Avengers, The (Warner Brothers, 1998) Rated: PG-13

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik.
Screenplay: Sydney Newman, Don MacPherson, based on British TV show.
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, James Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, Patrick Macnee, Eddie Izzard.

Storyline: Dapper and always correct, British secret agents John Steed (Fiennes) and Emma Peel (Thurman) team up to battle the evil millionaire, Sir August De Winter (Connery) and his weather machine.

Library focus: Steed's investigation leads him to the Ministry's secret archives to find out more about De Winter's plan. The archivist, Col. "Invisible" Jones (Macnee), who is, of course, invisible assists him. It is interesting, but not flattering, that in this high-tech thriller, the archives are filled with dusty tomes and out-dated slide projectors.

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