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Background   The Bond franchise stagnated in the early 2000s due to back to back box office failures of Pierce Brosnan's Bond movies. However, this created a market for spy movies. The fruit was ripe for the picking, and the Bourne franchise swept it away. Another movie that took this opportunity was XXX, starring Vin Diesel and Samuel L Jackson. Although it was a single movie, it still was a major success. XXX went for an action oriented, fast paced, over the top spy movie, while Bourne went for a tension-oriented slow burn grounded spy movie.  1. Success   Bourne Trilogy The first movie kickstarted the franchise with a bang which then made way for the next two movies of the franchise. The First movie was more of a slow burn grounded movie, while the other two had more action scenes and big set pieces shot by a "Shaky Camera Style" to make it look more realistic. The cinematography was exquisite throughout the whole franchise especially the choice of using a ...

Nancy Drew is a CW 2019 Supernatural horror mystery drama series starring Kennedy McMann as Nancy Drew, Leah Lewis from The Half of It as Nancy's boss, George, Alex Saxon, and Madison Jaizani as Nancy's coworkers. The series is not an original concept. Actually, Nancy Drew is a popular fictional character appearing in several mystery book series, movies, video games, and a TV show as a teenage amateur sleuth. Nancy Drew was created as the female counterpart of the Hardy Boys. Nancy Drew reminds me of Sherlock Homes. A teenage girl version of Sherlock Homes, if you will.  Nancy Drew - 2007 Previously, there were two Nancy Drew movies made before this series. The first was an unmitigated disaster stopping any chance of a sequel until 2019, when Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase was released. Also, Nancy Drew, the tv show, was released interestingly enough. Emma Roberts played Nancy Drew in the movie. The movie had no redeeming quality. It was pure unad...