How do you follow a classic film like the first Back to the Future? The simple answer is that you go bigger, bolder and (slightly) more complicated. Not just one travel through time but three. A 30 year future, an 80s … Continue reading Back to the Future Part II (1989) Review
The award for stupidest movie title goes too… To be fair though, Octopussy isn’t actually as ridiculous as the terrible title would suggest. It has it’s moments but it isn’t a film about crude double-entendres or the usual gratuitous exploitation … Continue reading Month of Bond: Octopussy (1983) Review
A lot of what makes Roger Moore’s Bond so iconic is featured in The Spy Who Loved Me. A very cool and original car, a henchman with a special feature and a villain who has a crazy plan to practically destroy … Continue reading Month of Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Review
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
The issue with a documentary about a well-known individual or series is that there is sure to be people watching that want to know more about specific aspects that may not be covered or even referenced. This becomes even more of … Continue reading Month of Bond: Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (2012) Review
After the mistake that was George Lazenby, replacing Sean Connery again was always going to feel risky. It was necessary, Connery was looking far too old to be playing Bond seriously in Diamonds are Forever but anyone stepping into those iconic … Continue reading Month of Bond: Live and Let Die (1973) Review
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service doesn’t really fit with the rest of the Bond films. It feels like someone created a fake Bond film or even in some cases a spoof. Some of the key ingredients are there but everything feels … Continue reading Month of Bond: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) Review
I’m not sure you could get away with the central premise of You Only Live Twice today. It isn’t the death of Bond so he can go undercover or even the heavily stereotyped Japanese characters which I will get to in … Continue reading Month of Bond: You Only Live Twice (1967) 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
There is a reason that Goldfinger is so fondly remembered; it is the epitome of a Bond movie. Goldfinger is the blueprint that many other Bond movie will follow and rightly so. It has all the key ingredients that From Russia … Continue reading Month of Bond: Goldfinger (1964) Review
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