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The first two Spy Kids films were the rarest of commodities — two movies made by a very talented filmmaker which were aimed at pre-teens, combining action, comedy, and a positive message.

You can barely still count on your hands the amount of Bond - like teenage spy films that have been made, from the three Spy Kids films, to the two Agent Cody Banks entries, and lets not forget The Double O Kid, If Looks Could Kill and Gotcha!

I'm not suggesting that Agent Cody Banks and the two Spy Kids films are one in the same, but to be honest, when I've seen a movie done right — and twice for that matter — it is difficult to judge a fairly similar movie on its own merits.

Since then, Trejo has appeared in the majority of Rodriguez's movies, including the Spy Kids films and the original From Dusk Till Dawn — a stylish 108 - minute trifle that secretly contained the seeds from which a 20 - hour miniseries might grow.

That kind of sloppiness works well enough for a Spy Kids film, but in a movie aimed squarely at the grown - ups, it's a lot tougher to forgive.

Another Spy Kids film?

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Since then, Rodriguez has become a movie factory unto himself, churning out entries in his charming Spy Kids series from a homemade studio while assuming more duties with each film.

Spy Kids 3 - D strays away from its usual flare and is blatantly cliche and is only attainable as a visual decent film.

Maybe not ALL his films are hits, but pretty much all of them have some sort of cult following (The Mariachi trilogy, Spy Kids, Sin City, Machete, Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror)... and I'll take him over Michael Bay or any other cookie cutter director.

Thunderbirds owes more to films like Spy Kids and the movie version of Lost in Space than it does to the original television series, so if you like slickly - made family sci - fi schlock targeted at the youngest of the audience members, you may not mind this mostly inferior knock - off.

And that's not all that's arriving from the set of the film, as earlier today Alexa Vega (who has featured in Rodriguez's «Spy Kids» films) hit Instagram (via ComingSoon) to showcase her costume (such as it is) as KillJoy in the film.

he director Robert Rodriguez («Desperado») has taken his family - friendly series of children's adventure films, «Spy Kids,» into the realm of three dimensions with «Spy Kids 3 - D: Game Over,» an enjoyable, noisy romp that trots out all the gimmicks that have made the format fun since its first brief crest of popularity in the early 1950's.

Alexa Vega (Spy Kids) and Sean Covel and Doc Wyatt (Napoleon Dynamite) talk about the feature film and show an exclusive featurette for The Clockwork Girl.

When we get these movies released in America, it's bullshit like Journey to the Center of the Earth or Spy Kids or... Jesus, they don't release many family friendly adventure films these days, do they?

When: August 22nd Why: It's been nine years since the first «Sin City» captured audiences with its innovative storytelling, but this long - awaited sequel is at least five years too late, with many fans giving up hope of another installment when Robert Rodriguez decided his time was better spent directing garbage like «Shorts,» «Spy Kids 4» and the «Machete» films.

The film will be directed by Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids) and was written by James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island), which had long been in Cameron's queue as his next directing project.

Also starring Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Mark Hamill (yes, that Mark Hamill), Mark Strong, Jack Davenport and Samuel L. Jackson, the film «tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius».

His resume includes Desperado, Sin City, The Faculty, Spy Kids, From Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror and Machete, and eclectic range of genre films that all hit the right spot.

This film does have more of a kid empowerment slant, with Carmen and Juni's spy parents Gregorio (Antonio Banderas) and Ingrid (Carla Gugino) taking a back seat to the kids» conflict with rival agents Gary (Matt O'Leary) and Gerti (Emily Osment, the spitting image in face and voice of her Oscar - nominated older brother) Giggles over the recovery of a powerful device.

This film treats 17 - year - old Simon Spier's quest for love and self - acceptance with the tender, timeless, Hollywood touch of John Hughes: It's a classic story of a first crush made groundbreaking by centering on a closeted gay kid.

Looking so sexily brilliant that the finished film can be nothing but a huge disappointment (kidding), this first teaser trailer for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ticks all the right seventies period costume boxes.

In addition to the animated features such as «Atlantis» and «Shrek,» there have been three live - action films: «Spy Kids,» which opened in March and is still hanging around; «Dr. Dolittle 2,» and now «Cats and Dogs.»

The Miramax library holds some of the world's most sophisticated, thought - provoking and critically - acclaimed independent films including sex, lies, and videotape, The English Patient, Shakespeare In Love, Reservoir Dogs, Chicago, Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction, My Left Foot, Cinema Paradiso, Life is Beautiful, Amélie, Kill Bill, Volume I and II, No Country for Old Men, as well as scores of commercially successful films such as Bridget Jones's Diary, the Scream, Hellraiser and Scary Movie franchises and Spy Kids.

Spielberg continues his reign as one of the Mount Rushmore heads of directing with his next kid friendly fantasy / adventure film with his Bridge of Spies, and now Oscar - winning actor, Mark Rylance as the BFG.

Banderas returned to collaborating with Robert Rodriguez in the Spy Kids trilogy and also in the last film in the «Mariachi» trilogy, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, which also featured Johnny Depp on the cast list.

This film has two prequels: Spy Kids and Spy Kids 2.

It was also rather amusing that Danny Trejo was returning to the character he first played in SPY KIDS, a film which literally couldn't be more different to this blood - soaked rampage.

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams fills two voids: a sequel that's as good as the original and a worthwhile family film.

While not nearly so carefully - constructed as the first film, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams made me feel taken care of in the cosily nostalgic way of Saturday afternoon creature - features on local television, where you could count on seeing an old Godzilla or a classic Harryhausen.

Even though the film rocks an impressive cast including Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson and Michael Caine, this one looks as though it'll fall right in line with the Spy Kids franchise with its cartoonish CGI and juvenile gags.

Spy Kids 3 - D is a 2 - disc set, with Disc 1 containing the 3 - D version of the film and Disc 2 having the 2 - D version.