Review 150min Genre:     Action, Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller Director:   Christopher Nolan Cast:       John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki… Writers:    Christopher Nolan -Synopsis- When fragments of the future begin to move strangely through the present and give us a glimpse of catastrophe to come, a resourceful American agent and a shadowy group of characters target a […]

Review 117min Genre:       Action, Comedy Director:    Susanna Fogel Cast:         Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux…and more Writers:     Susanna Fogel and David Iserson -Synopsis- After being dumped by a boyfriend she had no idea was a CIA agent, an unassuming young American woman and her quirky best friend turn globe-trotting operatives when they become unwitting players […]

Review 147min Genre:       Action, Adventure, Thriller Director:    Christopher McQuarrie Cast:         Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson…and more Writer:      Christopher McQuarrie -Synopsis- Hunted by his government and pitted against a dangerous old foe, IMF super-agent ‘Ethan Hunt’ and his team return for their deadliest and riskiest mission to date, plunged into a race against […]

Review 140min Genre:       Mystery, Thriller Director:    Francis Lawrence Cast:         Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts… Writers:     Justin Haythe and Jason Matthews -Synopsis- When a young Russian lady is recruited for ‘Sparrow School’—a rigorous intelligence program with a focus on seduction and manipulation—she becomes caught between multiple international spying efforts when her mission to expose a […]

Review 141min Genre:       Action, Adventure, Comedy Director:    Matthew Vaughn Cast:         Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Julianne Moore…and more Writers:     Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Mark Millar… and more -Synopsis- After being virtually wiped out by a shadowy organisation, ‘Eggsy’ and the remnants of ‘Kingsman’ join forces with the talented and well-funded folks at their brash American counterpart […]

Review 115min Genre:       Action, Mystery, Thriller Director:    David Leitch Cast:         Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman…and more Writers:     Kurt Johnstad, Antony Johnston and Sam Hart -Synopsis- With undercover agents being eliminated and Western intelligence under threat at the end of the cold war, an MI6 super-spy is sent to Berlin to recover a valuable intelligence […]

97min Genre:      Family, Adventure, Mystery Director:   Philippa Lowthorpe Cast:        Dane Hughes, Kelly Macdonald, Rafe Spall…and more Writers:    Andrea Gibb and Arthur Ransome -Synopsis- In wartime Britain, four young siblings turn a rural English vacation into a “pirate” adventure on the local lake island; but their fantasy meets a dose of reality when they’re caught up […]

Review 123min Genre:      Action, Thriller Director:   Paul Greengrass Cast:        Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones…and more Writers:    Paul Greengrass, Christopher Rouse and Robert Ludlum -Synopsis- With the help of an old “friend”, a new one and his memory intact; everyone’s favourite amnesiac super-agent returns on a globe-trotting mission to find out the truth about […]

Review 108min Genre:     Action, Comedy Director:  Rawson Marshall Thurber Cast:       Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan…and more Writers:   Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen & Rawson Marshall Thurber -Synopsis- Two former high school friends; one now a mild-mannered accountant and the other a CIA super agent, are reunited and thrown together into a web of international espionage […]

With the help of an old “friend” and his memory intact, everyone’s favourite amnesiac super-agent returns on a globe-trotting mission to find out the truth about his origins and haunt the CIA. Directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles and Alicia Vikander among others. Genre: Action, Thriller UK Release: 28th of July […]

Review 83min Genre:      Action, Comedy Director:   Louis Leterrier Cast:        Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Penélope Cruz…and more Writers:    Sacha Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston & Peter Baynham -Synopsis- An abandoned orphan turned British super spy is forced to join forces with his estranged, hapless, football hooligan older brother to stop a global terrorist plot in this […]

Review 141min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Steven Spielberg Cast:        Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Scott Shepherd…and more Writers:    Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen -Synopsis- Tom Hanks stars as American lawyer James B. Donovan, who in the late 1950s was tasked with defending a Soviet spy in a US court only to then negotiate an exchange […]

Review 148min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Mystery Director:  Sam Mendes Cast:       Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux…and more Writers:   John Logan, Neal Purvis , Robert Wade…and more -Synopsis- Following the events of ‘Skyfall’, MI6 and its agents are under threat from the power of a new British government surveillance agency, while Bond scours the globe to […]

Review 95min Genre:    Action, Comedy Director: Nima Nourizadeh Cast:      Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace…and more Writer:    Max Landis An anxiety-suffering small-town stoner discovers he is a dormant government super agent after being activated, he’ll need all the skills he never knew existed to protect his sweetheart and survive the forces sent to terminate him […]

Review 116min Genre:    Action, Adventure, Comedy Director: Guy Ritchie Cast:      Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander…and more Writers:  Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram, Jeff Kleeman… and more Big-screen adaptation of the classic 60’s TV show about an American CIA agent and a Soviet KGB agent forced into cooperating to stop a dangerous and shadowy criminal organization […]

Review 131min Genre:      Action, Adventure, Thriller Director:   Christopher McQuarrie Cast:        Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner…and more Writers:    Christopher McQuarrie, Drew Pearce and Bruce Geller After secret agency the “IMF” is terminated for misconduct and super-agent Ethan Hunt is branded a “rogue agent”, with a little help from some old friends and some new ones […]

Review 120min Genre:     Comedy, Action Director:  Paul Feig Cast:       Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Rose Byrne…and more Writer:    Paul Feig Melissa McCarthy stars as a bumbling CIA analyst “Desk Jockey” turned unlikely best hope of stopping an International Arms dealer, hilarity ensues as she is transformed into an undercover field agent in this Spy-comedy action blockbuster […]

With the upcoming UK and US release of the Melissa McCarthy Spy-Comedy ‘Spy’ out on the 5th of June, we break down our top 5 examples of a sub-genre’s sub-genre that’s sometimes spoof or satire, sometimes irreverent action/adventure but often entertaining, the Spy-Comedy.   #5: ‘Casino Royale’ (1967) Image Source: MGM Legendary MI6 agent Sir […]

129min Genre:    Action, Adventure Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast:      Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson…and more Writers:  Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman…and more A talented but troubled inner-city kid is recruited by a high-level independent British Spy organization to stop a megalomaniacal tech-industry billionaire from bringing havoc to an unsuspecting world. Writer/director Matthew Vaughn brings his […]

112min Genre:     Comedy, Action Directors: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen Cast:       James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park …and more Writers:   Dan Sterling , Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen James Franco and Seth Rogen star as presenter and producer of a typically trashy celebrity tabloid show who are invited to North Korea for an interview […]

122 min Genre:    Drama, Thriller Director: Anton Corbijn Cast:      Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright…more Writers:  Andrew Bovell , John le Carré The Late, Great Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as a German spy in modern day Hamburg on the trail of a young illegal Chechen immigrant whom he believes is involved in the global […]