Month: August 2026
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Casino Royale/Quantum Of Solace double feature
Aside from watching the movies chronologically as I recommended in my last post, I’d argue the other genuinely useful viewing strategy for a James Bond fan is pairing the first two Daniel Craig films together. This naturally happens when watching… Read More →
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Best order to watch Bond? Unquestionably chronologically
Every so often, I come across a social media post from a new Bond fan asking about the best order to watch the James Bond movies. Should they be watched in order, skip the “bad” ones, stick with the modern… Read More →
Filed Under: Casino Royale (1954), Casino Royale (1967), Die Another Day, General, Never Say Never Again -
Birmingham Bond 26 location? Perhaps less exotic?
In a recent interview with The Sun, Steven Knight joked (or perhaps not?) that he’s tempted to set the next Bond movie in Birmingham, United Kingdom, taking a page from his renowned Peaky Blinders series. I’m inclined to defer to… Read More →
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Live and Let Die’s official theme artist?
Alright, we obviously already know the awesomeness of “Live And Let Die,” performed by Paul McCartney and Wings. However, I’m getting a little semantic here, because I seem to have a minor internal dispute over exactly who gets the official… Read More →
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Whose, uh, funeral is it? Yours!
Agent Hamilton’s death at the beginning of Live And Let Die is particularly brutal, especially because he is casually observing a New Orleans funeral procession when a seemingly innocent question gets him stabbed in the gut. The close-up staging makes… Read More →
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What else do you call your bottom?
In GoldenEye, Natalya Simonova understandably suspects something more suggestive when Boris Grishenko offers his rather cheeky password riddle, “What I sit on but I don’t take with me?” There are certainly plenty of alternative answers involving one’s backside, but Bond… Read More →
Filed Under: GoldenEye -
A world of avarice and deceit
James Bond, posing as Sir Hilary Bray, quickly accepts Irma Bunt’s explanation for the heavy security and armed guards surrounding Piz Gloria. Although he’s technically undercover as a genealogist, his observation about the world feels remarkably prescient, perhaps even more… Read More →
Filed Under: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service -
James Bond’s dynamic vices
Historically, James Bond’s bad habits have mainly centered around promiscuity, alcohol and gambling, but over the years each has ebbed and flowed. For instance, during the Craig era, his long-term relationships with Vesper Lynd and Madeleine Swann have noticeably curbed… Read More →
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Character Witness: Sheriff J.W. Pepper
Now I don’t know who this James Bond fella thinks he is, but he sure knows how to tear up a Louisiana bayou. I’d just pulled over a regular Ben-Hur doing 95 minimum when boats started jumping roads and wrecking… Read More →
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The Living Daylights and Death to Spies
The “Smert Spionam” (“Death to Spies”) campaign in The Living Daylights was one aspect of its complicated plot that I thought had more traction than some of the other storylines. Although it was ultimately a ruse orchestrated by Georgi Koskov,… Read More →
Filed Under: The Living Daylights