Sentences with phrase «in international espionage»

An ordinary suburban couple finds it's not easy keeping up with the Joneses — their impossibly attractive and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors — especially when they discover Mr. and Mrs. Jones are covert spies embroiled in international espionage.

Keeping Up with the Joneses (PG - 13 for sexuality, violence and brief profanity) Action comedy revolving around a suburban couple (Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher) which becomes embroiled in an international espionage plot after unwittingly befriending their seemingly - innocuous, new neighbors (Gal Gadot and Jon Hamm) who happen to be government spies.

Cars 2 (G) Pixar / Disney animated sequel about a couple of cool automobiles (Larry the Cable Guy» and Owen Wilson) who become embroiled in international espionage when they venture to Europe to compete in the World Grand Prix of Racing.

George Clooney and Thekla Reuten star in this international espionage tale of suspense and intrigue from director Anton Corbijn.

15.31 - GCHQ chief Andrew Parker says there is still a «lively business» in international espionage in the UK, which takes up about 10 % of his work.

Not exact matches

The FBI is conducting an in - vestigation into international biotechnology espionage, in which the fruits of research are stolen from US biotechnology companies by foreign companies and governments.

From «X-Files» writer and producer Frank Spotnitz comes this eight - episode drama set in the world of international espionage.

, and follows their adventures in the world of international espionage and discrete infiltration.

Cue the international espionage - driven carnage that earned the earlier movie its action credentials, as well as the ample attempts at humour at the underlying idea's expense that endeavour to increase the levity of the situation, with both wrapped up in an overly, unnecessarily convoluted plot.

And while that's a somewhat misleading portrait of Our Man in Havana, a satire of international cold war espionage in the hot zone of Batista's Cuba, it's not completely off base.

Like that film, it deals in espionage in an exotic hotspot (in this case, Havana, just as revolution was brewing in Cuba's jungles) where numerous world powers had interests, and features an innocent who manages to get in the middle of international scuffles.

DEADLINE — Hard to imagine there will be a hotter film package unveiled at Cannes next week than 355, a large - scale espionage film that Simon Kinberg will direct with an all - star international spy cast of Jessica Chastain, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Fan Bingbing and Lupita Nyong» o. They'll play international agents in a grounded, edgy action thriller that aims to alter a male - dominated genre with a true female ensemble, in the style of spy franchises The Bourne Identity, Mission: Impossible and James Bond.

There's a plot, of course, a meticulously constructed but still thoroughly conventional script by Lem Dobbs that involves outsourced international espionage, corrupt players, dirty tricks, and righteous vengeance, and gives accomplished supporting players Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, and Michael Douglas plenty of opportunity to play around in entertainingly stylized performances.

The big difference is tone: Our Man in Havana is a lampoon of international espionage games and the gullible officers running Britain's MI6 like an old boy's club.

Furthermore, he's flourishing in an enviable career as a crack CIA Agent well - versed in the tools of international espionage.

The story finds Lightning McQueen and Mater getting caught up in the world of international espionage as they race throughout Japan and Europe.

But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.

After laying bare Edward Snowden the man and the myth in her Oscar - winning Citizenfour, Laura Poitras returns to the knotty territory of political truth - telling and international espionage with this years - in - the - making portrait of controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Joining forces with old friends, he finds himself in a world of assassinations, double crosses and international espionage, all while trying to maintain his relationship with Sarah Ross (Mary - Louise Parker).

Pierce Brosnan returns to the world of international espionage in the action - packed spy thriller «The November Man» directed by Roger Donaldson.

Cars 2 - Pixar's first mediocre movie stings most of all for fans of the original film, whose nearly every charm is lost in this wildly incongruous international espionage tale.

«A Most Wanted Man» Synopsis: Adapted from the book by John Le Carré («Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy»), this espionage thriller centers on an uneducated and destitute ex-prisoner who illegally arrives in Hamburg and gets caught up in the international war on terror.

