Fresh Viewing

This week's episode is on The Imitation Game. We’ve got a truly gorgeous looking film that is generally very well acted, but is that enough to push past historical inaccuracies? Noah has a great number of feelings about that. The website Noah referenced in the recording: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/imitation-game This season we’re covering ten different Spy and Assassin films,...

One that Noah had picked primarily as his “bad” pick, it’s time to dive into Brad and Angelina’s couples assassin movie, Mr & Mrs Smith! While we land on it being more of a middling experience than truly bad, there’s a lot to be said about the assigned gender roles that are confusingly prevalent in this one. Do you have any similar movies to recommend that we might like more? This season we’re...

Austin Powers, the international man of mystery himself! Unfortunately he’s a fella who didn’t quite make it all the way to 2026 with the rest of us, but that’s not going to stop us from talking anyway. Stay tuned specifically for Noah talking about the importance of “gatekeeping”, and only attempting to critique things you’ve taken the time to actually consider. This season we’re covering ten dif...

To Noah, the fact that Dan hasn’t seen Mission: Impossible before seems… Well, impossible. Listen to the guys discuss how they feel about the film, and get Dan’s (mostly) unfiltered thoughts on his first outing with Ethan Hunt. This season we’re covering ten different Spy and Assassin films, we hope you enjoy our selections! This is a movie podcast where each season we dive into specific genres, a...

Today we’re watching a film Dan has been excited to revisit for a long time, Ben Affleck’s 2012 political thriller Argo! This dramatized retelling of The Canadian Caper won best picture in the 2013 Oscars ceremony, but is it still worth watching? This season we’re covering ten different Spy and Assassin films, we hope you enjoy our selections! This is a movie podcast where each season we dive into...

Today we’re talking about a movie Noah feels is foundational to a golden era of spy thriller, From Russia With Love! The second film in the sprawling James Bond franchise, this one exists in a small space before the stakes got too big and out of control while maintaining a level of quiet urgency. We hope you enjoy the episode! This season we’re covering ten different Spy and Assassin films, we hop...