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Movie Review: ‘Goldeneye’ (50 Years of Bond)

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Director: Martin Campbell Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Isabella Scorupco, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen, Dame Judi Dench, Joe Don Baker, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, Samantha Bond, Desmond Llewellyn, Gottfried John Plot: When an attack occurs… Continue reading

007 Casefile: ‘Goldeneye’

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The Dalton era of 007 was hard-edged, realistic and dark – but didn’t quite gel with viewers. Time for a new face on the franchise… The Mission: An attack on a Russian satellite… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Licence to Kill’ (50 Years of Bond)

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Director: John Glen Cast: Timothy Dalton, Desmond Llewellyn, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Benicio del Toro, Talisa Soto Plot: After assisting his old ally Felix Lieter and the CIA bring in drug baron Franz… Continue reading

007 Case File: ‘Licence to Kill’

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It’s time to go rogue! The Mission: Breaking from traditional Bond is not assigned an official case by MI6. Instead he’s out for revenge against drug dealer Sanchez who has murdered Felix Lieter’s… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Living Daylights’ (50 Years of Bond)

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Director: John Glen Cast: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d’Abo, Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-Davies, Art Malik, Robert Brown, Desmond Llewellyn Plot: Bond is sent to protect Koskov, a Russian agent looking to… Continue reading

007 Case File: ‘The Living Daylights’

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A new era begins… The Mission: Bond is assigned to act as a sniper to protect a defecting Russian agent, Koskov, trying to escape from a new KGB regime. When the defector is… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews: ‘The Ambassadors of Death’

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Only recently released on DVD this epic seven-part serial occurred during the first season of the Third Doctor’s run when Liz Shaw was still serving as The Doctor’s companion. The story picks up… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘A View to a Kill’ (50 Years of Bond)

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Director: John Glen Cast: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Tanya Roberts, Robert Brown, Desmond Llewellyn, Lois Maxwell Story: James Bond is assigned to investigate the industrialist Max Zorin after he is linked… Continue reading

007 Casefile: ‘A View to a Kill’

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Just when you thought 007 couldn’t get any sillier… The Mission: When 003 turns up dead in Siberia the only clue MI:6 has to go on is a batch of microchips found on… Continue reading

Double-Oh-Who? The Other Agents in James Bond’s World

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007 is the code-name of the world’s most famous spy – which kinda implies that he’s not very good at his job, but we still love him. As the codename implies he is… Continue reading