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JULIAN GLOVER INTERVIEW Julian Glover talks with Dan and Tom about his fascinating six-decade stage, movie, and television career in a fascinating, wide-ranging, and exciting interview. We also talk about Julian's recently released book called CUE TO CUE . In CUE TO CUE , Glover talks about his life, his career, and includes many photographs to bring it all home. By listening to this interview, yo...

Join us as we look at 10 reasons to watch THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE ! Dan and Tom look at the 1997 spy spoof and tell you why you should watch it. We think it is a fun movie. The first reason to watch it is that THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE is a showcase for Bill Murray. If you like Murray, this movie will be in your wheelhouse. Listen to the episode to hear us explain this one in more detail and...

Join us for this episode PATHAAN - a No-Spoiler Review. The hottest movie in India right now is the spy movie PATHAAN . In fact, it broke the opening day record for a movie in India. PATHAAN has a worldwide distribution. In this review we give you guidance as to whether or not we think you should see this movie. We do not, however have any spoilers in the review. We give you some guidance and tell...

Here is our Spy Movie News January 31 2023 edition. In this episode, we talk about these upcoming spy movies and series: - Pathaan - Lioness - Liberté - Rainbow Six - Face/Off 2 - The Recruit - A Spy Among Friends - God's Spy - True Lies - Slow Horses - Kandahar - Agent Elvis - Heart of Stone - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 2 -Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre As per usual, you can read to our Spy Movie...

Join Dan and Tom decode the 1987 movie THE FOURTH PROTOCOL . It stars Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy, Ned Beatty, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, and Sir Ian Richardson. We answer the following questions: - Who's voice is on the radio giving the secret code to set off a nuclear bomb. - What is Batman's butler is doing in this movie? - Pierce Brosnan was how old when he made this movie...

Join us as we take a look at the gadgets in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (FYEO), OCTOPUSSY , and A VIEW TO A KILL (AVTAK). We know that James Bond movies use a lot of gadgets. So lets look at the gadgets from these three Roger Moore James Bond movies. Are any of them believable? Some of the gadgets we examine are: From FOR YOUR EYES ONLY : The ATAC Machine The Identigraph James Bond's Watch From OCTOPUSSY :...

SPIES LIKE US is a comedy about 2 agents who need to help avert nuclear war. It stars Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. Tom breaks down his 10 reasons why you should watch this movie. Dan disagrees with Tom on this one. So listen to this discussion to see which side you fall on. We address some very heady topics (remember the movie is a comedy): Did the Star Wars or Strategic Defense Initiative work? I...

Here is a look back at the 2022 Highlights at SpyMovieNavigator.com. As we look back on this past calendar year, finishing up 3 and a half years of SpyMovieNavigator.com and our podcast sh o w and YouTube channel , Cracking the Code of Spy Movies, we realized how blessed we have been!  2022 was a big year for us. In this episode we look at these highlights: Launched a redesign of our website Start...

Here is our Spy Movie News December 28 2022 edition. In this episode, we talk about these upcoming spy movies and series: A Spy Among Friends, Ballerina, Spy x Family, Treason, Paradox Effect, Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, East Side Mission Majnu Atomic Blonde 2 ? We also discuss an industry award and finish with Tom's Rant. This month Tom gives his opinio...

Join us as we take a look at the gadgets in The Man With The Golden Gun (TMWTGG) and The Spy Who Loved Me (TSWLM). We know that James Bond movies use a lot of gadgets. So lets look at the gadgets from these two Roger Moore James Bond movies. We'll talk about the gadgets we think work well ( like the golden gun) and the gadgets that don't (like Bond's watch at the beginning of The Spy Who Loved Me...

Steven Saltzman Interview. In honor of the 60 th anniversary of James Bond movies, and to get a unique perspective on the making of the first 9 James Bond movies, we invited a very special guest, Steven Saltzman, to join us today! So join us now for this very special and exclusive Steven Saltzman interview! Steven had a unique childhood as he grew up as the James Bond franchise blossomed. He got t...

No 1 of the Secret Service is a goofy 1977 spy movie that spoofs spy movies, especially the James Bond series. In their discussion Dan and Tom seek to find the answers to such world-impacting questions as: He used WHAT to shave? Where did we see that actor before? Instead of throwing his hat on the hatrack, No. 1 did what? Where did they come up with the name Charles Bind? Did this movie influence...

Here is our November 29 2022 Spy Movie News. In this episode we look at eighteen upcoming spy movies or tv series, honor the people who have passed this month who worked on spy movies, and we have a Rant from Tom as well about Daniel Craig. The movies and tv series we discuss in this episode are Face/Off Sequel Darkness of Man S low Horses O ne Ranger A Spy By Nature The Prize Ballerina Day of the...

