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12/21/22:
The Movie Of Laughter And Forgetting
11/07/21:
No Time To Die
: Movie Review
10/18/20:
Onwards with Burnout
04/19/20:
The Coronavirus Affair
02/16/20:
Loony Tune for a Spy
02/02/20:
Dreadful Pictures at an Exhibition
Essays
The Short Stories
"The Living Daylights": Bond in the Waste Land
Narrative Rapidity in "Quantum of Solace"
Casino Royale
Analysis of the novel is included in the
film review
.
Live and Let Die
: Terrors from the Caribbean Gothic
The Dialectic of Doctor No
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Reflections on a Bottle of Taittinger
Part 1: Solemnizations
Part 2: Tasting Notes
Part 3: À la Recherche d'un Temps Passé
Part 4: The Last Count of Champagne
Benson and the Spirit of Pulp
On the Centenary
May 27, 2008 -
License To Last: One Hundred Years of Fleming
June 1, 2008 -
Devil May Care
: Capsule Review
June 8, 2008 -
Devil May Care
: One Tribute, One Centenary, One Book
Carte Blanche
: Autumn Notes on a Winter Reading from Last Year
Goldeneye Pinot Noir - Wine Notes
Solo: Book review
John Barry on the Moon
Happenstance with James Bond and Hemingway
Part 1: Arrival
Part 2: From a Theme to a Kill
Film Commentary
On the Three Best Bond Films
Licence To Kill
: Dalton's End
Casino Royale
(2006)
Two Views from the Hotel Splendide
Casino Royale
- DVD Review
On the Supposedly Brilliant Ending of
Casino Royale
Quantum Of Solace
(2008)
Notes on the 22nd Bond film
Analysis of the Ian Fleming short story
On Marc Forster
Thoughts on the Trailer
The Song Remains Horrendous: "Another Way To Die"
Quantum Of Solace
: First Look
Consider the Chaos
Reflections on the troubled script for
Quantum Of Solace
A Travesty of Bond
007 races across continents, traveling from absurdity to kitsch
Quantum Of Solace
: Blu-ray Review
Skyfall
(2012)
On Peter Morgan
Droning On
Thoughts on the announcement of director Sam Mendes and other recent news
An Attempt at a Panegyric to the Mendes Filmography
L'affaire MGM
Lights Out: Meditations on the afterglow of 007
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If it's Tuesday, it must be John Logan
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What will be left of you, James?
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How do you like it?
The End of Something or Other
With the blandness of the
Skyfall
teaser poster and trailer, the road to ruin gets shorter
Shakespeare and the Quartermaster
Some Remarks on the Trailer, the Title Song, and other Untimely Observations
More Untimely Meditations:
Skyfall
: Film Review
Skyfall
: Blu-Ray Review
Spectre
(2015)
The First Press Conference: Dance of the Sugar Plum Zombies
Notes on the Teaser Trailer
The
Spectre
Trailer: A Glimpse into Grand Holes of Filmmaking
Requiem for a Wimp
Review of the title song
Spectre
: Nonsense Royale
Film review
Spectre
: Blu-ray Review
No Time To Die (2021)
The Undivine Comedy Continues
Paranormal Activities
Jamaican Pipe Dreams and Blather Under The Sun
Trailer Review:
Dreadful Pictures at an Exhibition
Title Song Review:
Loony Tune for a Spy
The Coronavirus Affair
Onwards with Burnout
No Time To Die
: Movie Review
The Movie Of Laughter And Forgetting
Bond-related Films
BBC America's Ian Fleming