On Oscar night, Feb. 26, something unprecedented in movie history is likely to happen: the Best Picture award could go to a movie whose makers were unknown to virtually every member of the Motion ...

En garde, worldwide enemies of France, along with all freedom-loving people! Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath AKA super-agent OSS 117 is on the case! Actually, he’s on two cases as a pair of his deadliest ...

Comedy. Starring Jean Dujardin and Louise Monot. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius. (Not rated. 101 minutes. In French with English subtitles. At Bay Area theaters.) "OSS 117: Lost in Rio" is a very ...

What James Bond is to the English, a man named Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath (Jean Dujardin) is to the French. An agent who can furrow his brow like no other, has women swooning after him, and ...

If you think Austin Powers should receive a 9mm retirement, then Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath — aka agent OSS 117 — is your guy. Closer to Maxwell Smart or Inspector Clouseau than Powers, the ...

“The name’s de La Bath. Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath.” Smug French superspy agent 117 (Jean Dujardin) doesn’t introduce himself with that mouthful of Gallic syllables, but if he ever met his British ...

Irony is a dish best served — lightly. Luckily, the comic team behind the new French espionage series, “OSS 117,” understands that. Its spy satires come without any obvious winks or nudges, garnished ...

Those who bemoan the state of the English-language spoof film will be both disappointed and assured to find out that efforts from foreign shores are no less banal. OSS 117: Lost In Rio (Rio Ne Répond ...

We've had Derek Flint, Maxwell Smart, Austin Powers and innumerable other lampoons of spies and secret agents, so why shouldn't the French get into the act with "OSS 117: Lost in Rio"? By The ...

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