John From Cincinnati Remains HBO’s Most Baffling and Cryptic Show
“What is John From Cincinnati?” “Why does this show exist?” “What is it about?” I had these questions before I...
TV And Movies
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...
How House of the Dragon Can Improve on its Strong Foundational First Season
The first season of House of the Dragon is a tremendous success. It is, also, hopefully, an oddity. Not in...
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...
Can Mythic Quest Become More Than Just Another Workplace Comedy?
There’s a great show inside Mythic Quest. It bubbles to the surface every so often, offering a glimpse of greatness,...
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...
Andor Proves Why British-Produced Star Wars is Superior to American
There are only a few things I feel patriotic about as a Brit. Beans on toast; the NHS; Alan Partridge;...
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...
