Keyword: secret agent
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Skyfall
Some movies announce themselves with noise; Skyfall (2012) prefers to earn its reputation the slow way, one convert at a time. The film’s own tagline — “Think on your sins.” — tells you almost everything about the tone it’s going for. Strip away the craft and the premise is simple — When Bond’s latest assignment…
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Spectre
There are films you watch once and forget, and then there’s Spectre — a 2015 action from director Sam Mendes that has kept audiences talking long after the credits roll. “The Dead Are Alive.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t oversell it by much. Here’s the hook, in…