Some author or other once wrote, “History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.” But if there’s one man you can rely on; one man to go toe to toe with the worst and come out the best, it’s chain-smoker, borderline dipsomaniac, serial womaniser and murderer, Commander … >
American actor David Hedison starred in horror classic The Fly, cult ’60s TV show Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and as Felix Leiter in Live and Let Die and Licence to Kill.
As part of BBC America’s 20 Baddest Brit List, John Barrowman and a load of random people we’ve never heard of “the UK’s hottest comedians” rant about their favourite Bond villains…
The unfairly-maligned George Lazenby holds his own as 007 with an honest, sincere performance and isn’t bowed by seasoned thesps Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas.
1967’s You Only Live Twice is a prime slice of Bond that hits all the beats fans expect a 007 film to hit, while exceeding expectations in scope and action.
If you live in Britain, ignoring the 2012 Olympics is like scaling the Shard in an invisibility suit: it’s pretty much impossible and even if you do manage it, hardly anyone will notice. So, in the spirit of the London Games, here’s a video produced by Mini – one of the competition’s official sponsors, of … >
A while back, this blog featured a clip of some Americans amusingly recreating Nintendo 64’s classic Goldeneye video game in a live action spoof. This is clearly a thing, as it wasn’t the only one by a long stretch, so here’s some more of the same… almost. Armed only with some medium-quality editing software, access … >
If you’re an advocate of the theory that ‘James Bond’ is as much of a codename as ‘007’ is a code number, this video should help dispel any lingering worries you have that you’re the only one who thinks thus. After enjoying a relaxing game of poker together, the Bonds then get into a few … >
Goldfinger smelts together iconic moments and then pours them into a mould that almost every Bond film would follow.
Times were clearly hard at MI6 during the 1990s. M had to make endless series of As Time Goes By, James Bond had to pretend to be a rich playboy committing audacious art heists and even Miss Moneypenny had to appear in an episode of Inspector Morse to make ends meet. Hit hardest of all, … >