This is a list of all those great movies that couldn't have happened without The Cold War and the fear of the Soviets.

Armie Hammer and Mads Mikkelsen are set to star in Amma Asante’s The Billion Dollar Spy, which is based on the true story of how one Soviet Engineer and his CIA handler risked their lives to help bring an end to the Cold War. Hammer will play Brad Reid, who has just arrived at the CIA's Moscow station when he’s approached by Soviet engineer Adolf Tolkachev (Mikkelsen). Ignoring the advice from his bosses that Tolkachev is an obvious KGB ‘dangle’, Reid develops a bond and a unique friendship with the Russian, who seemingly only wants to help …

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I'm not gonna lie to you: I grinned like an absolute idiot during the entirety of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War multiplayer reveal trailer. Rendered in muscly, beautiful PlayStation 5 graphics (holy shit this system looks good), the footage is jam-packed with action, implies the moral shadiness of both sides of the Cold War, flips Duran Duran's "Notorious" to The Notorious B.I.G's "Notorious B.I.G." perfectly, and offers the intoxicating, neon lights of Miami to blast through. Plus: Zombies are back, and while we only see them for a second, …

Tons of news about Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is over at Activision's blog, but we've collected some of the highlights below: Release Date: November 13th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC Holiday 2020 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, “depending on when consoles are available to consumers.” Pre-order: https://twitter.com/Activision/status/1298693909724278785 Cross-Platform and Cross-Generational Play Supported: This means that PlayStation players will be able to play with Xbox and PC players, and vice versa It also means that PS4 players will be able to play with PS5 players, …

Black Ops is back (ops). Activision Blizzard debuted a new trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War—a direct sequel to 2010's Call of Duty: Black Ops set in the 1980s—which not only gave a look at the highly-anticipated game but also revealed the release date: November 13th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, with next-gen consoles getting the game around Holiday 2020 "depending on when consoles are available to consumers." Here's what Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick had to say in a statement: “We are excited to launch the next blockbuster …

New year. New Call of Duty title. New trailer (on the way soon, we hope.) Activision recently revealed the title of the latest entry in the long-running Call of Duty video game franchise, specifically the next installment in the Black Ops lineup, dubbed Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. With the reveal of that title, fans around the world were treated to a strange teaser video that had less to do with the game directly and more to do with real-world politics, especially the Cold War era. That time of high tensions between the United States and …

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Ironbark is a Cold War thriller done right. This true-story espionage tale was executed on an independent film’s budget, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the screen. Thrills, human drama, and moments of humor abound as the true story of two individuals—one a British civilian and one a decorated Soviet Colonel—helped keep the world from the brink of nuclear war. Director Dominic Cooke understands exactly what makes a page-turning thriller like this tick, but doesn’t sacrifice the human stories at its core. The result is a wildly entertaining and inspiring—if …

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The Cold War provided a tense and intriguing backdrop for these films. Here are the ten best movies set during the Cold War according to IMDb.

The competition for the Outstanding Cinematography statue at the 2019 Academy Awards is painted in black and white this year, as Alfonso Cuaron's Roma and Paweł Pawlikowski's Cold War duke it out. The latter notched a bit of momentum last night, as cinematographer Łukasz Żal took home the Theatrical Award from the American Society of Cinematographers. It's certainly an intriguing development—Cuarón, who acted as his own DP on Roma, seems to be the frontrunner so this is something of an upset—it's worth noting that since 2000, the top ASC prize and the Oscars …