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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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007 – The Sean Connery years 4: Thunderball

I’ve mentioned this in the previous three 007 posts, but Thunderball was originally intended to be the first James Bond movie.  Yet it’s the fourth official Bond movie, and the first that began production after Ian Fleming’s death in 1964. … Continue reading

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007 – The Sean Connery Years 3: Goldfinger

1964’s Goldfinger is often referred to as the quintessential Bond movie. Based on the novel of the same name, Goldfinger once again establishes a number of tropes followed in the series ever since. It became the first movie in the … Continue reading

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007 – The Sean Connery Years 1: Dr. No

James Bond is a rather unique series within the movie industry. With 24 entries in the main series and two unofficial entries, no other film franchise has come close to this number of movies. Although the Marvel Cinematic Universe is … Continue reading

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