TikTok Banned for State-issued Devices Over Espionage Threat

TikTok on the clock

"...cooking video on your phone have to do with espionage for the Chinese Communist Party? Last week, Congress and..."

Dec. 23, 2022 News Feature by Leena Alali

Q&A Hole: Unwilling Alien Espionage

Billie Buck: “Teleport me to the cheese factory”

Aug. 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Captive State

Aliens vs. Chicago. Chicago loses.

"...Captive State moves into its back-half with a prolonged espionage sequence, sidestepping its leads in favor of a group..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Debt

Helen Mirren stars in this film that's part espionage thriller and part moral meditation, though the emphasis leans more toward the former than the latter.

"...The Debt, at its core, is a stirring espionage thriller about Nazi-hunters in the post-war decades and the..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Company Business

"...old spy guys? The answer: in less of an espionage thriller than a modern buddy caper. An over-the-hill CIA..."

Oct. 25, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bridge of Spies

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks revisit the Cold War

"...for convicted Soviet spy Rudolf Abel (Rylance). Back then, espionage took the form of stolen state secrets hidden in..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Storming the Citadel With the Russo Brothers

How the new Prime series depends on global storytelling

"...Joe Russo knows what makes a good espionage thriller. First off? "The mystery. It's how the onion..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Tom Cruise risks life and limb in one of the best missions yet

"...The popular espionage/action franchise has once again lit that iconic fuse on..."

July 27, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Allied

WWII espionage thriller can't hold a candle to Casablanca

"...Bombs away! The World War II espionage romance Allied is a big movie: big actors, big..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Tom Cruise isn't having any fun in this boilerplate actioner

"...the name of Major Susan Turner (Smulders), accused of espionage, and then his own, once he’s pulled into a..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Most Wanted Man

This post-9/11 espionage thriller is adapted from John Le Carré’s 2008 novel and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman at the head of a top-notch cast.

"...A post-9/11 espionage thriller adapted from John Le Carré’s 2008 novel, A..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

3 Days to Kill

Kevin Costner stars in this snappy but contrived mix of international espionage and paternal redemption.

"...Hasak and Luc Besson, a contrived mix of international espionage and paternal redemption set in a glossy Paris found..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cars 2

This Pixar sequel pops on the screen, but the story line is stuck in neutral.

"...associate in an irresistible metal package, engage in some espionage and dramatic escapes. But that’s really only conjecture at..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Farewell

Loosely based on historic events surrounding the end of the Cold War, this French espionage film shows how some spies are just regular folks.

"...Willem Dafoe, David Soul and Niels Arestrup. This French espionage film, which is loosely based on historic but little-known..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inception

Nolan's first film since The Dark Knight is a heist picture with an inventive twist.

"...crew that traffics in a unique kind of corporate espionage in which they design a dreamscape, then trap, say,..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Burn After Reading

The Coen brothers may be masters of black comedy, but there are times when there’s no point in taking them seriously.

"...you will about the cinematic joys of extortion, infidelity, espionage, paranoia, and random acts of graphic violence; if they’re..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Code Name: The Cleaner

For anyone venturing to see this so-called comedy, it will be hard to remember that Cedric the Entertainer is actually funny. Or rather, he can be.

"...Jake, a janitor who unwittingly becomes entangled in superspy espionage. When Jake wakes up in a strange hotel room..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Most Wanted

"...is clearly a stone devotee of the school of action-espionage cinema characterized by rogue spy agencies, enigmatically code-named conspiracies,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

M. Butterfly

"...classified information to the Chinese. Less a lesson in espionage than a love story, Cronenberg uses the film as..."

Jan. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Peking Opera Blues

Deception and betrayal in culture and politics take center stage in this splendid narrative that shifts between farce and violence, suspense and emotionality.

"...diverse conventions as a 1930s screwball comedy, a Hitchcock espionage thriller, and a Peckinpah/James Woo guns and guts fest...."

April 23, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Inside Man

Jeff Abbott balances espionage and bartending tips in this tightly controlled roller coaster of a thriller

"...the secretive Round Table organization that funds Capra's supralegal espionage and bartending habits to keep you coming back for..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bad Company

"...acting company in Damian Harris' overly sinister and under-plotted espionage thriller Bad Company. The story has one or two..."

June 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Argylle

Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell get into double-identity spy trouble

"...to have just been a back door into international espionage. He's already launched one commercially successful franchise in his..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Never mind the plot: Tom Cruise is back in life-risking action

"...a gratifying compromise between high-octane action and the grounded espionage that’s more in line with Brian De Palma’s 1996..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Courier

A forgotten Cold War spy story gets a very British, very tragic retelling

"...The Courier isn't about high espionage thriller antics. It's not even really about the kind..."

March 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

June 18, 1996: Aguascalientes in La Realidad, Chiapas

"...not in our medium, regarding infiltration or provocations or espionage, above all espionage of the CIA, the FBI and..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature

Matthew Vaughn and the Mystery of the Real Author of Argylle

Director discusses "surreal" TikTok conspiracies

"...Vaughn’s new hijinks espionage romp, Argylle (in theatres now), stars Bryce Dallas Howard..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fast X

The Fast franchise gets bigger and a little closer to the end of the track

"...recruiting the same characters to pull off high-stakes, world-saving espionage missions, the Fast franchise has become a ubiquitous piece..."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Stars at Noon

Minor Claire Denis juggles an ill-fated love affair and a murky espionage plot

"...An ill-fated love affair blooms amid murky espionage plots in Stars at Noon, the second film this..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

All the Old Knives

Newton and Pine as spies and lovers caught in old intrigues

"...If tradecraft is what you like best about the espionage genre – the dead drops and dead-of-night tailings –..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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