In his review of the mini-series, Brendan Bernhard not so subtly pointed out that The State Within was 'a kind of left-wing fantasy about how the British-American "special relationship" ought to function ( Read more... )

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If I've been a bit quiet re: Strikethrough 2007, the recent furore and the preemptive fandom exodus that seems to be already taking place, it's because it's only just sinking in for me that this is really happening ( Read more... )

( The State Within )

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OMG. I am a SAP, as you probably all know by now. That is my only excuse for writing this.

George Blake and Nicholas Brocklehurst. After episode 6. Warning for random abuse of tenses.

So tell everybody I'm on my way
And I just can't wait to be home

- Phil Collins

( There and Back )

David Denby on Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd, and the nature of espionage:

( the operational truth of espionage is the opposite-the most intricate and savage betrayal )

New DVDs: Dylan Kidd's P.S. and Jacob Tierney's Twist. *hugs them* Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne should play estranged spouses all the time - they do it so well.

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CHUD has three exclusive posters for Trade, a movie from the German director Marco Kreuzpaintner about the international traffic in human beings for the sex industry. The posters are ( Read more... )

So, when rez_lo linked to this, the spy fandoms all gave a collective squee, and I came back with this. (And thus reveal shamelessly my obsession with FOOD.)

( Morning News )

A snippet that was originally cut out of Sea of Faith. Revised to fit with episode 6.

( Declare )