November 19th, 2010
by Nick Parkhouse
For Roger Moore’s seventh and final outing as James Bond, he was once again reunited with director John Glen and composer John Barry. 1985’s A View To A Kill was the fourteenth 007 movie and, once again, the series followed a pattern of turning from serious spy movies (For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy) to […]
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October 26th, 2010
by David Leigh
Following on from our look at Jamaica, the Caribbean island where Ian Fleming owned a house and wrote all the James Bond adventures, we take a look at the road trip taken by 007 on the trail of Mr Big in Live And Let Die. When Ian Fleming wrote Live And Let Die, James Bond […]
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October 19th, 2010
by Nick Parkhouse
After the success of James Bond’s twelfth adventure, For Your Eyes Only, Roger Moore and director John Glen were reunited in 1983 for Bond’s new adventure, Octopussy. And, for the first time since 1979’s Moonraker, legendary composer John Barry was able to rejoin the team to provide the score for the thirteenth 007 adventure. Octopussy […]
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October 16th, 2010
by David Leigh
Video of how to mix James Bond’s vodka martini – shaken, not stirred – using Ian Fleming’s recipe from Live And Let Die
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October 4th, 2010
by David Leigh
When three MI6 agents watching the dictator of a small Caribbean island are killed in the space of 24 hours M sends James Bond to New York to investigate. 007 soon finds his arrival has been noticed as several attempts are made on his life. Following up a clue in Harlem puts him on Mr […]
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October 2nd, 2010
by David Leigh
I’ll start off by saying that I am biased; The Man With The Golden Gun is the very first Bond film I saw (at the cinema, before they had even showed Dr No on television) and so it will always have a special place in my heart. Conventional wisdom has it that The Man With […]
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October 2nd, 2010
by David Leigh
James Bond is sent to investigate a diamond smuggling ring and after following up a contact in Amsterdam ends up in the gambling capital of the world. Investigating the reclusive Willard Whyte, he learns the diamonds are destined for a research laboratory in the Nevada desert where a satellite is being constructed. Breaking into the […]
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October 2nd, 2010
by David Leigh
After saving Tracy Di Vicenzo from drowning herself on a beach, James Bond promises her mobster father, Marc Ange Draco, to carry on seeing her in exchange for details of the whereabouts of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, head of SPECTRE. Directed by Marc Ange to a lawyer in Bern, 007 discovers Blofeld is comminicating with the Royal […]
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October 2nd, 2010
by David Leigh
When an American spacecraft disappears from orbit the United states immediate suspects the Soviet Union. However, since the British tracked the craft to the Sea of Japan they decide to dispatch James Bond to Tokyo to investigate. James Bond, assisted by Tiger Tanaka, as well as Bond girls Aki and Kissy, uncovers a plot by […]
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October 2nd, 2010
by David Leigh
Following the disappearance of the head of the local secret service station in Jamaica and his assistant, M send James Bond to investigate. Bond quickly teams up with the CIA’s Felix Leiter and with the help of the CIA man and his local hand, Quarrel, Bond follows up a series of leads. His investigations point […]
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