SpyHards - A Spy Movie Podcast

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operatives Ben Eslinger and Jason Greenberg from the Central Intelligence Cinema podcast, get washed up on a Scottish island while decoding the 1981 Donald Sutherland WWII spy thriller Eye of the Needle. Directed by Richard Marquand. Starring Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Ian Bannen, Christopher Cazenove, Stephen MacKenna and Philip Martin Brown. Check ou...

Agents Scott and Cam welcome actress Maryam d'Abo to the show to discuss her breakthrough performance as Kara Milovy in the 1987 Timothy Dalton 007 adventure The Living Daylights. She also shares intel on her experience co-writing, producing and hosting the 2002 documentary Bond Girls Are Forever. Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie...

Agents Scott and Cam engage in a double-bladed lightsaber fight while revisiting the first episode of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, 1999's The Phantom Menace, for their Patreon-exclusive spin-off series. Directed by George Lucas. Starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, Frank Oz, Ahmed Best and Ray Park. Become...

Agents Scott and Cam keep the 100 episodes extravaganza going by holding a high stakes NOC List knock-out tournament in order to determine the greatest inducted spy film to date. Plus, SpyHards listeners call in with their own hot takes on which movies did or didn't deserve entry onto the list.      View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at  Letterboxd.com/spyhards Become a  SpyHards Patron and...

Agents Scott and Cam welcome writer/director Rick Friedberg to the podcast to talk about creating the madcap Leslie Nielsen spy spoof Spy Hard. He also shares stories about his acclaimed commercial work, as well as his earlier collaborations with Nielsen on the Bad Golf videos. Check out more of Rick's work at his website , or purchase his book, Hollywood War Stories: How to Survive in the Trenche...

Agents Scott and Cam celebrate 100 episodes by helping Agent WD-40 save the world with the 1996 Leslie Nielsen spy movie spoof Spy Hard.    Directed by Rick Friedberg. Starring Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick, John Ales and Andy Griffith. Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie comm...

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Danny from It's A Musical! Podcast, dance the Snuggle Huggle while singing along with the 1967 Roy Orbison western spy musical The Fastest Guitar Alive.    Directed by Michael D. Moore. Starring Roy Orbison, Sammy Jackson, Maggie Pierce, Joan Freeman, Lyle Bettger, John Doucette and Patricia Donahue. Check out It's A Musical! Podcast wherever you ge...

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Jarrah Hodge from the Women at Warp podcast, perform slow-mo high dives off neon-lit skyscrapers while hacking in to the Scarlett Johansson-led 2017 live-action remake of Ghost in the Shell.    Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Chin Han and Michael Pitt. Check out Women at...

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Shayla Miller from YouTube's Sweet Time, team up with Jessica Chastain and crew to recover a deadly MacGuffin while tackling the 2022 action thriller The 355. Directed by Simon Kinberg. Starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong'o, Édgar Ramírez, Sebastian Stan and Jason Flemyng. Make sure to watch Sweet Time...

Agent Scott and guest operative George Aldridge from the Cinema Savvy YouTube channel grow truly awesome moustaches while serving up a DECLASSIFIED review of the new Netflix spy thriller The Gray Man. Spoilers run from 42:55-50:20 Directed by Anthony & Joe Russo. Starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton, Jessica Henwick, Dhanush, Alfre Woodard and Regé-Jean Page.  T...

Agents Scott and Cam welcome actress Barbara Carrera to the podcast to discuss her iconic performance as Fatima Blush in the 1983 Bond adventure Never Say Never Again. She also shares stories about making Disney's Condorman, and shooting her memorable Bond girl-themed cameo for That 70s Show.  Check out Barbara's acclaimed artwork at her website . Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to top...

Agents Scott and Cam welcome screenwriting duo Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais to the show to discuss the process of crafting Sean Connery's return to 007 duty in 1983's Never Say Never Again. They also share stories about making the 1971 Kirk Douglas espionage comedy Catch Me A Spy, as well as the hit TV show Porridge.  Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field...

