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Showing posts with label James Bond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Bond. Show all posts
Sunday, 15 December 2019

"The Assassination Bureau" (1968) An unappreciated treasure

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Paramount Pictures did not give this stylish (and quite expensive) adventure/comedy much love in 1968. The US release added "Limited...
Wednesday, 27 March 2019

"Madame Sin" (1972) - From the Video Vault

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Like campy spy thrillers? This one was made as Bond-mania was waning. Casting the grand dame was a fun idea. Robert Wagner was a popular lea...
Monday, 27 August 2018

James Bond films ranked from worst to best

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This is a purely personal response to The Guardian 's Bond films ranking by Peter Bradshaw (August 24, 2018). 26. "Octopussy...
Friday, 10 November 2017

"Trigger Mortis" (2015) A James Bond tribute by Anthony Horowitz

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Better known for teenage fiction "Stormbreaker" series, Horowitz has tried to stay true to the Ian Fleming books with his 2015 sta...
Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Vintage James Bond - 007 novel car scenes

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"Dr No" 1962 - the hearse plummeting over a Jamaican cliff. Bond makes some sardonic comment (the first of many in the series) l...
Monday, 8 December 2014

My list of great train movies

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I have omitted some obvious ones (like "North by North West" and "Murder on the Orient Express"). This list is purely pe...
Thursday, 13 November 2014

The best 5 minutes of any James Bond film: "You Only Live Twice"

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Start at the 42 minute mark of "You Only Live Twice". In those glorious five minutes you get a lot of bang for your buck: Bond ...
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Saturday, 20 September 2014

Richard Maibaum, screen writer of classic Bond

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New Yorker, Richard Maibaum (1909-1991) wrote screenplays for the first 13 Bonds (except "You Only Live Twice" - part witty but se...
Friday, 15 August 2014

Five classic chairs from 60's spy movies

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The sheik's (Eames) executive lounge chair atop his hydrofoil in "Modesty Blaise" (1966) The swivel (Eames again?) chair De...
Monday, 28 April 2014

"Penny Dreadful" TV review, Season 1, Pilot, Episode 1, Showtime/Sky Not cheap, not dreadful, great gothic fun

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Victorian England seems to be in fashion. This lush production promises lots of scares, gore (the first confrontation with the nest of vampi...
Tuesday, 4 February 2014

"Fleming; The Man Who Would Be Bond" BBC America, 4 part miniseries, review

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Well, the title says it all. This is enjoyable codswallop. Much like the films. The fun is to try and spot the links with the movies/novels ...
Sunday, 8 December 2013

11 things you might not know about the James Bond films

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In "Dr No" Ursula Andress's voice was dubbed by Monica Vander Zyl because her Swiss accent was unacceptable. The casting dir...
Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Movies you can see again .... and again

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I normally watch a movie once, never wishing to repeat the experience. But there are a few special films that are worth revisiting. Some are...
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Monday, 15 April 2013

James Bond girls - ludicrous, lurid names

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Ian Fleming took the name "James Bond" from the author of a book of exotic birds. He wanted the most mundane name possible. On the...