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FX really struck gold with their Cold War spy drama The Americans. After five incredible seasons, the series was picked up for a 6th, which the cable network announced would be the final one.  Few shows are given such a grand opportunity to plan out the end, the exit, and I’m so glad this one did. […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Red Sparrow has been compared to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but that entirely undersells Sparrow. Where Tinker was droll and predictable, Sparrow actually carries along the thread of an interesting story to keep the audience engaged. Clocking in at nearly two and a half hours, one thing the film is not is in […]

Director Robert Zemeckis’s Allied is a beautifully designed and executed story about two spies who fall in love. Sounds a little cheesy by that description, but running assassination ops in the middle of Casablanca will do that, apparently. This is Brad Pitt back in his element, this being his 4th World War II role, which he […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] It would be a challenge to try to pick out which franchise was more of a copy/rinse/repeat approach to it’s storyline, Taken, or Jason Bourne. Right now it really does feel like Bourne has pulled ahead with this latest installment. After five films, you know exactly what the pattern is going to be: […]