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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 →
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Bond 26 as Craig-era prequel? No thanks
I’ve constantly got my eyes peeled for any Bond 26 news, so when I see some rumors that aren’t outlandish and deserve some discussion, I’ll comment on them. A recent MovieWeb report suggests Bond 26 could be set as a prequel within the Daniel Craig era and while the idea… Read More →
Filed Under: Bond 26