Cracking the Code of Spy Movies!

Join Dan and Tom as they decode the 1951 World War II spy movie DECISION BEFORE DAWN.  It was the first spy movie nominated for the Best Motion Picture Academy Award. And we think it is likely that …

Join Dan and Tom as they give you their no-spoiler review of the just-released spy movie, THE AMATEUR, starring Rami Malek and Laurence Fishburne. 

Our goal is to give you the information you need …

Dan and Tom decode the Timothy Dalton as James Bond.  What was the Good, the Bad, and Unique of his performance?  What worked and didn’t work well?Listen to find out.

Timothy Dalton only played J…

Dan and Tom decode the Good the Bad and Unique of Roger Moore as James Bond.  What worked and didn’t work well?  What made him a unique Bond? Listen to find out.

Roger Moore helmed seven James Bon…

There are two types of James Bond women in the movies: those who died and those who survived. Is there a pattern here?  Does it matter if James Bond is romantically involved with them? How about if …

Join Dan and Tom as they decode the 1980 spy movie HOPSCOTCH. It has a star-studded cast and is a comedy. But, is it worth a watch? Listen to find out.

Walter Matthau plays the spy, Miles Kendig wh…

Join Dan and Tom as they give you their no-spoiler review of the just-released spy movie: BLACK BAG.  Our goal is to give you the information you need to see if watching BLACK BAG is worth your time…

Join Dan and Tom as they decode the 1943 spy movie BACKGROUND TO DANGER starring George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet. Is it worth a watch? We decode all that for you!

James Bond movie posters are very popular with collectors.  And of course, it all started in the 1960s.  Join Dan and Tom as they welcome the founder and editor of 007 Magazine, Graham Rye to help de…

Kidnapping Winston Churchill during WW II is the plot of the 1976 movie, THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. 

Yes, the plot sounds intriguing, but is it based on a true mission? We know about failed assassination …

There was big news in the world of James Bond today!  Amazon/MGM get creative control of James Bond movies from EON Productions.  For some of us, it was our biggest fear for the franchise.  For other…

Join Dan and Tom as they decode the James Bond movie’s fan-favorite scenes. We know that different James Bond movie fans have their favorite movies and scenes from these movies.  Not everyone likes t…

Join Dan and Tom for this Rachel Grant interview. We discuss Rachel’s role as “Peaceful Fountains of Desire” in the James Bond movie DIE ANOTHER DAY and more.

Rachel Grant is an actress, a mother, a…

Dan and Tom bring back Tom Whiteman from Legacy-Collectibles.com to talk about some of the OSS weapons that were created to help the first U.S. spy agency in WW II. We talked with Mr. Whiteman in an …

Dan and Tom decode the 1979 comedy spy movie THE IN-LAWS.  This movie stars Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. Plus they compare it to the 2003 remake with the same name.

The 1979 version of THE IN-LAWS is…

This is the movie where Cameron Diaz retur…

Join Dan for our Spy Movie News January 14 2025 edition.

First, a mystery we’ve mentioned in the last couple of Spy Movie News briefings about the upcoming Christopher Nolan Project is resolved!  Th…

Dan and Tom give us their 2024 year in review for SpyMovieNavigator.com and their podcast Cracking the Code of Spy Movies. 

They talk about some of the spy movies they decoded last year.  In some cas…

Netflix released the series “A Man on the Inside” which was based on the Oscar Nominated Chilean documentary “The Mole Agent”. In this episode, Dan and Tom decode these two shows. In both of these sh…

Dan and Tom decode what makes James Bond the best MI6 Agent. We’ve heard M refer to James Bond as the best agent, but what are the reasons he is the best? 

Is it his training? Loyalty? Survival sk…