During the height of the 1960s spy craze, fueled by the success of James Bond, many films tried to capture the same blend of action, intrigue, and suave sophistication. Deadlier Than the Male was one of the better efforts, delivering a slick, entertaining thriller filled with beautiful assassins, exotic locations, and a hero who embodies…
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Modesty Blaze (1966) – Review
In the 1960s United Artists was making truckloads of money with their James Bond films so every other studio worth its salt were looking for their own secret agent to milk the spy craze with, which led to such offerings as Dean Martin’s Matt Helm and James Coburn’s Derek Flint, but today we will be…
Never Too Young To Die (1986) – Review
In the 1980s it was Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone who were battling it out as to who could be the king of the action movie genre, each of them cutting a swath of destruction across cinemas worldwide, but in 1986 one young man entered the ring to challenge these two cinematic titans of testosterone…
James Bond: The Sean Connery Years (1962-1983)
In 1953 author Ian Fleming created one of the most well-known literary characters in history, a British Secret Service Agent whose exploits in twelve books and two collections of short stories have since been eclipsed by his cinematic achievements in what is currently the longest ongoing film franchise. The road to movie legendary status had…
James Bond: The Roger Moore Years (1973-1985)
When Sean Connery stepped down from his iconic role of James Bond it was up to producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman to find someone to fill some very large shoes – George Lazenby having shanked the part by acting like an ass and Sean Connery’s brief reprise in Diamonds are Forever being a…