Sentences with phrase «just as a spy»

I believe Charles Marsh was the making of Dahl, and not just as a spy, but also as a man and then later as a writer.

Not exact matches

Hart was on the investigative Senate committee that looked into CIA abuses in the 1970s, and became an outspoken critic of the excesses of the spy establishment — just as Richard Nixon was secretly battling the CIA, the Pentagon, and corporate interests at the time that the Watergate scandal began to undo his presidency.

Petraeus, a four - star general married for 37 years, stepped down as head of the US spy agency just three days after President Barack Obama's re-election over his fling with Broadwell, an army reservist who traveled to Afghanistan to write a glowing biography of the general.

Just as last Friday's losses in the Dow and S&P were greater than the declines in the NASDAQ and Russell 2000, there is quite a bit of price divergence on the weekly charts of iShares Russell 2000 ($ IWM) and the NASDAQ Composite Index ($ COMPX) when compared to $ SPY and $ DIA.

As for the weekly chart pattern, QQQ is now trading just below its one - year uptrend line (similar to the one shown on the weekly chart of SPY).

As you can see on the chart above, $ SPY could easily come into contact with its 50 - day MA with just one more substantial down day in the broad market.

* SPY is below its 200 - day moving average, so it is fair to characterize this advance as a «rally in a bear market» (no prediction here, just noting that bear market rallies have a way of reversing quickly and painfully);

Just as picking individual stocks is fraught with risks, so too is picking individual ETFs that may be much more concentrated and volatile than SPY or AGG.

I am not saying that to be unkind, I have just seen Mormon Spy websites and seen hers as well.

I made mini ones two years ago (gag, how is that possible), as you might have spied on my Instagram just a few weeks ago.

If you manage to find one, you know, if you happen to be walking around London and spy one some mum left outside the cafe, just know that the adjustable base will let you switch back and forth between using it as a stroller, a rocker or a bed for your baby.

Asked if it would be his last run as the celebrated spy, Craig said, «I think this is it, I just want to go out on a high note, and I can't wait.»

«I guess they got a bit arrogant and just didn't bother to look for surveillance,» says Tony Sale, a former wireless technology expert for MI5 — officially known as the Security Service — the agency charged with protecting the UK against terrorists and spies.

However if you take a turn about Wardrobe Shop's site you'll spy unique offerings that you may not find at just any ol' vintage inspired clothing website, as they offer Victorian inspired garments, gorgeous 1910s / Downton Abbey style dresses, and stunning flapper / Great Gatsby beaded numbers.

Don't feel guilty as if you're spying on the individual because you are just protecting yourself before meeting anyone in person.

But that farce — about a couple of POWs who abscond from WWII Italy with a pachyderm — struck just about everyone as mediocre and marked the end of their collaborative relationship.That same year, however, Clement took his directorial bow with the James Bond - style spy spoof Otley, with former «angry young man» Tom Courtenay as its lead.

A top - secret spy agency recruits an uncouth but promising street kid into its highly competitive training program, just as a twisted technological genius threatens the world.

As Duncan is so withdrawn that he's literally out of most conversations, the script forces the issues forward through at least a half - dozen key moments that the young man conveniently overhears or spies upon at just the right moment to effect a story shift.

That puts Jack Ryan in league with BBC America's witty spy drama, Killing Eve, as the second series in just a few weeks to have been given an early greenlight.

Spy Hard just comes off as a long commercial.

Lupita Nyong» o is just as entertaining as Nakia, who wants to help Wakanda in the best way she can as a spy, but is not ready to enter into a serious relationship with T'Challa, and Boseman and Nyong» o have a nice chemistry and banter together.

As early as 2014, MCU mainstays such as Robert Downey Jr., and even Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, have been vocal about their desire to see the red - headed spy / assassin take center stage, and the character has been at the top of most fans» «solo - treatment wish list» for practically just as lonAs early as 2014, MCU mainstays such as Robert Downey Jr., and even Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, have been vocal about their desire to see the red - headed spy / assassin take center stage, and the character has been at the top of most fans» «solo - treatment wish list» for practically just as lonas 2014, MCU mainstays such as Robert Downey Jr., and even Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, have been vocal about their desire to see the red - headed spy / assassin take center stage, and the character has been at the top of most fans» «solo - treatment wish list» for practically just as lonas Robert Downey Jr., and even Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, have been vocal about their desire to see the red - headed spy / assassin take center stage, and the character has been at the top of most fans» «solo - treatment wish list» for practically just as lonas long.

Developed separately from the Millar - penned comic on which it's loosely based, Vaughn's film improves on that version in just about every way, delivering a smarter (but no less absurd) take on Cold War - era spy movies that embraces as many genre conventions as it breaks.

