'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' Movie Review

From knuckle balls to knuckle sandwiches: apparently Adam Hollioake has a new hobby A couple of weeks ago we speculated that the only careers available to ex cricketers were media gigs or ‘proper jobs’ i.e. mundane office affairs that involve number crunching and clerical chores. Only charismatic supermen like Michael Vaughan and Shane Warne had any other option i.e. advertising Advanced Hair Hats. However, Adam Hollioake has proved otherwise. There’s plenty of opportunities and adventure out...Read Full Story

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Director: Tomas Alfredson, 2011. (R)  It’s been almost 40 years since John Le Carre’s book “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” was first published. The early 1970s saw the cold war well underway, and the book focused on this espionage drama. In contrast to the flamboyant James Bond spy stories (and movies) which exhude action, gadgets and girls, Carre’s novel is slow and thoughtful, lacking the violence and sex. Its main character George Smiley (Gary Oldman, The Book of Eli) is a gray-haired who is...Read Full Story

The movie was created from the British company Nike Lebron 9 Operating Title Movies and financed by France's StudioCanal. It premiered in levels of competition at the 68th Venice Global Movie Pageant. The movie acquired favourable reviews and was the very best grossing movie in the British box business office for three consecutive weeks. Command, the head of British Intelligence ("the Circus"), sends agent Jim Prideaux to Hungary to meet a Hungarian normal who needs to sell data. The...Read Full Story

Gary Oldman, who celebrates his 54th birthday today (3/21), is one of the most acclaimed and captivating actors in the business, yet it seems his brilliant performances do not get the official recognition he so righteously deserves. Only this year he finally got his first official nomination from the academy, for his leading role in the spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In Tinker Tailor, Oldman plays an out-of-retirement MI6 operative. His character is very gray, restrained and held...Read Full Story