Director: Lewis Gilbert Starring: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Donald Pleasance, Karin Dor, Mie Hama, Charles Gray, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell. Music: John Barry Title song: performed by Nancy Sinatra Loosely based on the novel by Ian Fleming After the passing of Ken Wallis last week (on September 1st), I thought it was fitting, [...]
9Sep13
Rogue Royale
For those interested in the history of the James Bond movies, and what may have been, Jeremy Duns (author of the Paul Dark trilogy and Dead Drop) has expanded an article he wrote for The Sunday Telegraph and released it as an eBook. In the mid-Sixties, the James Bond films became a global phenomenon as [...]
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Posted in Books, Books and Comics
Tagged Ben Hecht, Casino Royale, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Jeremy Duns
Tagged Ben Hecht, Casino Royale, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Jeremy Duns
17Apr13
Skyfall – Pretitle Sequence
Skyfall was released on DVD and Bluray in Australia, just a few weeks ago, and naturally in that time I have had an opportunity to watch it a few times. And I have to say, it is one of the most enjoyable of all Bond films. But films and books are very different things – [...]
3Jan13
From Hong Kong With Love
From Hong Kong With Love (Original Title: Bon Baisers De Hong Kong) is a film I have been trying to track down for years. It is naturally enough, a Bond spoof, and it features Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell (which makes it an interesting curio for Bond fans). I have never found an English version [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema
Tagged Bernard Lee, Comedy, EuroSpy, France, James Bond, Lois Maxwell
Tagged Bernard Lee, Comedy, EuroSpy, France, James Bond, Lois Maxwell
4Aug11
Role of Honour
Author: John Gardner Publisher: Jonathan Cape Published: 1984 Recently I have been re-reading some of John Gardner’s James Bond novels, and although they have been rather flawed, I have still enjoyed them. That is till now. As a teenager, I remember enjoying Role of Honour, but upon this reading I found it to be extremely [...]
28Jul11
Licence to Kill (1989)
Country: United Kingdom Director: John Glen Starring: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Carey Lowell, Anthony Zerbe, Wayne Newton, Benicio Del Toro, Robert Brown as M, Desmond Llewellyn as Q, Caroline Bliss as Moneypenny Music: Michael Kamen Main title song: ‘Licence To Kill’ performed by Gladys Knight End title song: ‘If I Ask You To’ [...]
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Posted in Film and Cinema
Tagged Anthony Zerbe, Ian Fleming, James Bond, John Gardner, Licence to Kill, Robert Davi, Timothy Dalton, Wayne Newton
Tagged Anthony Zerbe, Ian Fleming, James Bond, John Gardner, Licence to Kill, Robert Davi, Timothy Dalton, Wayne Newton
30Apr11
Icebreaker
Author: John Gardner Publisher: Jonathan Cape Published: 1983 In my review of For Special Services, I detailed how it and John Gardner’s third continuation novel, Icebreaker, came into my life, so I won’t rehash that, but if you’ll forgive the self indulgence, I’ll relate another Bondian tale from that very same trip through Asia. Like [...]
