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«Bridge of Spies» (October 16): Tom Hanks stars in this Cold War drama co-written by Joel and Ethan Coen, and directed by none other than Steven Spielberg.

Spanning from 1960s cold war drama to distant future, fantasy to medieval, METAL HURLANT CHRONICLES stars Michael Biehn (Aliens, The Terminator), John Rhys - Davies (The Lord of the Rings), Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), James Marsters (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis), Michael Jai White (Spawn), Darren Shahlavi (Arrow), Scott Adkins (The Bourne Ultimatum), and Kelly Brook (Smallville).

Bridge of Spies (Disney, Blu - ray, DVD, Digital HD, VOD), Steven Spielberg's cold war drama, stars Tom Hanks as insurance attorney James B. Donovan, an American idealist asked to represent Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance), a Soviet spy captured by the CIA in 1957 and given a public trial.

It was the beginning of an illustrious career for the now two - time Oscar winner who's poised for some more awards season attention with his latest role in the Cold War drama «Bridge of Spies.»

In an uncanny parallel with this first Oscar nomination as Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in the Cold War drama «Bridge of Spies,» Rylance's first on - camera appearance was in 1985's «Wallenberg: A Hero's Story,» a TV movie about a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of lives during the Holocaust.

FFCC provide their takes on Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks» fourth collaboration, the Cold War drama Bridge of Spies.

Released late last year, Gary Oldman's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was a Cold War drama based on a novel by the genre's master, John Le Carre.

«Bridge of Spies» is Steven Spielberg's Cold War drama about an American lawyer hauled into negotiations to release an airman marooned behind Russian lines.

Toby Stephens, Keeley Hawes, Linus Roache and Timothy Spall will lead the cast of the BBC's Cold War drama «Summer of Rockets.»

Let's overlook the fact that the title is either a really dodgy pun on Venice's most notorious bridge or a reference to a 1987 T'Pau album, and focus on the good news: Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks in a true - ish Cold War drama about a civilian lawyer roped into helping free an American pilot imprisoned in Russia.

As FX's gripping, magnificent Cold War drama The Americans jumps into its fourth season Wednesday night with its usual hypertension, its makers are always quick to remind us that their show is first and foremost about a marriage.

Joining Opening Night selection The Walk and Closing Night selection Miles Ahead in making their World Premieres at the 2015 festival are Steven Spielberg «s Cold War drama Bridge of Spies (starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance) and Laura Israel «s documentary portrait Don't Blink: Robert Frank.

Seek, stylish and superbly performed, BBC America's Cold War drama The Game offers more to look at than think about, but then there's something about espionage that almost always calls for a little eye candy.

Four countries started developing nuclear weapons in response to Germany (with some extra Cold War drama for three of them, so they finished after Germany was no longer an issue).

While it's more porno - violent than most Cold War dramas, the slack pace and seen - it - before procedural details bleach whatever emotional tone might draw us in.

Mind you, despite the fact that this is most clearly a post-9 / 11 world, Corbijn and his production designers have clearly been heavily inspired by Cold War dramas, the cold and damp of Hamburg's backstreet bars and clubs giving proceedings a seedy, down - at - heel feel which is entirely appropriate to the material.

Not exact matches

As the Cold War was rooted in a conflict of ideologies and visions, so it was a drama unfolding in narrative form, and nobody could equal John Paul as a master of the dramatic arts.

Very good direction, acting and dialog are apparent in Sebastian, but a fatal flaw in basic plotting makes this production just a moderately entertaining Cold War comedy - drama.

He followed that up with a well - received part in 2001's Last Orders and parlayed his success into a supporting role in Anthony Minghella's 2003 star - studded Civil War drama Cold Mountain.

Five other feature films complete the Best Picture line - up, including the financial crisis comedy - drama «The Big Short,» Cold War - era drama «Bridge of Spies,» coming - of - age tale «Brooklyn,» harrowing drama «Room,» and journalism docu - drama «Spotlight.»

Paweł Pawlikowski's heartbreaking drama (loosely based on his own parents» love story), «Cold War» was picked up by Amazon Studios last August, and the streaming giant is planning on a theatrical release later this year.

Language: English Genre: Drama / Biography MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Ron Howard Actors: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany Plot: A genius mathematician takes a job as a code breaker during the cold war where he recluses himself to those around him, including his wife.

Five other feature films complete the Best Picture line - up, including the financial crisis comedy - drama «The Big Short,» Cold War - era drama ``

From there, the film swiftly spirals into one mystery after another, making for an utterly gripping psychological drama infused with the ever - present Cold War paranoia of the midfifties.

