Tinker Tailor Solder Spy posterGary Oldman breathes new life into John le Carré's retired spy-hunter, the melancholy and betrayed George Smiley, in a tense thriller reminiscent of the best espionage tales all the way back to the Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Smiley is brought out of retirement to root out a Soviet mole at the top table of the British Secret Service...

This is far away from Bond glamour, no fast cars and jets; mostly middle-aged men making dirty compromises to keep even dirtier secrets. And yet this is one of the most effective thrillers produced in years, laden with menace and the threat of humiliation and sudden death. Read more of this post