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Bond Blog: A View To A Kill – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: A View To A Kill – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Jul 14, 2022 in action, All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 2 comments

Has James Bond finally met his match? asked the poster to Roger Moore’s seventh and final outing as the British secret service...

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Bond Blog: Octopussy – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: Octopussy – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Jul 7, 2022 in action, All, comedy, drama, Film, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

How can I put this? Octopussy is shit. There’s really very little to redeem it. It’s boring, poorly plotted, badly acted and...

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Bond Blog: For Your Eyes Only – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: For Your Eyes Only – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Jun 30, 2022 in action, All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 1 comment

For Your Eyes Only was the first James Bond movie I saw at the cinema. I was probably nine. It was the Astra Cinema in Barrow-in-Furness,...

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Bond Blog: Moonraker – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: Moonraker – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Oct 4, 2021 in action, All, Books, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Moonraker came out just as the 70s were coming to an end. Using the same team as brought about the success of The Spy Who Loved Me: Lewis...

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Bond Blog: The Spy Who Loved Me – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: The Spy Who Loved Me – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Sep 8, 2021 in action, All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

The Spy Who Loved Me is a great title, but a terrible book. Ian Fleming’s ninth Bond novel is little more than a novella. But even...

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Bond Blog: The Man With The Golden Gun – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: The Man With The Golden Gun – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Aug 31, 2021 in action, All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

I feel I’ve been a bit harsh with the first Roger Moore entry into the Bond franchise and I doubt I’m going to make any...

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Bond Blog: Live and Let Die – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: Live and Let Die – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Aug 18, 2021 in action, All, Books, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Roger Moore had been in the running for Bond right at the very beginning of the series from Dr. No, but his commitment to The Saint got in...

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Bond Blog: Diamonds Are Forever – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: Diamonds Are Forever – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Aug 4, 2021 in action, All, Books, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

In a world of alternative Bond films, there is an alternative Diamonds Are Forever, starring George Lazenby and acting as a direct sequel...

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Bond Blog: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Jul 1, 2021 in action, All, drama, Film, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

The first non-Connery Bond is a paradox. A film that wants to be its own thing is also by far the most self-referential and nostalgic. The...

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Bond Blog: You Only Live Twice – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: You Only Live Twice – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Jun 9, 2021 in action, All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

It’s been only five years since Sean Connery debuted as 007 in Dr. No but in his fifth outing You Only Live Twice the scale of the...

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