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Forget the Film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: See the BBC Original

Eric Margolis | Posted 03.30.2012

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Eric Margolis

Writing about films is not something I often do, but as an old Cold Warrior who has covered intelligence matters for decades and been involved in a few, the thrilling book Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is right up my dark alley.

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Brawl Breaks Out On Flight, Colin Firth Unharmed

Posted 03.02.2012

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A brawl broke out Wednesday on a London-bound British Airways flight, and was so bad crew could not break it up. Romantic comedy fans will be happy to...

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Watch Michelle Williams In 'A Thousand Acres'

Posted 04.28.2012

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Michelle Williams has come a long way since starring as Jen Lindley on "Dawson's Creek." The actress has earned three Oscar nominations in her young c...

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Why I Still Love The Oscars

Lori Fradkin | Posted 04.25.2012

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Lori Fradkin

The thing about watching the Academy Awards is it's only partially about watching the awards. Ask them what I served at my party and they will answer without hesitation. Cupcakes.

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A-List Stars Head To The BAFTAs

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 04.13.2012

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LONDON — Silent movie "The Artist" had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Aw...

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What Will Happen To 'Bridget Jones 3'?

Posted 04.04.2012

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It's doubtful that you're champing at the bit to see another chapter in the story of Bridget Jones, but that hasn't stopped Working Title from forging...

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'Late Late Show': Colin Firth On Attending Golden Globes As Presenter, Not Nominee

Posted 01.18.2012

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Last year, Colin Firth won a Golden Globe Award for his role in "The King's Speech." This year, he attended the ceremony as a presenter, which, he...

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BAFTA Nominations: Clooney, Pitt Square Off For Top British Acting Award

AP/Huffington Post | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 03.18.2012

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LONDON -- It's spry versus spy as frothy silent movie "The Artist" and moody thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" lead the race for the British Academ...

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Is No Easy Watch

Chris Krapek | Posted 03.13.2012

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Chris Krapek

Absorbing and fully understanding this movie is work. You must give your full and undivided attention to process every minute detail -- it could be a clue! Better think twice before that large popcorn and soda.

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PHOTOS: Celebs Said WHAT About Their Own Marriages This Year?

Posted 12.28.2011

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It may seem silly to take marriage advice from Hollywood celebrities--a group who don't seem to take marriage vows all that seriously (really, Kim Kar...

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Tomas Alfredson on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Dan Persons | Posted 02.10.2012

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Dan Persons

Long for the heady, Cold War days of espionage? Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy rallies a stellar cast to tell a tale deception and conspiracy. It's dark, it's tense, and it makes James Bond look like Maxwell Smart's less-incisive brother.

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Jessie Heyman

Gary Oldman Takes On 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'`

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessie Heyman | Posted 12.09.2011

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"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" seems like the stuff of boyhood fantasies -- the type of movie that makes you want to buy a trench, peck away on a typewri...

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First Nighter: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alec Guinness Spectacular on DVD

David Finkle | Posted 02.07.2012

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David Finkle

The beauty of John le Carré's continuing canon is that his scrutiny of spies' lives is always a metaphor for humanity's broader existential predicaments.

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Movie review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.07.2012

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Marshall Fine

Thrillers and spy tales have devolved in movies to a hash of slice'n'dice editing, prefabricated plots and outlandish action and gunplay that makes al...

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Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Is Smart, Suspenseful, Engaging, Terrific

Scott Mendelson | Posted 02.05.2012

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Scott Mendelson

From the somewhat hazy cinematography to the John Barry-ish score to the overtly cold and clinical nature of the narrative, this is a film that (appropriately) wants to take us back to what many consider to the peak of mainstream adult filmmaking.

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How To Date Colin Firth

people.com | Paul Chi | Posted 01.23.2012

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Colin Firth is sexy, dashing, Academy award-winning ... and available? ...

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Colin Firth Getting New Image?

Posted 01.11.2012

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Colin Firth has worn many hats -- he's played Mr. Darcy (twice), a stuttering King of England and even a singing suitor in "Mamma Mia." But he's never...

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See The Resemblance?

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 01.01.2012

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Jeremy Irvine, star of Steven Spielberg's upcoming drama War Horse, has been cast in The Railway Man, a drama to be directed by Jonathan Teplitzky....

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Was Colin's New Film Dumbed-Down?

Posted 11.11.2011

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At the Venice premier of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," Colin Firth said the heady, John le Carré adaptation would not faze audiences and that filmg...

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Movie Review: Main Street

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.09.2011

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Marshall Fine

It's not hard to see how a movie like Main Street got made, at least in theory. Why it's being released is another question altogether.

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Remember This British Thriller -- It's 'The Film To Beat' At Venice

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.05.2011

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"Right here, right now, it's the film to beat at this year's festival." Xan Brooks of the Guardian has spoken, and we're inclined to nod violently in ...

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Sarah Jessica Parker, Others Donate Shoes To Charity

Indo Asian News Service | Posted 10.17.2011

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London, Aug 17 (IANS) Actresses Sienna Miller and Sarah Jessica Parker have donated shoes to a charity called the Small Steps Project, run by former c...

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Third 'Bridget Jones' Movie Officially On Its Way!

ew.com | Posted 10.11.2011

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t's finally time to re-open the diary: Bridget Jones is returning to the big screen. EW has confirmed exclusively that Working Title Films, the produ...

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Orlando Bloom, Colin Firth Try Their Best Southern Accents

Posted 09.24.2011

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Give the director credit for thinking outside the box, at least. Searching for leads in the upcoming small town Southern film, "Main Street," directo...

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Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson Teaming Up?

Posted 09.04.2011

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As it turns out, James McAvoy will star in "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle's next film, "Trance," but it won't be in place of his "X-Men: F...

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