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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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Bond Blog: Thunderball – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: Thunderball – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on May 25, 2021 in action, All, drama, Film, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Originally planned as the first James Bond movie, a long-lasting legal dispute pushed Thunderball back to become the fourth entry in the...

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Stanley KuBLOG: Eyes Wide Shut – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: Eyes Wide Shut – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Nov 13, 2020 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance, thriller | 0 comments

Eyes Wide Shut opened at the Venice Film Festival and was the last film I saw in England before I moved to Italy in 1999. I saw it again...

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Bond Blog: Goldfinger – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: Goldfinger – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Sep 17, 2020 in action, All, Books, comedy, drama, Film, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Goldfinger is the quintessential James Bond movie. Dr No and From Russia with Love were feeling their way into a new genre, but the third...

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Stanley KuBLOG: Full Metal Jacket – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: Full Metal Jacket – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Jul 29, 2020 in action, All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller, war | 0 comments

Full Metal Jacket has the dubious honour of being the first 18 certificate film I saw at the cinema. I was fifteen years old and already a...

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Stanley KuBLOG: The Shining – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Stanley KuBLOG: The Shining – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Jun 26, 2020 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Approaching The Shining is daunting. Of all Kubrick’s films, it is the most discussed. 2001 and Dr Strangelove, discussion feels...

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