Sentences with phrase «of a spy thriller»

Lost are the art of spy thrillers that focus more on discussion, secrets, back dealing and survival.

This show is just a string of spy thriller cliches conjured up by a high school student in creative writing class.

This show is just a string of spy thriller cliches conjured up by a high school student

For fans of spy thrillers on audio: Listen to Young Philby by Robert Littell, an espionage thriller based on real - life double agent Kim Philby.

Critics Consensus: MI - 5 (Spooks: The Greater Good) is a stylish, albeit rather perfunctory, adaptation of a spy thriller perhaps best left on the small screen.

Critic Consensus: MI - 5 (Spooks: The Greater Good) is a stylish, albeit rather perfunctory, adaptation of a spy thriller perhaps best left on the small screen.

Eventually, the film turns into a sort of spy thriller, and later an action film, with Lee and steel - fisted Han battling in a room of mirrors (a la Lady from Shanghai), while the rest of the men on the island battle each other in a free - for - all melee.

Dead pan Leslie Nielsen stars as Dick Steele, agent WD - 40, in this uneven send - up of spy thrillers and other popular genres done in the hilarious style of the Zucker / Abrams «Naked Gun» series.

«Red Sparrow» maintains some of the alluring aspects of a spy thriller.

BBC America's Killing Eve, created in part by Fleabag's phenomenally talented Phoebe Waller - Bridge, is a romantic comedy framed around the plot of a spy thriller, with a serial - killer drama playing throughout.

Then, next year brings Chris Evans» Cap back for a story ripped from Ed Brubaker's comic book run about Bucky (Sebastian Stan) recovered, resurrected, brainwashed and augmented into lethal killer Winter Soldier for what is promised as a blend of spy thriller and World War II hero Steve Rogers continuing to find his place in the modern world.

The Bourne Ultimatum (# 23) Paul Greengrass's hand - held, up - close - and - personal camera style provides documentary «realism» and hypes the excitement of this spy thriller.

The film is an exhilarating action flick, and it's worth remembering that Greengrass changed the rules of spy thrillers.

It aims for a highly intelligent kind of spy thriller but with dialogue this banal and characters this simple it can't hope to achieve much.

Of course, the real star of the show is the story, which has enough double - crosses and backstabs to fuel an entire franchise of spy thrillers.

Red Sparrow sports a convoluted plot not a-typical of spy thrillers and whilst it keeps you guessing motives and loyalties right till the very end it also feels bloated at 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Another book that, as a reader of spy thrillers and mysteries, I think is very well - written, is available now in paperback and Kindle editions, and any day through iBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble and more via Smashwords.

It is far too easy to fall into the trap of my spy thrillers, which is to try to emulate the greats to the point of mimicry.

She also sustains a surprising amount of suspense — Alliluyeva's defection in 1967 in particular has the tension of a spy thriller or an episode of «The Americans.»

American author Robert Ludlum was an author of spy thrillers best known for writing The Bourne Identity and its sequels which have been translated to film.

But new gadget, new me: I decided to let my new Echo Dot play the final minutes of this spy thriller.

But Blackphone, the new privacy - oriented smartphone from Switzerland - based company SGP Technologies, is all about bringing secure technologies out of spy thrillers and into people's everyday lives.

The first episode offers more than enough intrigue to hook fans of spy thrillers, even if some of the elements are eye - rollingly familiar.