The Spy-Fi Guys

The Swingin Sixties Spy Summer is over and the Spy-Fi Guys get back to reality with "Fair Game," starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. CIA operative Valerie Plame is burned and must decide whether to speak out in this post-9/11 thriller. Christian shares an awkward story of meeting the real life Valerie Plame and Zach shares spy fact vs fiction. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social m...

The Spy-Fi Guys bring their friends together to celebrate Global James Bond Day with a drafting game! Past guest stars Sarah, Carolyn, and Lance join the boys for a competition to assemble the perfect James Bond movie using fictional characters across time and space. Once you've listened, vote for your favorite on our social media pages below or at http://bit.ly/007Draft before October 12th. You c...

The Swingin Sixties Spy Summer concludes with "Help!" starring the Fab Four aka the Beatles. Ringo Starr and his friends avoid a surprisingly racist depiction of a Thugee cult while playing classic '60s Beatles hits. Guest star Ger provides some extra information about the Beatles and their history. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfi...

"Operation Kid Brother" aka "OK Connery" is a movie the Spy-Fi Guys can't believe exists. It stars Neil Connery as himself, who is also the younger brother of James Bond. Also starring the same actors who played Moneypenny, M, Largo, and more. The penultimate episode to the Swinging Sixties Spy Summer. Guest star Brian from the Knightcave podcast returns. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the follow...

The Spy-Fi Guys have a lot to say about 2008's "Get Smart," starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway as the Swingin '60s Spy Summer continues. Zach makes tea and Christian tells a story about falling through a ceiling. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfiguys https://www.instagram.com/thespyfiguys/

Did you know Mel Brooks created "Get Smart" the spy spoof series featuring shoe phones, trapdoors in telephone booths, and crying robots? The Spy-Fi Guys cover the episodes "Back to the Old Drawing Board" and "A Spy for A Spy" on this week's return to the Swingin' Sixties Spy Summer. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://tw...

Inferior movie remakes of classic TV shows are nothing new, as 1998's "The Avengers" tells us. Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes team up to take on the late great Sean Connery, his weather machine, and his army of furries. Yes, really. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfiguys

Everyone knows the characters of the iconic '60s show "The Avengers," starring Diana Rigg and Patrick MacNee, but how well do the episodes hold up? The Spy-Fi Guys watch "The Town of No Return" and "Who's Who???"  You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfiguys

The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with the Guy Ritchie directed "The Man from UNCLE" starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Alicia Vikander. How does it hold up compared to the episode of the original series the Spy-Fi Guys watched last week? Guest starring Carolyn and Kelly. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://t...

The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with an episode the original "Man from UNCLE" starring Robert Vaugh and David McCallum. The episode is Season 2, Episode 19: "The Waverly Ring Affair." Guest starring Carolyn and Kelly. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfiguys

The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with the French foreign language film "OSS 117: Lost in Rio." Secret agent Hubert de la Bath regularly puts his foot in his mouth while battling Nazis and saving the day in 1967 Rio De Janiero, Brazil. Guest starring Scott and Cam from the SpyHards Podcast. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfig...

The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with an episode of the classic TV series "Mission Impossible" called "Operation Rogosh." The IMF tries to gaslight a terrorist into believing that it's three years in the future and he's on trial for his life. Guest starring Aaron and Nathan from Mission Impodible You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/th...

The Spy-Fi Guys enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time as they cover the much anticipated, long delayed Scarlett Johannson starring "Black Widow." Natasha Romanoff's past catches up with her in the form of an adopted family and an old enemy. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfiguys

The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with "The Prisoner" the iconic sci-fi series developed by and starring the late great Patrick McGoohan. A secret agent is abducted and taken to a mysterious village guarded by a giant balloon and populated exclusively by people with numbers intead of names. Guest starring Sundeep. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://ww...

The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" starring Mike Meyers and Mike Meyers. Suave '60s secret agent Powers time travels to 1997 and brings his regressive attitudes toward women with him. Are there more than fifteen minutes of laughs? Tune in to find out. Guest starring Sarah. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: ht...

The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with "Danger Man," the 1960 Patrick McGoohan-starring precursor to the sci-fi classic "The Prisoner." It is also known for the theme song "Secret Agent Man." The Spy-Fi Guys watched two episodes: "Josetta" and "Whatever Happened to George Foster?" Does this series hold up? Tune in to find out. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media link...

The Swingin' '60s Summer Series continues with "In Like Flint." James Coburn stars in a not-quite-a-parody of James Bond films featuring mind-control hair dryers, microphones hidden in pencils, an army of bikini babes, and zero gravity fights. Not one to be missed. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfig...

We begin our Swingin' '60s Summer Series with, of course, a James Bond film. Except this is not your average 007 film. This early James Bond parody actually uses the title and story material from the very first 007 novel by Ian Fleming, and then turns it on its head. Starring Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, and Orson Welles, this film asks the question, can you have too ma...

The Spy-Fi Guys close out "Zero Dark Thirty" with one last microdot episode, starring Admiral William H. McRaven (retired) formerly of the US Navy SEALs, the man who led the raid on the Abbotobad compound. Zach shares highlights from Admiral McRaven's book "Sea Stories" and Christian tells a sea story of his own. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.faceboo...

The United States finds and kills the 21st century's most notorious terrorist in this conclusion to "Zero Dark Thirty" starring Jessica Chastain and late arrival Chris Pratt. Stay tuned for some interesting and humorous spy fact vs fiction after the film analysis. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfigu...

In between takes on Zero Dark Thirty, Zach brings us greater detail behind the killing of seven CIA officers in Afghanistan at the hands of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, a Jordanian doctor who worked both sides of the War of Terror. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfiguys https://www.instagram.com...

The greatest manhunt in history gets underway as Jessica Chastain chases Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti across multiple countries and CIA blacksites. The Spy-Fi Guys talk torture, characterization, and the Bechdel test while reviewing this Best Picture Nominee from 2012. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfiguys...

Michael B. Jordan stars in "Tom Clancy's Without Remorse," an Amazon Prime original movie that could have been in the same universe as the "Jack Ryan" series, but it isn't clear. The Spy-Fi Guys are joined by guest star Lance to discuss the movie, the book, and everything in between. You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://tw...

In this very special microdot episode, the Spy-Fi Guys are joined by Professor Louis R. Eltscher, author of "Traitors or Patriots? A Story of the German Anti-Nazi Resistance," which can currently be found wherever books are sold. Louis shares with them stories of anti-Nazi heroism and anti-German prejudice in the United States, gives them more information about Georg Elser, and gets political with...

Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson star in the story of an ordinary amnesiac who is actually a CIA assassin! Sounds like a Shane Black movie? That's because it is, with all the clever dialogue to match. It's also one of Samuel L. Jackson's favorites to rewatch.  You can find the Spy-Fi Guys at the following social media links: https://www.facebook.com/thespyfiguys/ https://twitter.com/thespyfiguys...