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 […]
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 […]
