spy – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

The Stuff (1985) | Larry Cohen

January 17, 2021 qwipster Comment is Closed

Larry Cohen concocts this comedic horror-thriller involving an ex-FBI agent turned industrial spy hired by a desperate ice cream industry, trying to steal the secret formula from a corporation pushing a newly marketed yogurt-like food substance called The Stuff. He discovers the substance, which is found bubbling up from seemingly unlimited deposits underground, is deadly […]

The Nude Bomb / The Return of Maxwell Smart (1980) | Clive Donner

December 13, 2019December 15, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Maxwell Smart (Don Adams), the dimwitted super-spy from the hit TV series from the 1960s, “Get Smart” returned in 1980 for a brand new, racier adventure. Entitled The Nude Bomb, it has lost that title over the years in favor of the more TV-programming friendly The Return of Maxwell Smart. The gist of the film is that […]

Spies Like Us (1985) | John Landis

October 12, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The plot of Spies Like Us involves the two most inept, low-level U.S. intelligence agents they could find to go on a mission as expendable decoys for the real agents. Emmett Fitz-Hume (Chevy Chase) and Austin Millbarge (Dan Aykroyd) were scouted by the CIA after cheating on their advanced placement exams, with a mission that sees […]