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Oasis is likely Bond 26 theme artist
Speculation that Oasis could perform the Bond 26 theme has regained traction following Noel Gallagher’s recent comments on the subject. While Gallagher stated that the band has not been approached, his characteristically evasive non-denial, combined with Oasis’s renewed cultural relevance, makes the idea feel surprisingly plausible. Given the band’s current… Read More →
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Character Spotlight: Blanche Ravalec as Dolly
Dolly’s entrance in Moonraker, where she locks eyes with Jaws while Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture swells in the background, is deliberately over-the-top and initially feels like pure parody. I’ll admit I rolled my eyes at the idea of giving Jaws a love interest, yet as the movie progresses, Dolly… Read More →
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Bullfighters do the same thing
This curious line in The Man With the Golden Gun arises during Bond’s conversation with Andrea Anders about her relationship with Scaramanga. When Bond asks whether they are lovers, she explains that intimacy occurs only before Scaramanga kills. Bond’s response likens the ritual to bullfighters sharpening their “eye,” and means… Read More →
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There was this girl in Philadelphia…
Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again stands out as one of the most unhinged female antagonists of any Bond movie. The character is written as flamboyantly unstable with an extravagant wardrobe and erratic behavior signaling a dangerous, unbalanced woman. Nowhere is this clearer than in her final confrontation with… Read More →
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There are worse things than dying, hombre.
This Franz Sanchez line from Licence to Kill is one of his most chilling declarations. It sounds cryptic on the surface since death is final, but Sanchez isn’t referring to an end. He’s referencing extended suffering. That philosophy is brutally realized in Felix Leiter’s fate after he’s dragged from the… Read More →
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Character Spotlight: Caterina Murino as Solange
Although I find her horse-riding entrance in the middle of a family-friendly beach resort a bit bizarre, Solange in Casino Royale is a great character with a short but compelling arc and an unfortunate end. Her far stronger entrance is obviously when she walks into the poker room wearing her… Read More →