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Spy-Fy
Gadgets, double agents and doomsday devices: spy-fi is where espionage meets the fantastic. From Bond's laser-equipped villains to genre-bending thrillers about secret wars and shadow agencies, SFcrowsnest tracks the licence to thrill across books, film and television.
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Kojima Productions' tenth-anniversary show in Tokyo puts Physint's 150-page script, five Bill Skarsgård busts and some very familiar mechs on display.
Amit Cohen and Ron Leshem are reportedly writing Zodiac, Marvel's Disney+ spy thriller about two agents hunting people with special abilities. It shoots…
Becky joins the CIA, checks into Hitler's old bunker, and finds Neil Patrick Harris planning the Fourth Reich. The guest book is about…
If your idea of a civilised evening involves superhuman secret agents, Himalayan weirdness, 1960s ITC glamour and villains who probably keep their world…
Here’s the first episode of The Prisoner for you. Imagine James Bond quits MI6, goes on holiday to clear his head, and wakes…
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.—the cinematic equivalent of finding an off-brand superhero action figure in a bargain bin, complete with slightly melted features…
In the pantheon of British television, few shows have achieved the lasting cult status of The Prisoner. First airing in 1967, this trippy,…
Time to consider The Persuaders! – the spy-fi series where James Bond met Hollywood royalty and together they solved crimes, cracked wise, and…
Our man-of-many-movies, Mark Kermode, sits down for the latest dish served up from Matthew Vaughn’s cinematic kitchen, Argylle, which flips the spy genre on…
Imagine a world where bowler hats and leather boots are the height of spy fashion, and the line between a charming English gentleman…
The curtains have drawn, and the spotlight dims on the illustrious career of David McCallum, the Scottish-born actor whose presence graced both the…
The Avengers, the 1998 film that makes you wonder what James Bond, Austin Powers, and a dash of Monty Python would look like…
