Month: May 2026
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My first and last Idris Elba thoughts
Even during the search to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, I never seriously viewed Idris Elba as a realistic candidate, so I largely avoided the discussion. Now that Elba himself has addressed the speculation over the years having denied… Read More →
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Never Say Urine Specimen Again
From the infamous urine specimen fight onward, Never Say Never Again well, never, quite regains its footing. The gag feels oddly desperate for a Bond movie, especially one already fighting an uphill battle as an unofficial entry in the series.… Read More →
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The Tears of Allah. Sweet, like money.
Although I can appreciate some of Maximilian Largo’s eccentricities in Never Say Never Again, he has some lines like the one above that leave much to be desired. While overlooking the beautiful Tears of Allah site, Largo takes a sip… Read More →
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Character Spotlight: Sebastien Foucan as Mollaka
I remember a lot of hype for the parkour sequence of Casino Royale, and I was pleasantly surprised to see it deliver. And it was mostly because of Sebastien Foucan’s role as Mollaka, defying gravity in the foot chase escape… Read More →
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Fresh flowers everyday
Bond has no problem exhibiting his new-found riches to the hotel staff in Licence to Kill as seen in the above quote. Never mind it’s stolen drug cartel money, but between the Bollinger R.D. champagne and the hotel-room extravagance, Bond… Read More →
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Even in death, my munificence is boundless
No other Bond villain can match the sheer snobbery of Hugo Drax in Moonraker. A large part of it comes from his vocabulary, which hovers somewhere between eloquence and outright grandiloquence. Okay so I admit I looked up fancy words… Read More →
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Farewell, Mr. Bond, but not goodbye
Although I loathe most of Bibi’s screen time in For Your Eyes Only, her farewell to Bond oddly lands with genuine charm. It carries a formal sincerity that feels imported from an earlier Bond era, which makes it all the… Read More →
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“Loved internationally…specifically because he’s not American”
Bond writer Bruce Feirstein (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough) dropped this accurate shade regarding the James Bond character in a recent interview. With his writing credits, when he speaks about the Bond character, I listen. As… Read More →
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A mistress cannot serve two masters
The above line from The Man With The Golden Gun is certainly a strange line for a Bond villain, but it’s only the start of the bizarre energy of Scaramanga’s first meeting with Bond. Between the distracting kickboxing event, the… Read More →
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James Bond as “folklore”
Steven Knight’s recent description of James Bond as “folklore” is one of the most interesting ways I’ve ever heard someone frame the character. I usually avoid the persistent continuity debates surrounding Bond, but the term at least partly applies to… Read More →
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