Many people are familiar with Britain's MI-5 and MI-6 from movies and TV, but few know there were many more Military Intelligence units. Helen Fry delves into the depths of Britain's National Archives to unlock the history of MI-9, the department responsible for freeing captured prisoners of war during World War II.
One of the movies that started the summer blockbuster trend. One of the great pieces from Steven Spielberg. Remastered and available (also in IMAX and other formats), the 50th anniversary edition of Jaws is sure to attract film lovers for its historical significance.
There are many police procedurals on TV; people like them, so why stop making them? Adding something interesting is what keeps us glued to the screen. Amazon took the immediacy of live television and blended it with the streets of Long Beach for a first-person view of life on the thin blue line.
It sometimes feel like we're living at the edge of our democratic norms, but is this really the case or is the news full of doom and gloom? Livitsky and Ziblatt analyse patterns from the recent past to show how democracy faltered under certain conditions, and then apply those patterns to what we're seeing today.
Critics have long slammed the Marvel Cinematic Universe's failings, and fans have long claimed it's still going strong. Both are wrong, but this retro-futuristically styled family caper is a popcorn-fuelled audience-favourite fillip for Marvel.
Amazon Prime has lots of dross, but Cross is not one of them. This psychological drama takes the viewer round Washington DC as Detective Alex Cross hunts criminals connected to his own family.
Summer beach time lends itself to a great read and Karin Slaughter's crime series featuring quirky Detective Will Trent are an excellent accompaniment to long summer days.
One of the most exhilarating films I've seen this year, F1 really is an edge-of-your-seat kind of film. Given the subject matter, I suppose having 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton as a producer helps.
A beautiful look at covert operations in London where nothing is as it seems. The writers did a great job of blending personal issues with high-octane action to come up with a single story line.
Part memoir, part investigative research, this harrowing memoir follows the life and death of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia who was assassinated in 2017. Written by one of her sons, the dichotomy of a sun-kissed Mediterranean life and the horrors to be found cannot be more pronounced.
