22 January 2021
29 November 2020
Why Thanksgiving Still Matters. Even if you are not an American..
If you love Movies? Then you should also love the USA. It’s that simple.. First of all: Happy Thanksgiving, dear readers. Hopefully you are safe and well and celebrating happily. Second: yes, I know. Times are tough. That makes festivals like this all the more important. Not...
25 November 2020
Unmade and Alternative Brosnan Bond Films.
No. This one is NOT satire. I am playing this one deadly straight. Pierce’s tenure could have been tweaked a tad. Almost was, too! Bond movies go through many iterations in the drafting. Sometimes a character is renamed. Other times, a tone is lost or motif gained. Occasionally, the...
17 October 2020
Can James Bond work as a Period Piece?
One of the features of the 007 franchise: constant speculation about the next movie, even BEFORE the latest one is out.. If we accept that the Bond people cannot sneak out more content for 2022’s 60th anniversary, featuring Daniel Craig in a coda performance? Then we must logically embrace...
07 October 2020
Don’t Blame BOND for the Death of Cinema. And he CAN still SAVE it..
NO TIME TO DELAY? No! Moving 007 was the ONLY thing to do.. Daniel Craig said it best himself. This thing is bigger than all of us and we want as many people to see the movie, as safely as possible. Was it frustrating for the Bond film...
29 September 2020
Tom Hardy is the new James Bond! No, Wait, It’s Henry Cavill..no..it’s a WOMAN..No..it’s HIDDLESTON..No..it’s DANIEL CRAIG!
Relax. There is no new James Bond. Yet. Here’s why. Yes, Tom Hardy would be awesome. Yes, he would bring machismo, refinement, elegance, style, warmth, wit and force of nature action credentials. But he is also a star already and therefore expensive and comes with baggage that would arguably...
