The final day of Month of Bond and fittingly I have finally seen them all! So all that is left is to put them in order, from worst to the best. Suitably there is a decent mix of the different Bond’s … Continue reading Month of Bond: Ranking every Bond film!
A Bond movie is only as good as it’s villain and 007 has had some brilliant foes. It isn’t always about the plan or scheme but sometimes just the charisma or threat that a Bond Villain poses the spy. In the … Continue reading Month of Bond: (00)7 Best Bond Villains
It takes more than just being sexy to be a Bond Girl. It seems just appearing as a female in a Bond film is enough to make you a Bond Girl but for me an effective Bond Girl matches Bond. She … Continue reading Month of Bond: (00)7 Best Bond Girls
James Bond may be the central character to the whole 007 franchise but there are also many regular contributing characters that make the movies so successful. You can name a clear-cut ” Bond family” and arguably, at the “Head” of this … Continue reading Month of Bond: A Tribute to M
There is a strong case for some of the best Bond films being named after their main protagonist. Dr No and Goldfinger are great examples of successful Bond films, with their villain being compelling, charismatic, memorable and a match for the … Continue reading Month of Bond: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Review
Sean Connery will always be one of the most iconic Bonds. It is a toss-up between him and Moore because of the amount of films they both managed to complete. It also makes it very easy to then place those Bond … Continue reading Month of Bond: Ranking the Connery movies
Diamonds are Forever seems to confirm Connery as James Bond. After the less than successful outing for George Lazenby, Bond feels back in safe, certain and comfortable hands with the man who brought him to screen originally – even if those … Continue reading Month of Bond: Diamonds are Forever (1971) Review
There is nothing exciting about watching an underwater scuffle between divers. Maybe when technology was only just advanced enough for this to happen or when this was something that hadn’t been on the screen before but not today. It is a … Continue reading Month of Bond: Thunderball (1965) Review
Considering how much of the classic Bond formula is established in Dr No, From Russia with Love feels incomplete. It misses some of the classic Bond material that has made it such a long-lasting force and because of that, I couldn’t … Continue reading Month of Bond: From Russia with Love (1963) Review
What surprises me about Dr No is how many of the classic Bond staples were already in place by the end of the first movie in the franchise. The gun-barrel opening, the excellent, timeless theme and those famous words “Bond, James Bond.” An excellent … Continue reading Month of Bond: Dr No (1962) Review
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