Podcast

Following our recent You Only Live Twice watchalong, we revisit the question as to why the film with such iconic imagery and all the Bond ingredients fails to stick the landing and isn’t that well regarded within fandom.

With the news that Amazon will spend $8.45b to take over MGM, we discuss the potential ups and downs of having half the James Bond rights owned by a company with deep pockets.

This episode we survey the book covers of Goldfinger, including the first edition by Richard Chopping.

Join us as we watch 1967’s You Only Live Twice together as a group experience.

The panel discusses the key elements of James Bond from the novels to the films, identifying some of the things we believe makes 007 charming and successful.

We complete our SPECTRE odyssey as the second half picks up in Tangier.

The panel review the original first edition art work by Kenneth Lewis and the UK quad poster by Dan Goosee.

Join us as we watch the first half of 2015’s Spectre together as a group experience.

For this episode, we resurrect an oft-forgotten relic of the canon – James Bond Jr – as it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

The panel reviews the original UK quad poster and bring to the table some other posters used to promote the 1963 film, many of which riff on the original artwork by Renato Fratini.