Writer, Author, Bond Fan
‘Life isn’t everything’ chants Elton John towards the end of 1978’s Song for Guy and the beguiling dressing room opening gambit of Paul McGuigan’s Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. But life is everything if you don’t have much left of it, especially if yours has always been seen through the lens of 1950s Hollywood. Continue reading
EON Productions and Barbara Broccoli’s new movie Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool gets its first trailer and totally points to the Oscar buzz possibly coming Annette Bening’s way … Continue reading
Blake Lively to star in new Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson’s new spy thriller, The Rhythm Section. Continue reading
7/7/77. As Bond film release dates go, the one for disco bullet The Spy Who Loved Me is perhaps the most unique for Double-O-Seven. Continue reading
“It’s all so boring here, Margo. Nothing but playboys and tennis pros. If only I could find a real man…“
Thirty years ago this week Bond bullet The Living Daylights premiered on a particularly balmy June evening at the Odeon Leicester Square, London. Continue reading
Who needs white dots and a John Barry guitar overture? Continue reading
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