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Sean Connery Month 1 – Never Say Never Again

The legendary Sean Connery passed away on October 31 last year, just over two months ago. I’ll get into his backstory in one of my later posts, but that needs to be mentioned off the bat for my Sean Connery … Continue reading

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All the James Bond movies in order of my personal preference

This post is a little delayed due to this past week being busier than expected, and I spent my little free time catching up on some video games. Finally finished all of the Witcher 3 DLC, which means I can … Continue reading

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007 – James Bond theme songs

One thing that’s been clearly established by the long-running James Bond movie series is the theme song. Ever since From Russia With Love, every movie’s featured a theme song, sung by vocal artists of varying levels of fame. Some movies … Continue reading

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007 – the Daniel Craig years 4: Spectre

Ah, Spectre. I have a lot of memories about that old Macintosh game, playing it at school during free time. You control a tank in what looks like an early VR environment, with solid coloured walls, and enemy tanks that … Continue reading

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007 – the Daniel Craig years 3: Skyfall

Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond movie by Eon Productions, released on the 50th anniversary of Dr. No. It remains the most profitable movie in the franchise, earning $1.109 billion, being the first and only movie in the franchise to crack … Continue reading

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007 – the Daniel Craig years 2: Quantum of Solace

Quantum Of Solace, Daniel Craig’s second outing as Bond, has three unique features for the franchise. One, according to a 2012 study by the University of Otago in New Zealand, Quantum of Solace is the most violent film in the … Continue reading

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007 – the Daniel Craig years 1: Casino Royale

I talked a lot about Die Another Day’s failures in my previous post, but there’s one major thing I didn’t mention at the time. While that movie chased early 2000’s action movie trends of being stylish, over the top and … Continue reading

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007 – the Pierce Brosnan years 4: Die Another Day

One would hope that when a movie franchise reaches both its 40th anniversary and its 20th film at the same time, they’d want to do their best to create the greatest entry in the franchise’s history. Yet Die Another Day, … Continue reading

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007 – the Pierce Brosnan years 3: The World Is Not Enough

My earliest memory of The World Is Not Enough was seeing the TV trailer years ago. That might have actually been my earliest direct exposure to the Bond franchise. It’s the 19th movie in the franchise, the third of Pierce … Continue reading

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007 – the Pierce Brosnan years 2: Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies, the 17th James Bond movie and second starring Pierce Brosnan, happens to be the only Brosnan Bond movie that didn’t open at #1 at the box office. That’s not to say it didn’t do well – it … Continue reading

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