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Updates

Note: New essays or articles are only listed; minor updates or editiorial changes are not necessarily noted.

11/12/12	Skyfall: The Long Descent into the Maelström
10/13/12	Some Remarks on the Trailer, the Title Song, and other Untimely Observations
07/28/12	Shakespeare and the Quartermaster
06/04/12	The End of Something or Other

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

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 - If it's Tuesday, it must be John Logan - What will be left of you, James? - 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 Skyfall: The Long Descent into the Maelström