Ever wonder about the product placement in the James Bond movies? Today’s guest blogger James H. Burns did. Read what he has to say in this article.
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Who’s Your Favorite James Bond Movie Henchman?
Who’s Your Favorite James Bond Movie Henchman? Is it Oddjob from Goldfinger, May Day from A View to a Kill or Jaws from the James Bond Thriller, The Spy Who Loved Me? Vote today!
Read more →Dr. No Turns Fifty! Ten Facts About the First James Bond Movie
Hard to believe, but it really was a half-century ago today that moviegoers were introduced to Bond…James Bond, as the first 007 feature film found Her Majesty’s top spy (Sean Connery) investigating mysterious goings-on at a small Jamaican port, where he met the bikini-clad Honey…
Read more →The James Bond Bad Guys Will Return
Guest blogger Blair Kramer writes: Here’s the nitty gritty on GoldenEye: The laser satellite from Diamonds Are Forever was dusted off, a modern sheen was added, and the ancient 1970s script was brought before the cameras once again in 1995….
Read more →James Bond Bad Guys Go Back to Basics
Guest blogger Blair Kramer writes: I have a serious question to ask you. During the opening frames of For Your Eyes Only, weren’t you surprised to see James Bond standing over the grave of his dead wife, Tracy? Also, weren’t…
Read more →Bring On Some More James Bond Bad Guys
In my first piece about the James Bond bad guys, I pointed out the fact that Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the notorious head of SPECTRE (The Special Executive for Counter Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) was a somewhat puny fellow in You Only…
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Guest blogger Blair Kramer writes: “Unfortunately you are just a stupid policeman…whose luck has run out!” “No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” “Yes, give him his cigarettes! It won’t be the nicotine that kills you Mr. Bond!” “Search him from…
Read more →Nobody Does Bond Better, 006: A Craig-Like Face
For a moment Bond looked up into two glittering eyes behind a narrow black mask. There was the impression of a crag-like face under a hat-brim, the collar of a fawn mackintosh. He could take in nothing more before his…
Read more →Nobody Does Bond Better, 004: The Dangerous Timothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton’s unlikely route to Universal Exports was full of twists and turns. He originally turned down the chance to replace Sean Connery for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and was later approached for a second time to replace not Connery…
Read more →Nobody Does Bond Better, 003: Moore, Roger Moore
Roger Moore once described his approach to the part of James Bond by remarking that 007 was a fellow who didn’t like killing, but was glad he did it well. Moore’s outings as the debonair superspy, for the most part,…
Read more →Nobody Does Bond Better, 002: George Lazenby, A Model Bond
It’s nothing all that spectacular to make a case that Sean Connery was “the best” James Bond. Anyone can do it. In fact, most everyone who is a die-hard Bond fan, at one time or another, has done it. Scan…
Read more →Nobody Does Bond Better, 001: The Connery Craze
Bad news came to James Bond fans recently with word that development on Eon Production’s 23rd Bond film was suspended indefinitely due to MGM’s current financial woes. Now that 007 followers are forced to curb their enthusiasm for the next…
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