Taken Blu-ray review
I knew very little about Taken when I first watched it in the theater back in early February. Me and my wife thought it was about as close to the perfect pure action film as they come. Little did I know that there was an even bloodier, more violent version of the film, that was ….
Three Days of the Condor Blu-ray review
The classic cat-and-mouse political thriller Three Days of the Condor stars Robert Redford as Joseph Turner, designation (codename) Condor, a bookworm CIA agent, whose New York City division is responsible for reading every book ever published, seeking patterns, codes or hidden messages, that may somehow threaten the security of the United States. Turner’s laid back ….
Bruce Willis up for mob pic Scarpa, video game adaptation Kane & Lynch, and a bunch of other action films
Bruce Willis is currently in discussions to appear in three new action films, including a thriller titled Inventory, an espionage film called Red and the mob biopic Scarpa, according to The Risky Business Blog. In Red, the actor would play a former black-ops agent now in retirement, who’s forced back into action when a high-tech ….
Jack Bauer to hunt terrorists in New York City?
A New York Times blog reports that Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) will be hunting terrorists in New York City, when his Fox television series 24 comes to the Big Apple. A Fox spokesperson told TV Guide that the eighth season of show, which takes place in real time, would be set and at least partially ….
Quantum of Solace Blu-ray review
Quantum of Solace has been thoroughly criticized as being nothing more than the fourth Jason Bourne film, rather than James Bond 22. It seems most people were expecting the more classic Bond that Casino Royale hinted at resurrecting. I am in total disagreement with the majority I guess, in thinking that taking Bond back to ….
Fifty Dead Men Walking trailer
Fifty Dead Men Walking is based on the true-life story Martin McGartland, a young man from west Belfast who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA in the late 1980s. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA, saving lives in the process; until he is ….
Feature film coming based on MacGyver TV series
New Line is betting its twine, some bubble gum and a pencil, that the TV show MacGyver can become a feature film franchise. This just had to happen sometime, right. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Raffaella De Laurentiis – daughter of iconic Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis – is producing a film based on the ….
First pics of Angelina Jolie in the spy thriller Salt
USA Today has posted the first two pictures of Angelina Jolie in disguise as CIA operative Evelyn A. Salt, in the Phillip Noyce-directed Salt. The article says that Jolie began work a few days ago on the spy thriller, which follows a rogue CIA operative attempting to clear her name after she’s accused of being ….
Sean Penn in talks to star in Bourne Identity director’s next thriller
Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is officially attached to the thriller Fair Game, which chronicles the outing of former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, who will be portrayed by Naomi Watts, according to Variety. According to the report, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn – who nabbed Best Actor honors last night at the Academy Awards, is ….
Tom Cruise is working on a boatload of spy thrillers – Champions, Matarese Circle, Tourist and more
Tom Cruise is circling a series of exciting espionage thrillers and spy adaptations right now. Variety posted a report on Cruise’ many projects in the works and what stands out is that he is developing, actively producing or being courted, for some top-notch projects, that reports say, should put him back on top of the ….
Liev Schreiber to star opposite Angelina Jolie in spy thriller Salt
Liev Schreiber is in negotiations to co-star with Angelina Jolie in the spy thriller Salt for Columbia Pictures according to Variety. Salt follows CIA agent named Evelyn Salt, who’s fingered as a Russian sleeper spy. She evades capture by her superiors – who are convinced she’s intent on assassinating the president – while attempting to ….
Yet another Robert Ludlum spy thriller to get film treatment
Universal is eyeing the Robert Ludlum Cold War novel The Parsifal Mosaic as its next development project, with Imagine Entertainment (Angels and Demons) potentially producing, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The 1982 book focuses on a struggle between U.S. and Soviet intelligence agents, with American spies Michael Havelock and Jenna Karas, who are partners as ….
Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington may team up for David Cronenberg espionage thriller…umm, this could be good
Tom Cruise is currently in negotiations to star opposite Denzel Washington in the David Cronenberg-directed adaptation of Robert Ludlum espionage thriller The Matarese Circle, which MGM – parent company of Cruise-owned UA – is on track to place into production sometime this year, according to Variety and THR.
Yvonne Strahovski visits Comic Con to talk Chuck
Yvonne Strahovski, who plays Sarah Walker on the NBC cult favorite action-spy-comedy series Chuck, will join the show’s co-creator and executive producer Josh Schwartz and co-creator Chris Fedak, for a New York Comic Con panel on the show. The trio will appear for a Q&A to discuss all the happenings of the second season of ….
Check out the full Echelon Conspiracy film trailer
The full trailer has been released for Echelon Conspiracy, the action thriller starring Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Yuri Kutsenko, Sergey Gubanov and Martin Sheen. Echelon Conspiracy revolves around mysterious messages from a new cell phone that promise a young American engineer untold wealth, and giving it to him – for a price. He ….
