In our new era of prestige television, no other show on the airwaves has depicted the harsh realities and painful sacrifices that have to be made in the high stakes world of espionage more than FX's "The Americans." In the series, which ran for six seasons, Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys play two Russian spies who are assigned together as an unassuming husband and wife couple named Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings. Working for the Kgb, they must blend in with the American way of life that they detest (at least at first) to steal secrets from the U.S. during the Cold War. By the series' end, they've committed unforgivable acts and forever altered their relationship with their daughter, and are then forced to return to a homeland they no longer recognize. It's a dark fate, and one they manage to survive because they have each other and they've...
- 5/26/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Matthew Rhys earned two Golden Globe nominations for Best TV Drama Actor for his role as Russian spy Phillip Jennings on “The Americans.” Now the Emmy-winning actor is looking for his first Globes win for his performance in the title role on HBO’s “Perry Mason.” The series, which has already been renewed for a second season, is a reimagining of the classic Earl Stanley Gardner character, which was memorably played by Raymond Burr on the classic series of the same name that ran from 1957 to 1966.
The HBO series explores the origins of the Perry Mason character, who works as a private detective assigned by a local attorney (Emmy and Golden Globe winner John Lithgow) to investigate the kidnapping and murder of a young boy. Over the course of the season, Mason’s investigation leads to tangles with corrupt police officers and a mysterious evangelical religious leader (Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany). Meanwhile,...
The HBO series explores the origins of the Perry Mason character, who works as a private detective assigned by a local attorney (Emmy and Golden Globe winner John Lithgow) to investigate the kidnapping and murder of a young boy. Over the course of the season, Mason’s investigation leads to tangles with corrupt police officers and a mysterious evangelical religious leader (Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany). Meanwhile,...
- 2/22/2021
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
Obviously, there’s more to being a counterintelligence operative than wearing a costume or hair dye. But even a professional agrees that those can be pretty helpful if done right, especially how they are portrayed in scripted shows like “Alias” or “The Americans.”
The latest episode of “Technique Critique,” the ongoing Wired series that asks real-life professionals to give their perspective on movie and TV scenes covering their area of expertise, set its sights on the world of spies. For this deep dive, the publication enlisted Jonna Mendez, the former Chief of Disguise for the CIA.
In the process of dissecting 30 scenes from the film and TV spy worlds, Mendez gave top marks to Jennifer Garner and Matthew Rhys’ respective undercover roles. Citing one particular “Alias” sequence where Sydney Bristow (Garner) really leans into one overwhelmingly red outfit, Mendez says with a chuckle that the CIA “could have used that as a training film.
The latest episode of “Technique Critique,” the ongoing Wired series that asks real-life professionals to give their perspective on movie and TV scenes covering their area of expertise, set its sights on the world of spies. For this deep dive, the publication enlisted Jonna Mendez, the former Chief of Disguise for the CIA.
In the process of dissecting 30 scenes from the film and TV spy worlds, Mendez gave top marks to Jennifer Garner and Matthew Rhys’ respective undercover roles. Citing one particular “Alias” sequence where Sydney Bristow (Garner) really leans into one overwhelmingly red outfit, Mendez says with a chuckle that the CIA “could have used that as a training film.
- 5/8/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Emmy was slow to recognize the quality of the work in “The Americans,” and that includes the performances of co-stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as undercover Kgb agents Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings who are operating in America. But TV academy voters woke up at last. Russell has received Best Drama Actress nominations for her work in the series’ fourth and fifth seasons and is nominated again this year for the sixth and final season of the FX series. Can she prevail at last?
Russell shrewdly selected “The Summit” as her Emmy episode submission, as Elizabeth is the driving force behind most of the film’s major plot lines. She learns that her activities, deemed suspicious by some in Russia, have been spied on by her partner Philip at the request of a Soviet bigwig. When the attempt to kill Elena doesn’t quite do the job, Elizabeth is then asked to finish her off,...
Russell shrewdly selected “The Summit” as her Emmy episode submission, as Elizabeth is the driving force behind most of the film’s major plot lines. She learns that her activities, deemed suspicious by some in Russia, have been spied on by her partner Philip at the request of a Soviet bigwig. When the attempt to kill Elena doesn’t quite do the job, Elizabeth is then asked to finish her off,...
- 9/15/2018
- by Tom O'Brien
- Gold Derby
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