Month: October 2025
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Chloral hydrate. Quick but mild.
Red Grant’s plan to isolate Bond from Tatiana Romanova was successful, but didn’t go unnoticed by the keen-eyed secret agent. It makes you wonder though – why allow Romanova to drink the sedative in the first place? Did Bond really… Read More →
Filed Under: From Russia With Love -
And you owe me 1 million bucks!
Goldfinger’s meeting of the minds starts off a little campy with a few mafioso complaints. But it quickly turns into an elaborate diorama-driven monologue of his plans for Fort Knox’s gold and his underrated “…EXCEPT CRIME!” speech. Unfortunately for Goldfinger,… Read More →
Filed Under: Goldfinger -
Wint and Kidd’s body desert drive – disturbing
If there was any question that Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd’s were creepy characters. the drive in the desert with Bond’s “body” in Live And Let Die answered it fully. They had no problem transporting what they thought was a… Read More →
Filed Under: Live And Let Die -
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YOLT’s volcano lair was larger than life
I can only imagine the awesomeness of seeing You Only Live Twice in theaters for the first time in 1967. Blofeld’s grandiose volcano lair must have been a spectacle to behold! What an accomplishment in set design by Ken Adam,… Read More →
Filed Under: You Only Live Twice -
You’re gonna get me court-martialed!
There’s something about Bond’s insistence to get back to Atlantis in The Spy Who Loved Me to rescue Triple X that just makes me laugh. What is it, you ask? Well it’s the juxtaposition of his urgency and professionalism in… Read More →
Filed Under: The Spy Who Loved Me -
His pet name for me was Octopussy
It’s so funny when Octopussy says that her dad is a “leading authority on octopi.” I understand her sentiment but I always twitch at “authority” because I think a different word would be more subtle as to his studies and… Read More →
Filed Under: Octopussy -
I always have a martini at 5:00!
It’s probably the best quote from Never Say Never Again! Read More →
Filed Under: Never Say Never Again -
Worst Bond movie automaker is BMW, except…
…it has the best gadgets and car chase as seen in Tomorrow Never Dies! Pretty much all luxury cars of Bond’s calibers are clunkers for maintenance and practicality, but Bond’s BMW 750 in TND stands alone as the most down… Read More →
Filed Under: Tomorrow Never Dies -
For your eyes only, only for you
For Your Eyes Only is a great theme by Sheena Easton! I really like it as a Bond movie title as well – with its intimate play on words of a secret agent’s mission file. Thumbs up! Read More →