The Courier

Y’know when I woke up this morning I didn’t think I was going to be seeing a bald and nude Benedict Cumberbatch

Evan Kraft

This movie has all the pieces of something very interesting, but it fails to put all of them together in a way that actually brings out the full potential of the pieces presented. It makes it feel like the cinematic equivalent to eating cardboard with frosting on it. You…

Ryan Daniel

While not quite as stiff as its title might suggest, Dominic Cooke’s “Ironbark” is unambiguously dad cinema down to its core. A confident, entertaining, and well-upholstered historical spy thriller about a regular guy who stumbles his way toward saving the world, it’s the…

davidehrlich

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the same role in nearly every film but I’ll be damned if he isn’t good at it

jonathan fujii

The spy thriller based on real events, gets driven by the excellent performance of Benedict Cumberbatch. His act after his capture was simply terrific and emotionally moving. The first hour with jumpy editing was a downer, as it never engages you much. However, the…

Michael James

Some movies have what it seems like such a generic premise that, just by reading the synopsis, you are left feeling underwhelmed. However, there is always one or a series of performances that elevate the movie to a higher level. In this film, Cumberbatch clearly puts in his…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

IRONBARK is a superbly tense & dramatic political spy thriller that moves with purpose & thoughtful engagement. Benedict Cumberbatch delivers his best performance since THE IMITATION GAME, rising to emotionally stirring heights in the film’s third act. May be the year’s…

Matt Neglia

Cumberbatch is so The Courier, Moves fast so he's a hurrier. Will have to deny, Who's the real spy, Lest he turn himself into a worrier.

JBird

After much prodding from representatives of Mi6 and the CIA amid the height of the Cold War, problem-drinking English businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) becomes both friend and accomplice to turncoat Russian Colonel Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), and at…

Richard Chandler