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…
Tag: Goldfinger
Goldfinger (1964) – Review
In this third outing, the poster proclaims “James Bond is Back in Action” and with Bond facing off against the likes of the nefarious Goldfinger and the sexy femme fatale Pussy Galore we get all that promised action and a whole lot more. It’s with this entry that the series truly came into focus as…
A View to a Kill (1985) – Review
The fourteenth Bond film opens with a pre-credit sequence of James Bond fleeing across a Siberian glacier to the music of The Beach Boys’ “California Girls,” while using the front runner of a snowmobile as a snowboard, which pretty much sets the tone for this particular Bond film, as director John Glenn was clearly stating…