For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Roger Moore (The Cannonball Run, The Spy Who Loved Me) stars in his fifth turn (of seven) as British super-agent James Bond, in a respectable but not-altogether-exciting adventure. 007 is called in to investigate a...
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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...
A View to a Kill (1985)
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...
Dr. No (1962)
The first film in the long running James Bond series, Dr. No proved to be a smashing success, not only at the box office, but in building a legion of fans ready for more adventures for...
Thunderball (1965)
For those who think that the worst of Sean Connery’s Bond adventures is still better than the best Roger Moore ever did, I hereby submit Thunderball as an end to that argument. Overlong and far...
Octopussy (1983)
After taking a less campy approach with For Your Eyes Only, the Bond series returns to the tongue-in-cheek adventures that had become the staple of the Roger Moore era. Also, for the first time there...
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Francisco Scaramanga (Lee) is the world’s leading assassin, pulling in a million dollars per killing. He loves the kill as much as the money, thinking it an art-form, as evidenced by his use of...
The Cannonball Run (1981)
Cannonball Run was a childhood favorite of mine and is one of my all-time guiltiest pleasures. The reason I like the film doesn’t stem from the usual things — I am not a fan...
The World is Not Enough (1999)
The plot: A British oil tycoon is killed in the MI6 HQ. His daughter inherits his fortune along with his precious oil deposits in the Caspian Sea. British super-agent James Bond is assigned for...
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Brosnan (Mars Attacks!, The Thomas Crown Affair) returns in the role of the British secret agent, this time to bring down a media magnate played by Jonathan Pryce (The Age of Innocence, Glengarry Glen Ross). It...