In 1966, United Pictures released Dimension 5, a movie that blended science fiction and espionage to create something a little different from the norm. Sadly, it was all a little underwhelming when […]
In Need of More Dimensions – Dimension 5 (1966)
From Strip to Screen – Modesty Blaise (1966)
Modesty Blaise is a satire that falls into the spy genre and is a film based upon the successful comic strip by Peter O’Donnell and Jim Holdaway, released to theatres in 1966. […]
Spy Versus Spy – Top Secret (1967)
The 1960’s would see quite a few spy thrillers produced, both American and those made abroad with many falling under the Eurospy sub-genre and as a result, often being far more entertaining […]
The Perfect Weapon – The Invisible Agent (1942)
Following The Invisible Woman, The Invisible Agent would take some bits from each of the films that preceded it except for one notable exception and that would be the horror element that […]
Keeping You Guessing – Velvet Volume 2: The Secret Lives of Dead Men
The greatest spy-thriller being written today that is not yet a television series continues in the second volume of Velvet by its creators Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting. One of the more […]
Try Not To Interrupt… – The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula is interesting for one notable thing, which is not the actors, though Cushing and Lee are excellent, nor the direction by Alan Gibson which was pretty good, […]
Secrets and Spies – Winter Soldier: The Bitter March
When Bucky Barnes finally returned to the world it was many years after the war, so many in fact that there are decades of adventures and missions left unaccounted for. After reappearing, […]
Move Over Bond, It’s… – Velvet Volume 1: Before the Living End
Velvet is the best Cold War thriller/James Bond comic book on the stands today. True, she is no James Bond, but she might just be better. Written by Ed Brubaker and drawn […]
A Hero’s Return – Captain Midnight #0-5
When it comes to the average super-hero comic book there is not a lot of things that can be done much differently than what has come before. You can modernize and you […]
The Telltale Mind 