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What The Public Thinks Is The Best Bond Girl, Villain, Film And Actor

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With the release of Spectre fast approaching, this week Neil Calloway looks at what the public consider the best in James Bond films… So we’re all gearing up to the new Bond film – in Halloween week, appropriately enough, given its title. Ricky Church is doing his reviews of previous outings for the franchise for […]

Countdown to Spectre – For Your Eyes Only Review

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of For Your Eyes Only… After his adventure into space, James Bond comes back to Earth in a much more grounded and closer to reality mission in For Your Eyes Only. This film takes Bond back to the basics as he fights without the assistance […]

Countdown to Spectre – Moonraker Review

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of Moonraker… In 1979 the Bond franchise took a turn to science fiction as Bond ventured into space for his adventure in Moonraker. Though he had previously investigated space programs or fought against space lasers, he had never before gone into outer space. Why did […]

Countdown to Spectre – The Spy Who Loved Me Review

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of The Spy Who Loved Me… James Bond’s previous adventure in The Man with the Golden Gun was a low point for the series that relied too heavily on camp and comedy to succeed. While The Spy Who Loved Me continues Bond’s campy trend, it […]

Countdown to Spectre – The Man with the Golden Gun Review

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of The Man with the Golden Gun… While Roger Moore’s first outing as Bond in Live and Let Die was a too campy in some aspects, there were still some moments of seriousness in the film. Moore’s follow-up adventure goes in completely the other direction; […]

The Week in Disappointment – Avengers: Infinity War, Spectre, Fantastic Four, Inhumans, Fast & Furious 8

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Daniel Craig says he’d only do another Bond for the money” Does that mean you did Quantum of Solace for the artistic integrity? I love how cocky the star of Cowboys and Aliens gets when discussing another Bond film. As if 007 has prevented him […]

Countdown to Spectre – Diamonds Are Forever Review

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of Diamonds Are Forever… After On Her Majesty’s Secret Service producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman sought Sean Connery to come back to the role he made famous one last time (officially at least) in Diamonds Are Forever, the conclusion to the SPECTRE era of […]

Countdown to Spectre – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Review

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service… In 1967 audiences were introduced to their first James Bond that was not Sean Connery. In George Lazenby’s one and only Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 007 is hot on the trail of Blofeld and closing in […]

Countdown to Spectre – You Only Live Twice Review

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In You Only Live Twice the evil organization SPECTRE threatens the world’s safety again as they seize American and Russian space rockets in order to incite war between the two countries. In the process, SPECTRE’s leadership is finally given a face and a name, paying off to a build up several films in the making. […]