Dan and Tom discuss 10 reasons to watch SABOTAGE , the 1936 Alfred Hitchcock spy movie. Sabotage was also released under the titles The Woman Alone and I Married A Murderer . The origin of the movie Spies living among regular people It's hard to identify the enemy Stars one of our favorite spy movie stars Why Hitchcock didn't like John Loder as the detective The influence of a 1935 Disney movie Th...

Robert Davi Interview: Join Dan and Tom as they talk with Robert Davi! James Bond fans know him as Franz Sanchez in the movie Licence to Kill . Die Hard fans know him as Big Johnson. The Goonies fans remember him as the opera-singing Jake. Maybe you know him as the man behind Davi sings Sinatra. Or maybe you know him from one of his other over 170 credits. We all know who Robert Davi is, and now w...

Join Dan and Tom as they dive into the 1964 World War II-based spy movie, THE SECRET INVASION (1964). Roger Corman directed this movie. British Intelligence assembles a group of prisoners and gives them a chance to be pardoned. All they have to do is free an Italian general detained by the Nazis and survive. Oh yeah, success is not going to be easy. We decode THE SECRET INVASION (1964) looking at...

Do you want to understand the Alfred Hitchcock spy movie techniques? Tony Lee Moral returns to discuss his new book " The Young Alfred Hitchcock's Movie Making Masterclass ". His book teaches you Hitchcock's process of making a movie. We discuss these techniques with Tony and apply them to how Hitch used them in making his spy movies. Some of the topics we examine are how Hitchcock pionered "the w...

Here's our Spy Movie News - October 25, 2022 edition! Today we will examine spy movies and spy streaming series that are in development.  We'll look at Slow Horses, Litvinenko, Citadel, Our Man From Jersey, Kompromat, Codeword: Rubicon, The Gray House , A Spy Among Friends , and many more.  We'll also react to a comment from Elizabeth Banks about her 2019 movie Charlie's Angels.  And we'll react t...

Join us as our Decoding session for the pre-title sequence to Tomorrow Never Dies hits the presses. Mike Reyes of Cinemablend.com joins Dan and Tom to discuss this excellent pre-title sequence. What's it all about? Well, Raymond Benson's novelization of the movie sheds light on it, David Arnold as series composer adds a new dimension, chess pieces and power,  Judi Dench delivers – and what is her...

Today we have with us, Kim Humphries Putland who has written a remarkable treatise on Alfred Hitchcock's spy and espionage genre movies, integrating the current world events into the treatment and unfolding stories in these special movies - history affects the Hitchcock spy movies! You can find Kim's thesis here . Kim's podcast is called As Told By Hollywood . Let's go! Ideas/Questions: info@SpyMo...

Global James Bond Day is every October 5th commemorating the 1962 release of Eon Productions first James Bond movie, DR. NO! We salute the phenomenon that Eon Productions has built and talk about how Global James Bond Day and this year's 60th Anniversary of DR. NO goes way beyond the movies!  Cracking the Code of Spy Movies has over 70 James Bond podcast episodes!  Check them out:  https://spymovi...

A spy!  World War II! The Nazis making a deadly gas to use on England! Intrigue, deceit, brutality, executions, explosions, and a love story – all wrapped up into THE ADVENTURES OF TARTU ! Robert Donat and Valerie Hobson are the leads of this fun spy movie, done in 1943. This movie follows a mission by a bomb disposal technician who is thrust into an espionage mission because of his language and c...

In this Spy Movie News for September 27 2022 we remember Queen Elizabeth II. We also discuss the upcoming spy movies Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, The Gray Man, Inheritance, Blackbird, Section 8, Kandahar, Argylle, Spy Kids , James Bond, and more. Be in the know in under 19 minutes. Ideas/Comments? Info@SpyMovieNavigator.com Website Episode Page: https://bit.ly /3dMANZL You can find all of...

The GoldenEye Pre-title sequence gives us a new Bond, a huge dam, bungee Jumping, a chemical weapons plant, Russia, and old friend, 006, a motorcycle jump, Sean Bean's streak of bad luck – and yes, a new era of Bond – let's dive inside the pre–title sequence of the 1995 James Bond movie,  GoldenEye ! The jump, the luck and fate components of the 00 missions, For England, James! And who is in charg...

Richard Maibaum Papers at the University of Iowa Richard Maibaum, who wrote many of the James Bond movie screenplays, donated his papers to the University of Iowa. Pete Balestrieri is the curator for Science Fiction and Pop Culture at the University of Iowa Library. Join Dan and Tom as they have a discussion with Pete on the Richard Maibaum Papers. This collection includes a large selection of Mai...