New streaming releases: 'Y2K', 'Black Bag', and Netflix's 'One of Them Days' lead lineu

New streaming releases: 'Y2K', 'Black Bag', and Netflix's 'One of Them Days' lead lineu

A fresh batch of films has dropped across streaming platforms and video-on-demand services this weekend, offering a mix of horror, comedy, thrillers, and family adventures. Leading the charge is The Monkey, a dark horror comedy based on Stephen King’s short story and directed by Osgood Perkins. The film follows identical twins who attempt to destroy a cursed cymbal-banging toy monkey, starring Theo James and Tatiana Maslany.   Netflix welcomes O…

Spy thrillers are everywhere — why are they so popular?

Black Bag is the latest in a string of spy dramas to grace our big and small screens. But could our obsession with espionage reflect a deeper anxiety?

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Movie Review Black Bag Directed by Steven Soderbergh STEVEN SODERBERGH’S Black Bag — his second feature released in the first three months of 2025 — is arguably his best in years: a stylish, sexy thriller that of all things celebrates the bond of marriage, a relationship espionage writer John Le Carre might have once characterized as a significant weakness in an intelligence officer. Soderbergh taking on a script by David Koepp (who has collabor…

Steven Soderbergh this time came up with a relationship drama disguised as a spy movie.

Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’ is an efficient, breezy spy thriller

No, you’re not imagining it — movies are getting longer. While the top movies during the Golden Age of Hollywood were around 100 minutes, the average runtime has slowly crept upwards during the ensuing decades.

Soderbergh’s take on the spy thriller strikes a chord

Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender star in Black Bag. Photo: TNS Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh has enjoyed a productive second wind after announcing his retirement in 2013, when he expressed his frustrations with how much more difficult it is to get his films made in recent times.