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 October 1, 2007 · Last modified January 14, 2019
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...
1960s / Action / Adventure / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published January 7, 2004 · Last modified February 25, 2020
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...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.