McQueen's best friend, Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) comes along as support, but is soon entangled in the world of international espionage alongside the likes of Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer).

But that makes sense, since «I, Tonya» is primarily about a conspiracy of dunces, led by Gillooly and his friend Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser), whose delusions of international espionage prompt him to hire two idiots (Ricky Russert and Anthony Reynolds) to maim Kerrigan and open the way for Harding to dominate the trials for the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.

On the documentary front, there is as ever simply too much for us to be able to cover, but a few potential standouts are «Uncle Howard,» about a New York filmmaker who died of AIDS which features footage of William S. Burroughs, Jim Jarmusch, Tom DiCillo and more; «Zero Days,» Alex Gibney «s investigation of malware used for international espionage; two docs on famous photographers in «Don't Blink — Robert Frank» and «Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures ``; and finally «Strike a Pose,» a film catching up with the original dancers from Madonna «s «Vogue» video, which sparked a craze and defined an era in pop.

The big screen adaptation stars Henry Cavill in the title role as Napoleon Solo, a suave, sophisticated spy employed by U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement), a top secret, international espionage agency.

Target (1985), which re-teamed Penn with Gene Hackman, is an espionage thriller in which a father and son (played by Matt Dillon) must search for their missing mother / wife amidst much Le Carre-esque international conspiracy and corruption.

Firth plays «Galahad» — a code name — an agent in a super-secret independent «international» (yet they're all British) espionage outfit, tasked with finding a replacement for a fallen colleague.

This sequel, which follows Lightening McQueen (Owen Wilson) and Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) in a game of international espionage, is creative, funny and stunning to look at.

The film is an adaptation of the popular 1960s television series of the same name, which came out in the post-James Bond era of Cold War espionage, gadgetry and international glamour.

When Dima asks for their help to deliver classified information to the British Secret Services, Perry and Gail get caught in a dangerous world of international espionage and dirty politics.

The Debt (R for violence and profanity) International espionage thriller, set in 1997, about three former Mossad Agents (Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds) who come out of retirement to track down a Nazi war criminal (Jesper Christensen) back on the loose after already being apprehended by them 35 years earlier.

In this international spy thriller, Academy Award ® Winner Jennifer Lawrence is Dominika, a former ballerina forced to enter Sparrow School, a secret government program that thrusts her into a treacherous espionage game between Russia and the CIA.

A cynical English reporter and a beautiful, headstrong, American Olympic hopeful are caught in a lethal game of international espionage during the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Shacochis» first novel in 20 years combines a searing love story with a brilliant treatise on international politics, secret wars, espionage, and terrorism.

With An American Spy, Olen Steinhauer, by far the best espionage writer in a generation, delivers a searing international thriller that will settle once and for all who is pulling the strings and who is being played.

An acclaimed Chinese writer makes his English language debut with this heart - stopping literary noir, a richly atmospheric tale of espionage and international intrigue, set in Shanghai in 1931 — an electrifying, decadent world of love, violence, and betrayal filled with femme fatales, criminals, revolutionaries, and spies.

And Dr. Vince Houghton, Historian and Curator of the International Spy Museum, discusses everything from Russian interference in U.S. elections to the future of espionage.

Sam Fisher returns in this new tale of international espionage in which the gravel - throated operative is tasked with tracking down a list of terrorists who are targeting the United States.

On the upside, given the volatile nature of today's international political climate, there's a wealth of stories to draw from that could give Sam or a brand new protagonist a lot of leeway in exploring the fine line and moral ambiguities associated with political espionage.

One player takes the role of a Secret agent - in - training, while the other takes the role of his Remote Handler as they attempt to overcome the International Espionage Academy's most deadly simulation.

In October, for example, Shull travelled to Bali, Indonesia, where he presented a paper on cyber espionage and international law at the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet).

Imagine an Alabama of tomorrow, where self - driving cars have self - driving drive - bys in Birmingham, where drones at the Mobile office of the DMV have been replaced by actual drones, where corporate espionage and international spying sectors lead the Huntsville jobs report.