Espionage
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REVIEW: The Bourne Supremacy UHD 4K Blu-Ray
This ‘Bourne’ stuff has been going for a while now, around 15 years, although that obviously doesn’t include the novels or the 1980’s TV movie...
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REVIEW: The Bourne Identity 4K UHD Blu-Ray
The ManlyMovie foray into 4K continues, with mixed results. Some of the early material is impressive but some of it is equally disappointing. There’s going...
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GIVEAWAY: Magnum P.I. The Complete Collection Blu-Ray Box Set
Well here is something special. Magnum P.I. is not on Blu-Ray (to buy) anywhere in the world. But lucky UK viewers are going to get...
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6th ‘Mission’ Set For July 2018
There is no problem with continued sequels in this franchise, because they just seem to keep getting it right. Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media have...
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Review: The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
I agree to an extent that there aren’t many good action heroines. The ones we have today, are the ones the current Hollywood bigwigs use...
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REVIEW: Operation Chromite (2016)
Well gents, here is another South Korean action entry, that, while not quite reaching the heights set by Oldboy and I Saw the Devil, is...
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Jamie Lee Curtis Suggests Dushku Leads True Lies 2
It might be a good bet by now to say that True Lies 2 is not going to happen. Not with Arnold Schwarzenegger getting on...
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REVIEW: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
‘His brain has not only been washed, as they say… It has been dry cleaned.’ *spoilers below* Frank Sinatra gives his most vulnerable and realistic...
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REVIEW: Operation Avalanche (2016)
Cynicism is the order of the day in today’s geopolitical world. From both angles, the two presidential candidates running in the 2016 United States election...
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First Look At ‘American Assassin’
Below is your first look at Dylan O’Brien in American Assassin. It follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) a CIA black ops recruit...
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Craig Offered Incredible Money For Bond Return
When they said recently that the casting for the new Bond movie had been ‘narrowed’, it was only after I posted it here that I...
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REVIEW: Funeral In Berlin (1966)
“I’m not killing anybody in cold blood” Michael Caine’s second outing as everyman spy Harry Palmer is a twisty thriller with plenty of double-crosses and...
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REVIEW: The Ipcress File (1965)
The Ipcress File deglamorizes the spy business. Director Sidney J. Furie emphasizes its banality, mundaneness and structured bureaucratic nature. Instead of fast cars, exotic locations and beautiful...
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REVIEW: The Osterman Weekend (1983)
This 1983 version of author Robert Ludlum’s (The Bourne Identity) novel deals with voyeurism, surveillance, corruption and madness and stars Rutger Hauer, John Hurt and...
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REVIEW: The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Harry Palmer versus 90’s James Bond, or so it seems in this tense and suspenseful 1987 Cold War thriller from bestselling espionage author, Frederick Forsyth...
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REVIEW: Jason Bourne (2016)
How many times can you tell the same story before it becomes tiresome? The answer is three, if the Bourne series is anything to go...
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REVIEW: Haywire (2012)
I finally got to see a fantasy come true in Haywire. No, not being slack-jawed at Gina Carano’s thighs being put to amazing use. Rather...
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New Jason Bourne Spot Drops Spoiler
“Those guys only promote stuff that’s rated-R, even if it sucks. Avoid that site”. Typical criticism ManlyMovie gets. Of course, it’s not true, and such...
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Is This The New Bond?
With Daniel Craig claiming to be done with Bond, speculation moves to who the new actor might be. Jamie Bell is reportedly speaking to James...
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20 Years Ago: Mission: Impossible
It might seem like a while but 20 years ago now, the first Mission: Impossible movie entered theatres. This is an odd series in that...
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Trailer: 24: Legacy (2016)
It looks like they’re not done with the 24 franchise just yet, since another entry in the series is going to come in the form...
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The Bourne Classified Collection Arrives Soon
With Jason Bourne on the horizon it looks like Universal is giving those who have not yet purchased every movie a chance to update...
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REVIEW: Licence To Kill (1989)
I’ve had a string of negative reviews on here lately, too much VODmit bringing down the tone. So I’m going to delve back into everyone’s...
