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! Then we talk about some issues between EON Productions and Amazon, take a look at spy series that have been cancelled or renewed, some upcoming spy movies and series, and then wrap with a tip of the hat to some industry workers who have passed in the last month.

Some of the shows we discuss include:

• · “The Old Man”
• · “A Man on the Inside”
• · “The Day of the Jackal”
• · “Mr. And Mrs. Smith”
• · “Black Doves
• · "The Night Agent”
• · "The Agency”
• · “Citadel”
• · “The Recruit”
• · BLACK BAG
• · "The Secret World of James Bond”
• · And more …

Do any of these upcoming shows excite you? If so, let us know which ones. Also, if you have any thoughts about the format of Spy Movie News, we’d love to hear those thoughts.

Let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you thought of this episode. Just drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com. The more we hear from you, the better the show will surely be! We’ll give you a shout-out in a future episode!

You can check out all of our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website. In addition, you can check out our YouTube channel as well.

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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 cases, they give a synopsis of the movie. You may discover an episode that decoded a movie you are interested in, or didn’t know you were interested in until you heard this episode. Remember their goal is to provide you with information that will enhance your movie viewing experience.

Some of the items they discuss in the 2024 year in review include:

• · How many spy movies they decoded in 2024 and since they started
• · Who some of the people they interviewed are
• · Some of the spy movies of which Dan and Tom had differing opinions
• · The episodes they call out about specific movies a spy movie fan should see
• · What is a character spotlight, and which ones have they done
• · What Luciana Paluzzi told Dan and Tom about their interview after it was over
• · What old TV series they decoded
• · What’s new on the website
• · Events they attended
• · And much more ...

What did you think of this episode? Did you hear about any episodes you missed that you now want to listen to? Are there other spy movies you’d like us to decode?

Let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you thought of this episode. Just drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com. The more we hear from you, the better the show will surely be! We’ll give you a shout-out in a future episode!

You can check out all of our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website. In addition, you can check out our YouTube channel as well.  

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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 shows a “spy” is on a mission in a retirement community.

Besides discussing the shows themselves, they also break down the similarities and differences between them.

In this episode we discuss:

• What was real in the documentary?
• What wasn’t?
• Who Sergio is in real life?
• How the documentary was filmed
• The spy gadgets used in both shows
• The role of the family in both shows
• The actors in “A Man on the Inside”
• Some of the emotional impact of the story
• How the cinematography differed
• And More …

Dan and Tom disagree about whether this is a spy story. Take a listen to find out why.

If you’ve seen either or both of these shows, what are your thoughts? Do you think this a spy story? Should Dan and Tom release similar decoding episodes? Which order did you watch them? Did you like the documentary or the series better?

Let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you thought of this episode. Just drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com.  The more we hear from you, the better the show will surely be!  We’ll give you a shout-out in a future episode!  

You can check out all of our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website. In addition, you can check out our YouTube channel as well.  

Episode Webpage: https://bit.ly/4frZ8xP