Freda Cooper with six actors we wish would come out of retirement… It would have overshadowed a lesser movie. When Robert Redford declared that The Old Man and the Gun would be his last appearance on screen, you could hear the gasps ripple round Tinsel Town. With a career that’s lasted nearly 60 years as […]
Sean Connery explains why he turned down Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sean Connery has been in retirement since 2003’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but it seems he did briefly consider coming out of retirement to reprise the role of Professor Henry Jones in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. However, he ultimately passed on the opportunity – not because the movie was […]
DVD Review – Highlander Director’s Cut: 30th Anniversary Edition
Highlander Director’s Cut: 30th Anniversary Edition Directed by Russell Mulcahy. Starring Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown and Sean Connery. SYNOPSIS: “There can be only one.” Cult classic film Highlander arrives on Blu-ray and two-disc DVD in a new 30th Anniversary Edition that features new interviews with director Russell Mulcahy and star Christopher Lambert, along […]
Daniel Craig, it’s okay if you let Bond go
Tony Black on Daniel Craig’s future as Bond… We all knew this was coming. By we, I mean the legion of James Bond fans and aficionados who have followed the bizarre media whirlwind that seems to forever cascade around 007 himself, Daniel Craig. The Daily Fail (sorry, Mail!) apparently claimed Craig is done – that […]
007 Things You Never Knew About the James Bond Franchise
The name’s Facts…Movie Facts. And today, Oli has not just 7 of the trivia nuggets for you, but 007 Things You Never Knew about the James Bond franchise. Watch the video below: SEE ALSO: Review our review of Spectre here The new James Bond movie SPECTRE is hitting cinemas (read our review here), most likely […]
Countdown to Spectre – From Russia with Love Review
Ricky Church counts down to the release of Spectre with a retro review of From Russia with Love… In From Russia with Love, James Bond’s adventures continue as he’s sent to help Tatiana, a young Russian clerk, defect with Russia’s new cryptograph machine, though in actuality she’s being sent undercover. Unbeknownst to either the British […]
Countdown to Spectre – Dr. No Review
Ricky Church counts down to the release of Spectre with a retro review of James Bond’s first adventure, Dr. No… In October of 1962, the world was introduced to its most famous international spy, James Bond 007 as played by Sean Connery in the film Dr. No. Based off the bestselling series of novels by […]
Blu-ray Review – Zardoz (1974)
Zardoz, 1974. Directed by John Boorman. Starring Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton, Bosco Hogan and Niall Buggy. SYNOPSIS: In the distant future a barbarian finds himself in the realm of the elite and immortal Eternals. Originally released in 1974, John Boorman’s Zardoz is the movie equivalent of a prog rock band being […]
James Bond bootleg animated short In Service of Nothing gets reinstated
Producer Adi Shankar has fought the fight and it looks like he may have, for the time being, won the war. A month ago his bootleg short Power/Rangers: Unauthorized & Hardcore was pulled from YouTube for copyright issues only to be later reinstated after an agreement was reached with Saban Entertainment. Now, similarly, his latest […]