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Bruce Willis month 3 – Red

It’s been a while since I’ve looked at a movie based on a comic series, which feels strange considering this started off as a comic blog. Red, released in 2010, is loosely based on a 3 issue miniseries by the … Continue reading

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007 – the Daniel Craig years 5: No Time to Die

At least within the official James Bond movies, Daniel Craig is now the longest lasting actor for James Bond. Both Sean Connery and Roger Moore performed the role in more movies, but Connery’s official run lasted 9 years, and Moore’s … Continue reading

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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 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 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 1: Goldeneye

Pierce Brosnan portrayed the famous British spy around the time I discovered the series, so it’s hard for me not to think of Brosnan as Bond at times. In fact, of the three major steps in my discovery of James … Continue reading

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007 – the Roger Moore years 2: The Man With The Golden Gun

I don’t remember exactly what order I saw the James Bond movies in after the first few I watched, but today’s blogathon entry is about the first full Roger Moore movie I ever saw. It was probably the third or … Continue reading

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007 – in-between movies 3: Licence To Kill

Licence to Kill, the 16th Bond movie in the series, is a unique entry in the James Bond series for more than one reason. For one, it’s the first movie ever to not base its title on one of Ian … Continue reading

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