After all, he was just a guy who wore glasses and seemed anything but glamorous. There were no gadgets, Palmer was smart but no superman and when a woman threw herself at him, he immediately suspected her motives. ![]() Why? Because even the most outlandish one of these films ("The Billion Dollar Brain") was far more realistic than Bond films. It's a shame he didn't make more in the 60s and 70s as they were very good films-ones that left me far more satisfied than most of the James Bond movies-though I would not say that about the later films in the series. Then, rather out of the blue, two more in the 1990s. Michael made three Harry Palmer films in the 1960s, starting with "The Ipcress File". ![]() His reviews of streaming movies and television can be found at by MartinHafer 9 / 10 While most wouldn't agree, I liked this better than most of the Bond films. Sean Axmaker is a Seattle film critic and writer. (Amazon Freevee) New on disc and at Redbox The Australian murder mystery “Troppo” (not rated) stars Thomas Jane as an ex-cop hiding out in the remote tropics of Queensland. Other streamsįrench filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin adapts Philip Roth with “Deception” (France, 2021, with subtitles), starring Denis Podalydès and Léa Seydoux. PeacockĪ father (Zac Efron) tries to protect his gifted adolescent daughter from a shadowy government organization in “Firestarter” (2020, R), based on Stephen King’s novel. Simmons) discover a secret chamber that transports them to a strange, barren alien planet in “Night Sky” (2022, TV-14). (HBO Max) Amazon Prime VideoĪ middle-aged couple (Sissy Spacek and J.K. Rose Leslie stars as “The Time Traveler’s Wife” (TV-MA), and Theo James is the love of her life in this limited-series romantic drama. Sports drama “American Underdog” (2021, PG) stars Zachary Levi as Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner. The romantic comedy “The Valet” (2022, TV-14) stars Samara Weaving as a movie star who enlists a valet (Eugenio Derbez) to pose as her boyfriend. Sparks fly between a Los Angeles executive (Victoria Justice) and an Australian ranch hand (Adam Demos) in the romantic comedy “A Perfect Pairing” (2022, TV-14). (Hulu) Pay-Per-View / Video on DemandĬhanning Tatum co-directs and stars in the heartwarming road movie “Dog” (2022, PG-13). All episodes of the limited series are available. (Apple TV+)Ī college student (Alison Oliver) loses herself in an affair with an older married man (Joe Alwyn) in “Conversations With Friends” (TV-MA). Three episodes available, new episodes on Fridays. ![]() (Peacock).įive college friends are brought together by a blackmailer 20 years after another friend was killed in the bilingual limited series “Now and Then” (TV-MA, with subtitles). pop culture phenomenon in the limited series “Angelyne” (TV-MA), a drama about the enigmatic self-made celebrity and the birth of famous-for-being-famous influencer culture. (AMC+)Įmmy Rossum plays the eighties L.A. It’s based on the novel by Len Deighton and also stars Lucy Boynton and Tom Hollander. ![]() Joe Cole is Harry Palmer, a black market smuggler pressed into becoming a British spy, in “The Ipcress File” (not rated), a Cold War thriller about kidnapped atomic scientists, brainwashing and betrayal in 1960s London. The classic animated kids show is revived in the self-aware “Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers” (PG), a comedy of the cartoon chipmunk buddies (voiced by John Mulaney and Andy Samberg) reuniting after 30 years to investigate the disappearance of animated characters in the real world. The mix of romantic comedy and exotic adventure plays like a tongue-in-cheek 21st century reworking of “Romancing the Stone” with a twist of “Indiana Jones.” (Paramount+) Sandra Bullock is a bestselling author of romantic adventures who gets kidnapped by a megalomaniac millionaire treasure hunter (Daniel Radcliffe) in “The Lost City” (2022, PG-13), and Channing Tatum plays the dim but sweet cover model who rushes to her rescue. What’s new for home viewing on Video on Demand, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime and other streaming services.
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