GoldenEye, released in 1995 and Eon Productions 17th Bond film, pits a former MI6 agent 006 – Alec Trevelyan, against Bond and the world. Of course, Alec has help with his cohort, Xenia Onatopp – a skilled assassin. There is this space weapon, named GoldenEye, that must be dealt with before the Russian syndicate uses…
Casino Royale, released in 2006 by Eon Productions, it’s 21st Bond film, rebooted the series with another new James Bond, Daniel Craig, now earning his 00 status here. The script sticks closely to the Ian Fleming novel and is a masterpiece of suspense involving big-stakes Casino gambling at Casino Royale in Montenegro., Le Chifre, a…
For Your Eyes Only was the James Bond movie released in 1981. It stars Roger Moore, returning in the role of James Bond. James Bond needs to find a device called Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) which was in a submarine that had sunk. The soviets find out about the missing ATAC so a race to…
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This episode features the Director of the film, ALL THE OLD KNIVES, Janus Metz, and the Screenwriter and also the author of the novel of the same name, Olen Steinhauer!
Dan and Tom are joined by Bill Koenig of The Spy Command website. We decode both versions of the Hitchcock classic The Man Who Knew Too Much!
Join us as we venture into Scaramanga’s Funhouse in our decoding of the pre-title sequence to the 1974 James Bond movie, The Man With The Golden Gun.
Join Dan Tom and a special guest, our agent in Montreal “Eddie,” in looking at the Daniel Craig arc – get ready for NO TIME TO DIE!
Join Dan and Tom as they decode the third Harry Palmer movie with Michael Caine, based on the Len Deighton novels!
Join Dan and Tom as they talk with author Steven Jay Rubin. The 4th edition of his book, The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia released on November 17, 2020.
FUNERAL IN BERLIN (1966) continues the development of Len Deighton’s spy character, Harry Palmer, in the movies. In the novels Len Deighton’s character did not have a name. For the movies, they gave him the name, “Harry Palmer!” Starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer, we see lots of connections to James Bond, including key personnel…
Here’s our September 1st, 2020, edition of Spy Movie News where we are Cracking the Code of Spy Movies with the latest updates on TENET, Mission: Impossible 7, and NO TIME TO DIE, plus we look at some industry trends.
Join Dan and Tom and Vicki as they dive into the new No Time to Die trailer released September 3, 2020!
This article will update the status of the movies The King’s Man, Tenet, Black Widow, and Red Notice. We last talked about these movies our related article inApril. We’ll also look at a couple of industry changes that will likely have an impact on movie going for the foreseeable future.
Join Dan and Tom as they take a deep dive into the James Bond 1965 film, THUNDERBALL, starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi.
Join Dan and Tom in Cracking the Code of My Spy – the first spy movie released by a major studio in 2020 – and it’s not in theaters! It’s on Amazon Prime!
With the upcoming release of NO TIME TO DIE, there are lots of rumors about what will happen in this movie and the direction EON Productions will take James Bond going forward. Check out our thoughts these issues.
Join Dan and Tom as they spend a couple of hours with Roberto Schaefer, Director of Photography for Quantum of Solace! This is Part 2 of a 2 part podcast with Roberto!
Join Dan and Tom as they celebrate their First Anniversary of SpyMovieNavigator.com and their podcast and video shows, Cracking the Code of Spy Movies!
Join Dan and Tom as they spend a couple of hours with Roberto Schaefer, ASC, AIC – Director of Photography for Quantum of Solace! Roberto has been the Director of Photography on some great films, including Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball, Stay and many other great films. This is Part 1 of a 2-part podcast.
Join Dan and Tom as they pivot their analysis on the 1939 spy movie, Q PLANES. This movie was released just before the start of World War II and had some interesting historical ties. Take a listen.
Q Planes is a 1939 spy movie. Clouds Over Europe was its name in the United States. It is about a British Agent and his mission to discover who is trying to steal top-secret experimental equipment. The focus of this search is around the attempted theft of a new supercharger which should increase the flight…
Join Dan and Tom as they dig deep into the key scenes of the 1939 movie, Q PLANES, which is also known as CLOUDS OVER EUROPE in the US. They’ll look into where this movie has connections to other spy movies and real-world events to come!
Join Dan and Tom on their Cracking the Code of Spy Movies show. In this episode, they uncover some hidden connections in this fun comedy/spy movie for the whole family, The Spy Next Door!
Come see where the title for the movie Q Planes originated. We’ll look at how history gave it its name.
Q Planes gives us what may be the birth of a famous line from Mission: Impossible (disavow) and a real-world historical reference (The Nelson Touch).
This scene in Q Planes shows Hammond getting out of an airplane and asking a man “Got a cigarette?” You can probably guess what happens next.
There have been six actors who have played James Bond so far in the EON Production James Bond 007 movies. Hundreds of articles and polls rank these actors as to who is the best, with rankings from one to six. This article will spend some time concentrating on the 2 actors who often don’t rank very high in those polls. We call them the Lost and Overlooked Bonds as we think they did a great job.
In this scene from Q Planes, the jig appears to be up for Jenkins. Here, Jenkins is almost run down by a car as the villains try to kill him. We see parallels to this in numerous spy movies. A relatively current example comes from the 2017 movie, ATOMIC BLONDE.
Join Dan and Tom and they literally mix some Bond cocktails as they discuss the wide variety of drinks of James Bond in the Ian Fleming novels.
