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One of the coolest and most beloved sub-genres for thriller, action, and drama fans is the spy genre, and there’s a good reason. In a spy film or series, we get complicated and cool characters who put their lives on the line by going against numerous people, and instead of always letting their guns talk, they use more covert tactics, which are always thrilling to watch. So, Prime Video being what it is, it has a large library of content, and also some of the best spy shows you can find, and that’s what inspired us to compile a list of the best spy shows you can watch on Prime Video right now.

Citadel: Honey Bunny Credit – Prime Video

Citadel: Honey Bunny is an Indian spy action thriller drama series created by Sita R. Menon.

From a buzzy sci-fi horror to a documentary about the 1960s California music scene, these are the best MGM+ original series streaming now.

Arguably, there’s been no better way to wrap up 2024 than with a series about the apocalypse. With the success of survival dramas in recent years like “The Last of Us” and “Fallout,” MGM+ recently premiered its adaptation of George R. Stewart’s 1949 novel “Earth Abides” The six-episode limited series, which stars Alexander Ludwig, Jessica Frances Dukes, Aaron Tveit, and more, takes place as a viral pandemic has decimated the vast majority of the human species and a group of shattered survivors fight against full extinction, rebuilding society from scratch.

The post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama debuted on Dec. 1 and will wrap up its story on Dec. 29, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t bring your subscription with you into the new year. The streamer is home to plenty of other great series,...

Producer David Puttnamquoted Bette Davis at theBritish Screen Forum’s annual conference this week in London when he said: ”It’s no time for sissies” in reference to the challenges facing the industry heading into 2025.

Some shifts in business models may feel like a return to familiar and comfortable ground for the industry. However, rapidly advancing AI technology, soaring production budgets and persistent issues surrounding inclusivity mean there is plenty of work to be done, said speakers including Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy, Sister co-founder Jane Featherstone, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative founder Stacy Smith, Bafta CEO Jane Millichip and Caroline Dinenage,...

Mark Lewis Jones and Nia Roberts have joined the cast of upcoming S4C/Sundance Now anthology series “Still Waters” (“Y Golau:Dŵr” in Welsh).

It is the second instalment of the Welsh psychological thriller, which starred Sian Reese-Williams, following “The Light In The Hall” (“Y Golau”).

Reese-Williams (“Wolf”) returns for the second chapter of the six-episode season, which will be filmed in both English and Welsh. She will also be joined by Robert Glenister (“Spooks”), Tom Rhys Harries (“White Lines”) and Maeve Courtier-Lilley (“The Red King”).

Written and created by Regina Moriarty (“Murdered By My Boyfriend”), the new season picks up two years after the first, with Caryl Huws (Reese-Williams) still living in Llanemlyn. But she’s decided to start a new life, retraining as a journalist.

Her first story is one that immediately leads her into a mystery. Fascinated with the newly announced expansion of the local reservoir, she stumbles across an old case,...

Halloween is creeping up, and as October 31st approaches, it’s prime time to start crafting the perfect playlist for a hauntingly good Halloween bash. We all know classics like “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett – the perennial king of Halloween tunes – but let’s dig a bit deeper into the Halloween crypt. Today, we’re uncovering some old-school gems which you might not have heard before. Each is guaranteed to bring spooky, fun, and downright weird vibes to the party.

These tracks might not always get top billing, but each brings a unique spin on classic Halloween themes like ghouls, goblins, and mysterious creatures. So, let’s drop the needle and dive into these vintage Halloween jams!

10 Old-School Halloween Tracks to Bring Some Retro Spook to Your Party 1. “The Wobblin’ Goblin” – Rosemary Clooney (1950)

Why It’s Great: This whimsical tune captures the mischievous spirit of Halloween night, telling the...

Wondering what to watch now that another season of “Slow Horses” has wrapped up? Never fear, there are plenty of other spy and spy-adjacent series similar to the acclaimed Apple TV+ series.

We’ve assembled this handy list of shows, some British, some American, and one German, that should satisfy your appetite for espionage, intrigue, danger, action and full-on bluffing your enemy that you can stream right now. All while waiting for “Slow Horses” Season 5, which is coming next year.

Keeley Hawes, Matthew Macfadyen and David Oyelowo in “MI5” (Credit: BBC) MI5 (2002 – 2011)

Long before Matthew Macfadyen was jockeying for power and glory on “Succession,” he was MI5 agent Tom Quinn, who tackled terrorists of all stripes with his colleagues Zoe Reynolds (Keeley Hawes) and Danny Hunter (played by future “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” star David Oyelowo). The stellar cast includes Richard Armitage, Nicolas Walker, Peter Firth and Jenny Agutter. The series...

Sophomore albums are notoriously hard to record -- and the same is true for TV shows. Second seasons often fall short of first-season hype, or push themselves so hard to be bigger and better that they go off the deep end. Line of Duty Series 2 has an incredibly high bar to clear and is able to leap over it, while also taking some significant creative risks that separate it from its predecessor.

Series 2 is one of the most important seasons in Line of Duty history, because of the arrival of Keeley Hawes as Lindsay Denton. Denton becomes a key -- and polarizing -- figure within the show's universe. But with the world established and Steve Arnott now integrated into AC-12, creator and writer Jed Mercurio is free to expand his canvas in ways both necessary and surprising.

