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Grief warps a mild-mannered widower in a slow-burning espionage thriller directed by James Hawes, based on Robert Littrell’s 1981 novel which has already been filmed with John Savage in the title role.

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This glossy new iteration of The Amateur, written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli trades the Cold War setting of the original for drone warfare of the modern era, and casts Oscar-winner Rami Malek as the brilliant cryptographer who wreaks havoc in the name of love lost.