MIT Lecture Series Committee

February 19 & 20, 2016

Rated PG-13
116 minutes

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format: 35mm

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

FREE admission and popcorn, sponsored by the de Florez Fund for Humor!

Henry Cavill stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie's The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series. Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin. Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe. The Man from U.N.C.L.E also stars Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, with Jared Harris, and Hugh Grant as Waverly. [www.rottentomatoes.com]

It's breezy and elegant - so breezily elegant it can make you laugh out loud from frame to frame.
      -- David Edelstein, Vulture. Read this review.