You Only Live Twice (1967)
James Bond (Connery, Goldfinger) is on assignment in Hong Kong, where his death is staged in order to make all the bad guys think they no longer need follow the world’s greatest secret agent. He...
1960s / Action / Adventure / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published January 20, 2013 · Last modified April 22, 2019
James Bond (Connery, Goldfinger) is on assignment in Hong Kong, where his death is staged in order to make all the bad guys think they no longer need follow the world’s greatest secret agent. He...
1960s / Action / Adventure / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 13, 2009 · Last modified February 25, 2020
James Bond’s (Connery) second outing sees him teamed up with a female Russian counterpart, defector Tatiana Romanova (Bianchi), in order to obtain from her a highly valued, top-secret Soviet decoding device, Lektor, which she is...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 3, 2007 · Last modified February 15, 2019
A View to a Kill is a notable film for some because it would mark the final appearance of Roger Moore (Octopussy, The Cannonball Run) as 007. In my mind, it’s more notable because it is...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 15, 2007 · Last modified February 15, 2019
It’s interesting to see that, after the critical failure that was A View to a Kill, that the brain trusts behind the Bond franchise would choose to ride the same horses behind the scenes, as...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 15, 1996 · Last modified August 15, 2018
Some submarines end up missing from both the British and the Russians. The British send James Bond to investigate, teaming him up with his beautiful Russian spy counterpart, agent XXX, who is determined to...
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