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The Agency: Overtaken By Events  Season 1, Ep 10

As command of the operation shifts out his hands, Bosko shares a grim reality; Naomi receives troubling news out of Iran; Richardson runs a rogue operation; Felix gets overtaken by events; Martian, desperate, makes a devil's bargain.
posted by extramundane on Feb 2, 2025 - 5 comments

The Agency: The Rubicon  Season 1, Ep 9

Martian tricks Langley. Blair and Owen are looking for the White Rabbit. Osman increases the stakes. Henry commissions Dr. Blake for an evaluation. Danny makes an irreversible decision. With Bosko's green light, a trap is activated.
posted by extramundane on Jan 17, 2025 - 0 comments

The Agency: Truth Will Set You Free  Season 1, Ep 8

A botched recruitment, a decoded play, and a promising lead shake things up. Tensions rise as stakes are clarified and moral dilemmas surface. Meanwhile, an unexpected revelation threatens to change everything.
posted by extramundane on Jan 10, 2025 - 3 comments

The Agency: Hard Landing  Season 1, Ep 7

Mr. Dalaga intensifies pressure on Sami. Bosko learns about Valhalla's scope. Jerome receives horoscope advice. Martian's hand forced when Poppy threatened; with Henry's team, he plans risky recruitment strategy involving her life.
posted by extramundane on Jan 4, 2025 - 2 comments

The Agency: Spy For Sale  Season 1, Ep 6

Richardson's arrival at the Fishbowl catches Henry off guard; Martian scrambles to unravel Cossack's game as the stakes escalate; Naomi, uncovering a secret, cautions Danny; Sami's attempts to reach Martian lead to naught.
posted by extramundane on Jan 4, 2025 - 1 comment

The Agency: Rat Trap  Season 1, Ep 5

Facing pressure from Langley, Henry sends Owen to Minsk on an intelligence mission. Danny's work with Reza generates an unforeseen result. Sami confronts Osman about delicate issues, and Martian, prepares a trap.
posted by extramundane on Jan 4, 2025 - 0 comments

The Agency: Quarterback Blitz  Season 1, Ep 4

Henry and Martian wade into a diplomatic incident with the Belarusian delegation. Dropped into her mission by Naomi, Danny walks a tightrope. Poppy and Martian attempt a fresh start. Osman threatens Sami.
posted by extramundane on Jan 4, 2025 - 0 comments

The Agency: Hawk from a Handsaw  Season 1, Ep 3

Henry questions Martian's thinking. Bosko is briefed on a top-secret operation. Poppy makes a startling discovery. Martian confronts Sami about why she's in London and finds a needle in a haystack before a heated session with Dr. Blake.
posted by extramundane on Dec 7, 2024 - 1 comment

The Agency: Wooden Duck  Season 1, Ep 2

Dr. Blake arrives from Langley and is put to a test by Martian and Henry. A spooked source threatens to put an operation at risk. Danny's cover is put in play. Martian, overtaken by events, begins to question Sami's motives.
posted by extramundane on Nov 30, 2024 - 2 comments

The Agency: The Bends  Season 1, Ep 1

Season premiere. Adaptation of Le Bureau des Légendes. [more inside]
posted by extramundane on Nov 30, 2024 - 5 comments

Movie: X-Men: First Class

[TRAILER] In the early 1960s, during the height of the Cold War, a mutant named Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) meets a fellow mutant named Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender). Despite their vastly different backgrounds -- Charles grew up with a wealthy family, while Erik lost his parents at Auschwitz -- the two become close friends. As the world teeters on the brink of a nuclear war, Charles and Erik join forces with other mutants to save humanity. However, a situation soon tears the friends apart. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 30, 2024 - 14 comments

Movie: The Killer

After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Nov 12, 2023 - 32 comments

Movie: 12 Years a Slave

In the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Subjected to the cruelty of one malevolent owner (Michael Fassbender), he also finds unexpected kindness from another, as he struggles continually to survive and maintain some of his dignity. Then in the 12th year of the disheartening ordeal, a chance meeting with an abolitionist from Canada changes Solomon's life forever. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 16, 2022 - 5 comments

Movie: Inglourious Basterds

It is the first year of Germany's occupation of France. Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of Jewish soldiers to commit violent acts of retribution against the Nazis, including the taking of their scalps. He and his men join forces with Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger), a German actress and undercover agent, to bring down the leaders of the Third Reich. Their fates converge with theater owner Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), who seeks to avenge the Nazis' execution of her family. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 30, 2022 - 27 comments

Movie: Slow West

A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Sep 22, 2022 - 1 comment

Movie: Prometheus

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Oct 20, 2021 - 54 comments

Movie: Steve Jobs

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter.
posted by pitrified on Oct 25, 2015 - 7 comments

Movie: Frank

Based on author Jon Ronson's time spent playing keyboard as part of Frank Sidebottom's band. [more inside]
posted by Sheydem-tants on Sep 7, 2014 - 5 comments

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