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Blu-ray Review: ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’– The Criterion Collection

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is John le Carré’s third novel, named the “best spy novel of all-time” by Publishers Weekly in 2006.  It is also the first film from adapted from his work.  What...

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DVD Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Television has often disappointed me as a media because of both its failure to live up to its potential and its willingness to sink to the the lowest common denominator. Unlike movies, which are...

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DVD Review: Smiley’s People

It’s said that nothing can earn you enemies faster than being right. It seems like most people would prefer the status quo be preserved no matter what the consequences. In the televised adaptation of...

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Blu-ray Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)

Reading Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and several other George Smiley novels a couple of decades ago, I found John le Carre’s tales of the once and future SIS agent intriguing but not entirely...

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Blu-ray Review: Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (1979)

Releasing today from Acorn Media on Blu-ray is the classic British series, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Based on a book by John le Carre, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy follows George Smiley (Alec...

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Book Review: Books to Die For edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke

An avid reader for most of my life, I find that my taste is very eclectic. However, as far back as I can remember mystery novels have been just that one step ahead in my heart. Can it be that sense of...

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