barabbas’ name to Barry…
Guy is a criminal. Guys cleans up his act, goes legit and starts a family. Guys gets pulled back in because someone in his family screwed up. Guy wages war on the perps when things go sour. We’ve seen the premise many times before so there isn’t much to get excited about for Universal Pictures’…
Out of all the unlikely sequels to materialize over recent years, Johnny English Reborn would have to be the most unexpected. While 2003’s “Johnny English” enjoyed a healthy run at the box office, it endured a harsh reception from both critics and audiences, and sequel prospects were never really discussed. Arriving eight years after its…
Directed by Tomas Alfredson (“Let the Right One In”), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy successfully drops us right in the middle of 1970’s Cold War London where we join members of MI6 at a meeting in a bunker known as “The Circus.” Attendees are Control (John Hurt), George Smiley (Gary Oldman), Bill Haydon (Colin Firth), Percy…
A second international trailer for the Cold War thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy from Studio Canal and Working Title has been made available. It’s the Cold War and the Soviet’s have a high ranking mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service serving them up the most sensitive of information. With nothing seeming as it is…
The UK’s answer to America’s “Get Smart” has gotten himself a sequel. I’m talking about Johnny English and the film, for a which a new trailer has been made available, is Johnny English Reborn. Mr. English returns, after years of perfecting his technique, to MI-7 to thwart an attempt on the Chinese Premier’s life. Rowan…
A teaser trailer for the Cold War thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has landed. Based on the best selling novel by John Le Carre, the movie spins a tale of espionage cat and mouse — George Smiley, a retired MI-6 agent, is brought back to uncover a Soviet mole entrenched in the upper echelons of…