Says Kinberg: «I feel lucky to be able to do something that will shake up not just the spy genre but also Hollywood to show that an ensemble of women are as commercially viable as any ensemble of men.»

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.»

Based upon the comic book by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), it tells the story of The Kingsman, a super-secret spy organisation that recruits a promising teen (Taron Egerton) into their ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

That, at least, would have pitted a female president against a strong female villain (an over-generous way of describing Poppy, who's like one of the perky Red Lobster zombies from Robin Comisar's twisted «Great Choice» short), whereas this is just bonkers and might actually serve best as a send - up of past spy movies.

In some ways it plays like a sardonic post-script to their great success, The Third Man, in others a transition film between the gritty but heroic espionage thrillers of the forties and fifties and the far more ambivalent and skeptical work of John Le Carre, as seen in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold just a few years later.

So, yes, it's a movie about spying, but it's just as much a movie about Jennifer Lawrence going around jennifer - lawrencing it up all over the place.

Victor Garber has had a diverse acting career, belting out showtunes as the Music Man, heading up the most dangerous spy agency in the world in J.J. Abrams» «Alias,» and playing Vice President to Samuel L. Jackson's President in the just - released «Big Game.»

Clearly Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has many successful elements and is most certainly not a bad movie, but, as previously stated, there's no denying that this film just isn't for me.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a rather frustrating film to review as it's a piece of immense quality, boasting impeccable performances, a strong sense of tone and a stellar score, but, in the end, there's just no denying that this simply isn't a film for me.

At the toy counter one day, wearing the obligatory elf hat, she spies a customer eyeing her across a crowded floor, just as the song from «South Pacific» described it.

The strongest moments are when slapstick recalls the antics of Wallace & Gromit, but the script's packed with quips, ably delivered not just by the inspired parental pairing of Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins (their kids are thinly written, as stroppy or awestruck; Julie Walters» housekeeper is part Mrs Doubtfire, part Mrs Overall) but also by a sterling supporting cast culled from Peep Show, Spy and Sightseers by ex-Mighty Boosh director Paul King.

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».

Even now, however, there is evidence of a return to nostalgia — just as Marvel's ever - expanding cinematic universe begins to court the more colourful aspects of its comic - book ancestry, Matthew Vaughn was all - too - happy to provide a similar tonic to a spy genre replete with Bournes and Bonds in the form of last month's Kingsmen: The Secret Service.

Instead, the former spy (he now works only as a trainer for new recruits) decides to follow his heart, get engaged and just not mention to his fiancé Julia (Michelle Monaghan) what it was he really used to do for a living.

Only die - hard series fans will find any of this distracting, as the film works just as well as a standalone spy adventure as it does an entry in Bond canon, delivering most of the goods anyone might expect while also offering a handful of new twists to keep it from being just another entertaining - but - forgettable entry.

Ironic that Bryne and Carnavale just co-starred side - by - side in Paul Feig's underwhelming Melissa McCarthy vehicle Spy as arms dealing peers and they here play another side to partners in crime as a husband and wife duo who must make room for Kroll when a failed business investment forces him out of the big city.

While there's no denying the talents of the two stars, I would take a guess that filming Jackie Chan (The Accidental Spy, Shanghai Noon) and Chris Tucker (Jackie Brown, The Fifth Element) interact with people while walking down a busy street for 90 minutes would provide just as many laughs.

Paramount seems to be on a bit of a marketing blitz for Jack Ryan, the CIA operative, spy thriller starring Chris Pine, as the second trailer just dumped online not even two weeks after the premiere of the first.

He must first pass a series of rigorous tests and mind games before becoming a full - fledged spy, and under the dictation of instructor Walter Burke (Pacino), the footing is never too sure as to whether what he tells him is true or just part of the training to test him.

Sadly, I did nt like the second Spy Kids movie as well as I liked the first, but I think that it was just that it wasnt as fresh to me.

Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service 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... Read On

This dichotomy doesn't just separate T'Challa and Killmonger, but T'Challa and his ex-girlfriend Nakia (Lupita Nyong» o), who's chosen life as a spy helping people across the world.

Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service 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.

The three leading cast members around him are also a good fit: Pegg providing humor but also deftly handling exposition, Renner continuing his seamless transition from smaller endeavors (just in time for his summer work in multiplex fare The Avengers and as the new Bourne series lead), and Patton pulling off the unlikely task of being eye candy without her spy credentials being questionable.

Official Premise: Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn («Kick Ass ``, «X-Men First Class»), Kingsman: The Secret Service 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.

Pitting spy against spy and super power against super power just doesn't work as anything other than a historical document or relic of the not - so - distant past.

Synopsis: Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service 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.