A Bond Movie Fan’s First Time Reading Thunderball
Nine books into the series, Ian Fleming gains a sense of humour. The James Bond novels up to this point...
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A Bond Movie Fan’s First Time Reading For Your Eyes Only
The eighth book in the original Ian Fleming run of James Bond adventures differs from the previous seven. Instead of...
A Bond Movie Fan’s First Time Reading Goldfinger
Goldfinger marks a concerted effort by Ian Fleming to humanise his literary spy, James Bond. Despite what some say about...
My Failed Quest to Love Willow
I should like Willow. In fact, I should love Willow. It’s fantasy from the mind of George Lucas, back from...
A Bond Movie Fan’s First Time Reading Dr No
Keeping Bond’s fate a mystery after the cliffhanger ending of From Russia with Love, Dr No begins with M arriving...
A Bond Movie Fan’s First Time Reading From Russia With Love
Diamonds Are Forever's greatest, though far from sole, flaw was its villains. Unmemorable, underdeveloped, not scary, and nothing but cheesy...
A Bond Movie Fan’s First Time Reading Diamonds Are Forever
By page 33 of Diamonds Are Forever, James Bond is already undercover as Peter Franks in an operation to disassemble...
A Bond Movie Fan’s First Time Reading Moonraker
Moonraker begins not with a bang, but with two bangs. Bond is testing a new machine in the shooting range,...
Nolan vs Lynch: Battle of the Bombs
The nuclear arms race of the Cold War is now reflected in modern cinema, with two directors vowing for domination...
A Bond Movie Fan’s First Time Reading Live and Let Die
There's now a hint of anger in James Bond's cold grey-blue eyes. After the events of Casino Royale, Bond is...
