Outer space belonged to 007 (temporarily)
The 1979 movie of Moonraker saw the franchise try to capitalise on the trend started with Star Wars – but a lot of it is far more down to Earth. […]
Nobody Does It Better on the road to No Time to Die
Greg D. Smith’s journey through the 007 canon reaches Sardinia, Egypt and Atlantis in his lookback at The Spy Who Loved Me It is interesting to see the subtle but […]
Back on the Bond trail with The Golden Gun
With the delay in the release of No Time To Die, Greg D. Smith’s trawl through 007’s screen career went on hiatus, but it’s back now Much like the movie […]
Celebrating 007 artist Richard Chopping at Salisbury
This summer The Salisbury Museum, on the eve of the release of the 25th Bond movie No Time to Die, celebrates the life and work of writer, illustrator and teacher […]
RIP Nikki van der Zyl
Nikki van der Zyl, who dubbed the voices for many of the female stars of the 007 films in the 1960s, has died aged 85. She started dubbing thanks to […]
Trespassers Will Be Eaten!
One of the best cues from a Bond film – and one of the best visual gags. It appears in Roger Moore’s debut as 007, Live And Let Die… Moore’s […]
Diamonds are Forever Forever Forever….
Sean Connery’s (first) return to the world of 007 saw the Bond franchise enter the 1970s and attempt to recapture the glory days of Goldfinger… It has its bright spots […]
This never happened to the other fellow …
OHMSS is a unique Bond film in many ways – not least because it marks the sole official appearance of George Lazenby as 007. In his journey through the 007 […]
Twice is the Only Way to Live for 007
Greg D. Smith’s trail through the 007 movies gets back on track with the fifth official entry, You Only Live Twice. There’s an odd quality to You Only Live Twice […]
RIP Bond star Tanya Roberts (confirmed)
Charlie’s Angels and 007 star Tanya Roberts has died, aged 65. Roberts appeared as Stacy Sutton in Roger Moore’s last film as James Bond, after starring in the final season […]
Seven James Bonds at Casino Royale…
Greg’s trawl through the 007 big screen canon isn’t solely covering the EON movies – there are two others that need discussion, and the first of these kicks off the […]
007 Strikes Like Thunderball
Greg D. Smith’s journey through the James Bond cinematic oeuvre reaches the fourth movie, Thunderball: This is a movie which, at every turn, takes what has gone before and turns […]
RIP 007 artist Yaroslav Horak
Yaroslav Horak, who illustrated the James Bond newspaper strips for over a decade, has died aged 93. Downthetubes reported his passing (click here for an overview of his entire career). […]
Yet more Radio Bond
Radio 4 is continuing its season of reruns of the Toby Stephens 007 plays this weekend with a repeat of Diamonds are Forever, Archie Scottney’s adaptation of Ian Fleming’s fourth […]
Bond gets a present From Russia With Love
It seems more likely than not that Bond 25, No Time To Die, will finally make it into cinemas a year late next April – and Greg’s series of retrospectives […]
Bond – James Bond – from the start
With No Time To Die currently set for an April release, our delayed series on the 007 films from Dr. No to date has now started, with Greg D. Smith […]
