Dr No

As part of our celebrations of 50 years of James Bond movies we takes a look at the original James Bond, Sean Connery. Sean Connery’s relationship with the James Bond franchise is a curiously appealing one. Most critics would argue convincingly that Sean Connery’s success and acceptance by the public would have been impossible without […]

50 years ago today the cast and crew of Dr No received their draft schedule for the first James Bond film according to the official James Bond twitter account. The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the website owner.

In the last 50 years, 22 official James Bond movies have made their debut on the big screen. If there is one thing the world has come to accept, it is that James Bond will always return—mostly with a blast and girl in arm. The following is a look at all of the past Bond movies and the tiny little details that made each one of them special.

Syd Cain, who worked on five of the James Bond films as Art Director and Production Designer, died yesterday at the age of 93. According to an obituary published by MI6: Broccoli hand-picked their first Bond crew largely from his experience with Warwick Films, and selected Cain as his Art Director on “Dr. No”, where […]

As a tribute to the late John Barry, professional musician Tim Mottershead takes an in-depth look at John Barry’s contribution to the James Bond films.

At the beginning of Dr No we find Bond being chastised by M for having nearly being killed at the end of From Russia, With Love. Author: Ian Fleming Publication date: 31st March 1958 Publisher: Jonathan Cape Cover artist: Pat Marriott Search for first edition copies on Abebooks His solution is to re-equip Bond with more a […]

In this article we continue our look at Jamaica, where every winter Ian Fleming sat down to write his next James Bond adventure. In Live And Let Die: The Jamaica Version we followed 007 on a road trip across the island. This time we take a look at what happened when he returned a few […]

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 […]

At 7.35am on 14th January 1962, a tired and eclectic group of British artistes assembled at London Airport for a gruelling twenty-hour flight to Jamaica. Amongst them were film producers Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli, stuntmen, technicians and a talented young Scottish actor named Sean Connery. Also part of the group was a composer who […]

Joseph Wiseman, who appeared as the original Bond villain opposite Sean Connery, died on Monday at the age of 91. Wiseman was born in Montreal in 1918, moving to the United States with his family as a boy. He had a long career in theatre, first appearing on Broadway in “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” (Robert […]