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Showing posts with label Espionage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Espionage. Show all posts
Wednesday, 26 July 2017

ATOMIC BLONDE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Special screening at Fantasia 2017 of this lifeless, empty, boring espionage action thriller, not so special.

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Charlize kicks ass, but the movie does not. Atomic Blonde (2017) Dir. David Leitch Scr. Kurt Johnstad Nvl. Antony Johnston, Sam Ha...
Thursday, 29 June 2017

Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres) - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Grim, Haunting Portrait of Collaboration and Resistance at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox in summer 2017 series "Army of Shadows: The Films of Jean-Pierre Melville" and, via a gorgeous (O.O.P. limited availability) Blu_Ray/DVD via the Criterion Collection

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Collaboration is a dirty business. So is Resistance. Army of Shadows AKA L'armée des ombres (1969) Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville N...
Friday, 6 November 2015

SPECTRE - Review By Thomas Zachary Toles - There Cannot Be Spoilers in this Review of Spectre Because You Already KNOW What Happens

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Klymkiw hates Sam Mendes, hated every Bond reboot aside from Casino Royale  and hates Spectre . Klymkiw's going to take a nap whilst R...
Tuesday, 28 July 2015

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Not since DePalma…...

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Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) Dir. Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, V...
Friday, 26 June 2015

THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Unfairly Maligned Peckinpah Part 1

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The Osterman Weekend (1983) Dir. Sam Peckinpah Starring: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Meg Foster, Helen Shav...
Monday, 4 February 2013

FAIR GAME - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Doug Liman's Tense Political Thriller in Style of 70s Paranoia from Pakula and Costa-Gavras

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Fair Game (2010) dir. Doug Liman Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Bruce McGill and Sam Shepard **** By Greg Klymkiw Politicians, ...
Monday, 20 August 2012

THE BOURNE LEGACY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Men in suits standing around under fluorescent lights and talking plus old-style, classically directed action scenes makes this Bourne reboot crackling good entertainment.

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The Bourne Legacy (2010) dir. Tony Gilroy Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen, Stacy Keach, Zejlko Ivanek, ...
Tuesday, 20 March 2012

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY on Blu Ray and DVD - Review By Greg Klymkiw

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"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is now available in North America on Blu-Ray and DVD in North America via eOne Films (Canada) and Un...
Tuesday, 20 December 2011

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - "Nothing is genuine anymore," declares a chief intelligence bureaucrat in this genuinely great motion picture. From the brilliant director of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, this is one of the finest spy thrillers ever committed to film.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) dir. Tomas Alfredson Starring: Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Colin Firth, Ciarán Hinds, Benedict C...