Line of Duty Series 2 Introduces Lindsay Denton Keeley Hawes Becomes the Show's New...

2024 has been an extraordinary year for film preservation, with theatrical premieres of new restorations of “The Searchers” and “North by Northwest” unspooling at festivals and repertory houses while pristine new editions of essential films like Michael Powell’s “Peeping Tom” and Martha Coolidge’s “Not a Pretty Picture” become available for home viewing via 4K and Blu-ray releases. The 1952 adventure film “Bwana Devil” is not held in as high regard as those classics by most cinephiles, but its restoration and Blu-ray release from Kino Lorber are just as significant. The first color 3D feature film, “Bwana Devil” was a game changer in Hollywood history, and Kino’s Blu-ray provides the first chance in decades to see it as it was originally presented — an experience that reveals “Bwana Devil” is a far more exciting film than its tepid reputation would indicate.

“Bwana Devil” was the brainchild of writer, producer, and director Arch Oboler,...

Prolific actor James Laurenson, who played Doctor Weir in the royal period drama The Crown, has died. He was 84. His passing was reported by multiple U.K. news outlets on Friday, May 10. A cause of death has not yet been provided. Born on February 17, 1940, in Marton, North Island, New Zealand, Laurenson made his acting career in the United Kingdom after moving there in the mid-1960s. He made his on-screen film debut in 1969 in Ken Russell’s romantic drama Women in Love. Throughout his career, Laurenson has had guest roles in numerous classic TV series such as Coronation Street, Z-Cars, The Professionals, Hammer House of Horror, Cagney and Lacey, Remington Steele, Bergerac, Midsomer Murders, Prime Suspect, Silent Witness, Hustle, Endeavour, Spooks, and many more. In more recent years, he played Earl of Westmoreland in the BBC adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts I and II and starred in...

Excited for Slow Horses season 4? Watch Spooks in the meantime - similar spy theme and plenty of episodes to binge. Spooks sets the stage for Slow Horses, offering context and expanding the spy drama universe for fans of both series. Access and stream Spooks online easily on Amazon Prime Video, Britbox, or Tubi to prepare for Slow Horses season 4 premiere.

Although the wait for Slow Horses season 4 is a long one, fans of the thriller series should not fear, because there is another television series for them to watch while they wait, and it turns out, this show has already been around for two decades. With Slow Horses season 3 being released in November 2023, the next installment is still a long way out. The showrunner, Will Smith, has guessed that season 4 will come out sometime in December 2024. And what makes this wait even worse is Slow Horse season 5's renewal for 2025.

Above all,...

Cast of Andrew Davies’ six-part drama adaptation of Victor Hugo’s 19th-century classic Les Miserables will be led by Dominic West and David Oyelowo. Courtesy of Masterpiece Dominic West (The Affair,...

Louisa Mellor Jan 6, 2018

New BBC crime thriller Hard Sun, from the creator of Luther, is action-packed escapism. Spoilers ahead…

This review contains spoilers.

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With our world inching daily closer towards a mass extinction event, a show about Earth being slapped with an imminent expiry date should probably feel like gritty realism rather than escapism. Hard Sun doesn’t though. It’s impeccably escapist, because it isn’t set in the real world but in the decidedly more exciting world of the action thriller. That means there’s an explosion and a punch-up and an international conspiracy every ten minutes, making it exactly the thing with which to fill your eyes in the drizzly, grey month of January.

Hard Sun also represents excellent value for your time investment in this TV-flooded age,...

Time to add a little bit of spooky to your evening as we have the first look at actress Maria Olsen in make-up as one of the creepy inhabitants of a haunted residence in the new flick from The Asylum, The Haunting of Whaley House. Dig it!

Check out the behind-the-scenes image from the Jose Prendes flick below. Look for it in July.

From the Press Release

The cast has been officially locked in for The Asylum’s thrill ride The Haunting Of Whaley House. The film stars Stephanie Greco (Chemical Peel, Phoenix Falling) as lead character Penny, who is convinced by her friend Craig, played by Graham Denman (Sick Girl, Eyes of the Woods), to give him a private tour of the infamously haunted Whaley House.

“Not only is the script super-scary, but I have the opportunity to play such a wonderfully written character, which is an actor’s dream,...

The Asylum's latest spookfest The Haunting of Whaley House is getting set to go before cameras, and we have the last bits of casting news and more right here for ya! Dig it!

From the Press Release

The cast has been officially locked in for The Asylum’s thrill ride The Haunting Of Whaley House. The film stars Stephanie Greco (Chemical Peel, Phoenix Falling) as lead character Penny, who is convinced by her friend Craig, played by Graham Denman (Sick Girl, Eyes of the Woods), to give him a private tour of the infamously haunted Whaley House.

“Not only is the script super-scary, but I have the opportunity to play such a wonderfully written character, which is an actor’s dream,” says Stephanie Greco. “What’s funny is that the house we’re shooting at is actually really haunted and I’m the biggest scaredy cat you’ll ever meet,...