So it was a long shoot and quite a big epic movie in one way, but very much a character drama, also some kind of reverse love story between my character and Tom's character: they've been married for eight years when the movie starts and it's like a cold war between them.

Acting veteran and multiple Tony Award — winning thespian Mark Rylance pulled off somewhat of an upset in the supporting actor category, winning for Steven Spielberg's Cold War — era drama «Bridge of Spies» ahead of Sylvester Stallone's projected win for reprising his role as Rocky Balboa in «Creed.»

British star Mark Rylance won the best supporting Oscar for his role of KGB agent Rudolf Abel in Steven Spielberg's Cold War - set drama «Bridge of Spies».

Made in the wake of a spy movie boom, as the flamboyant James Bond fantasies gave way to disillusioned John Le Carre dramas and grim Cold War adventures like Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain and Topaz, The Kremlin Letter is adapted from a from a twisty best - seller by Noel Behn that (in Huston's words) «had all the makings of a success... all those qualities that were just coming into fashion in 1970: violence, lurid sex, drugs.»

In Mike Newell's «Reykjavik», a drama about the meeting between the Russian leader and Ronald Reagan that signaled an end to the Cold War.

Christoph Waltz («Django Unchained») will play Mikhail Gorbachev in Mike Newell's «Reykjavik», a drama about the meeting between the Russian leader and Ronald Reagan that signaled an end to the Cold War.

Left largely on the outside were Steven Spielberg's Cold War thriller «Bridge of Spies,» which was only nominated for Mark Rylance's supporting performance; the Irish immigrant drama «Brooklyn,» nominated only for Saoirse Ronan's leading performance; and «Straight Outta Compton,» the popular N.W.A biopic, which landed no nominations.

A fine cast is thoroughly wasted in a tale that centers on old - fashioned Cold War - style conflict rather than the sort of terrorist drama that's more pertinent today.

Over the past forty - plus years, the British filmmaker has put together one of the most diverse and innovative filmographies you can imagine — from her early experimental work, to her fourth - wall - breaking classic of gender fluidity, Orlando (1992), to the minimalist dance - romance The Tango Lesson (1997), in which she played herself, to the Cold War coming - of - age drama Ginger & Rosa (2012).

Christoph Waltz will play former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev opposite Michael Douglas as President Ronald Reagan in «Reykjavik,» a political drama about the end of the Cold War directed by Mike Newell.

Steven Spielberg's atmospheric drama stars Tom Hanks as an American lawyer who's drawn into a Cold War battle when he decides to defend a Russian spy.

(Kerry Hayes Fox Searchlight Films) Sally Hawkins plays a custodian who befriends a creature imprisoned in a government lab in the Cold War, in director Guillermo Del Toro's drama «The Shape of Water.»

Streaming TV: Bloodline: Season 3 brings the Netflix original dark family drama with Kyle Chandler and Linda Cardellini to a close (13 episodes) and from Germany comes The Same Sky (Germany), an espionage mini-series set final years of the Cold War from Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel.

Guillermo del Toro is an ingenious crafter of dioramas, of which The Shape of Water, a Cold War - era drama tinged with elements of the paranormal, is no exception.

In this week's show, Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard join Xan Brooks to review Suffragette, the tub - thumping civil rights drama starring Carey Mulligan, Sicario, with Emily Blunt as a gun - toting FBI agent facing off against Mexican drug cartels as well as colleagues Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro, Regression, in which Ethan Hawke investigates Emma Watson's satanic possession and cold war ice hockey documentary Red Army - Click here to see the video version

Bobby Fischer Against the World (Director: Liz Garbus)-- The drama of late chess - master Bobby Fischer's career was undeniable, as he careened from troubled childhood, to World Champion and Cold War icon, to a fugitive on the run.

Mike Newell is currently prepping his indie drama REYKYAVIK, a fact - based political film surrounding the legendary Cold War peace talks that took place in...

Amazon Studios brought the rousing period drama «Cold War,» directed by Oscar winner Pawel Pawlikowski, to the competition after acquiring it last summer.

Hyde paradigm mixed the might of giant monsters with Cold War intrigue and psychological drama.

Former Pratt Institute President James B. Donovan is the focus of Bridge of Spies, a Cold War - era biographical drama by Academy Award - winning director Steven Spielberg that was released in theaters around the country on October...

«The paintings combine Hollywood drama with a more jittery vision of the American dream where the Cold War is never far from the margins.