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Phil Nobile Jr., Editor-in-Chief of Fangoria, challenge Bond to a deadly game of Domination while decoding Sean Connery's 007 return in 1983's Never Say Never Again.  Directed by Irvin Kershner. Starring Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Barbara Carrera, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Edward Fox and Rowan Atkinson. Make...

Agents Scott and Cam outline their spy movie mission. Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Pick up exclusive SpyHards merch, including the "What Does Vargas Do?" t-shirt by  @shaylayy,  available only at  Redbubble Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at  Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podca...

Agents Scott and Cam saddle up and go undercover with Gary Cooper in the 1952 espionage western Springfield Rifle. Directed by André De Toth. Starring Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Philip Carey, Lon Chaney Jr. and James Millican. Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Pick up exclusive Spy...

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Beth Accomando of the Cinema Junkie blog and podcast, evade swimsuit-clad robots in San Francisco while tackling the 1965 Vincent Price spy spoof Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine. Directed by Norman Taurog. Starring Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Susan Hart, Jack Mullaney and Fred Clark. The Cinema Junkie podcast is available ever...

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Em from the Verbal Diorama podcast, collect spider venom with Angelina Jolie as they decode the 2010 spy thriller Salt. Directed by Phillip Noyce. Starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl, Andre Braugher and Hunt Block. Check out  Verbal Diorama  wherever you get your podcasts. Become a  SpyHards Pat...

Agents Scott and Cam welcome actor and fight choreographer Nicky Naudé to the show to talk about facing off against Matt Damon as the deadly asset Castel in 2002's The Bourne Identity. He also shares stories about making Brotherhood of the Wolf and Hitman, as well as writing and directing his own short films.   Check out Nicky's work on his YouTube channel , or follow him on Instagram . Become a ...

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operatives Jon Auty from the Behind the Stunts podcast and YouTube channel and Ashley Lynch, film and television editor, celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Bourne Identity by debating the legacy of the groundbreaking Jason Bourne franchise, and its best and worst elements.    The hosts also reconvene with past Bourne review guests David Lowbridge-Ellis fro...

Agents Scott and Cam welcome screenwriter Ben Power to the podcast to talk about his experiences bringing Robert Harris' work to the screen with 2021's Munich: The Edge of War. He also shares stories about collaborating with Sam Mendes on the acclaimed English language adaptation of the play The Lehman Trilogy. Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus ep...

Agents Scott and Cam attempt to smuggle top secret papers to Neville Chamberlain while decoding the 2021 Netflix film Munich: The Edge of War. Directed by Christian Schwochow. Starring George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Jeremy Irons, Sandra Hüller, August Diehl, Ulrich Matthes, Mark Lewis Jones, Liv Lisa Fries, Anjli Mohindra and Jessica Brown Findlay. Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to t...

Agents Scott and Cam brave the Russian Revolution with Leslie Howard on a vital diplomatic mission in the 1934 espionage thriller British Agent. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan, Phillip Reed, Irving Pichel, Ivan F. Simpson, Halliwell Hobbes, J. Carrol Naish, Walter Byron and Cesar Romero. Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to top secret "Agen...

Agents Scott and Cam welcome writer Mary Claypool to the podcast to discuss her experiences creating the English language localization script for 1995's Ghost in the Shell. She also shares stories about working on iconic films like Ghostbusters, Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Batman Returns.  Become a  SpyHards Patron  and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commen...

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Dannie from the Anime Summit Podcast, slip into their thermoptic camouflage and dive into the influential 1995 anime hit Ghost in the Shell. Directed by Mamoru Oshii. Starring Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera and Iemasa Kayumi. English version stars Mimi Woods, Richard Epcar, Christopher Joyce and Tom Wyner. The Anime Summit Podcast is av...

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Matt Glasby, writer at Total Film and Radio Times, and author of The Book of Horror, hit the gym and try to recover their memoirs while decoding the 2008 Coen brothers comedy Burn After Reading. Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen. Starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, Elizabeth Marvel, Da...