On paper, “Red Sparrow,” a spy movie based on a book by the same name, written by a former CIA operative seems to have all the ingredients of a blockbuster staple. Unfortunately, the film’s ...

The timing couldn’t be better for “Red Sparrow” to sweep into theaters with its story of a Russian spy and an American spy trying to outwit one another. As one character in the thriller declares, “The ...

*I caught up with Jennifer Lawrence (“Hunger Games,” “X-Men,” “American Hustle”) and Joel Edgerton (“Loving,” “It Comes at Night,” “Midnight Special”) recently at the New York Ritz Carlton. In that ...

Red Sparrow is based on a novel written by a former CIA operative, so I'm forced to believe that much of what we're shown is completely plausible. I'll believe that the Russian government has special ...

Marvel has only recently been starting to seriously consider making a Black Widow movie, despite fans clamoring for one since the character appeared in Iron Man 2 in 2009. Marvel's lack of action has ...

Jennifer Lawrence stars in Red Sparrow. In the new film Red Sparrow, a CIA officer walks alone in Moscow's Gorky Park. There's a hand-off — a brush pass in the darkness with a Russian agent. Then all ...

For a quick six minutes in the new film “Red Sparrow,” Jennifer Lawrence is a ballerina. It’s hard won. Transforming Lawrence into a credible ballet dancer — a Bolshoi prima, no less — required a ...

Best-selling spy novelist Jason Matthews, whose popular “Red Sparrow” thrillers drew on his three decades working for the CIA, has died at age 69. The retired public servant and writer died Wednesday ...