James Bond, Spectre, and the trouble with a retcon
by Mark Harrison | Sep 22, 2022 | Feature, News
With spoilers, we examine 2015's Spectre and the drive to retroactively bring continuity to Daniel Craig’s James Bond 007 films....
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Skyfall – resurrecting and retro-fitting James Bond
by Mark Harrison | Sep 20, 2022 | Feature, News
2012’s Skyfall gave James Bond a billion-dollar blockbuster in his 50th year on screen - but are the old ways really the best?....
Film Quiz Friday: Quick Stop Quizzing
by Mark Harrison | Sep 16, 2022 | Feature, News
"I'm not even supposed to be here today!" This week's film quiz centres on the movies of Kevin Smith and also covers topics including singers,...
Clerks III review: everything must go...
by Mark Harrison | Sep 14, 2022 | Reviews
Kevin Smith returns to the Quick Stop for a nostalgia-heavy trilogy topper about mortality and moviemaking - here’s our review of Clerks III....
Film Quiz Friday: Whodunnit?
by Mark Harrison | Sep 09, 2022 | Feature, News
Don’t spoil the ending! As See How They Run and Bodies Bodies Bodies both land in UK cinemas, this week’s film quiz is about movie mysteries....
Quantum Of Solace – revisiting Daniel Craig’s difficult second James Bond film
by Mark Harrison | Sep 08, 2022 | Feature, News
2008’s Quantum Of Solace is the black sheep of Daniel Craig’s largely well-received era, but never mind “what went wrong” – isn't it overdue a reasses...
Three Thousand Years Of Longing review – an epic of wishful thinking
by Mark Harrison | Sep 08, 2022 | Reviews
Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba star in George Miller’s latest, Three Thousand Years Of Longing – a bold, bittersweet, and bloody weird fairytale rom...
Film Quiz Friday: Inside Number 10
by Mark Harrison | Sep 02, 2022 | Feature
Our end-of-the-week film quiz includes a few questions about UK politics and prime ministers on screen: 30 questions await....
Casino Royale, and the art of disarming and reloading James Bond
by Mark Harrison | Sep 01, 2022 | Feature, News
The James Bond series went 40 years without a reboot and then along came Martin Campbell, Daniel Craig, and 2006's Casino Royale....
Film Quiz Friday: Party Like It’s 1990 – 99
by Mark Harrison | Aug 26, 2022 | News
Here’s one for the 1990s kids – this week’s film quiz covers taglines from every year of the decade and more general movie knowledge from all over...
Die Another Day, and James Bond as his own worst enemy
by Mark Harrison | Aug 25, 2022 | Feature
2002’s Die Another Day is far from James Bond’s finest hour, but Pierce Brosnan’s final outing as 007 caps off a self-critical yet conservative era.....
Film Quiz Friday: Clash Of The Titles
by Mark Harrison | Aug 19, 2022 | Feature, News
Titles will clash! In this week’s film quiz, 30 questions on all sorts of subjects, including old favourites, new releases, and some movie mashups....
The World Is Not Enough and the “Bond girls” of the 1990s
by Mark Harrison | Aug 18, 2022 | Feature, News
The James Bond franchise's modernisation of its female lead roles comes to a head in 1999's The World Is Not Enough – meet Elektra King and Dr C...
Film Quiz Friday: Questionable Quotables
by Mark Harrison | Aug 12, 2022 | Feature, News
In this week’s film quiz, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk? Good luck. OUR...
Tomorrow Never Dies - a James Bond film ahead of its time?
by Mark Harrison | Aug 11, 2022 | Feature, News
James Bond battles a rolling-news media empire in Tomorrow Never Dies, but with its topical plot and quick turnaround, was it a tad premature?....
Film Quiz Friday: Pitt Stop
by Mark Harrison | Aug 05, 2022 | Feature, News
In this week's film quiz, ABC is for Always Be Chewing, as we explore the films of Brad Pitt, as well as various other morsels of movie trivia....
GoldenEye and the “Now That’s What I Call James Bond” package
by Mark Harrison | Aug 04, 2022 | Feature, News
Pierce Brosnan finally got to be James Bond in 1995’s GoldenEye, a film which has its cake and eats it too when it comes to the series’ checklist of...
Film Quiz Friday: The A-to-Z of Quizzes
by Mark Harrison | Jul 29, 2022 | News
Things get a bit alphabetical in this week’s film quiz, which also includes questions on subjects ranging from Adventureland to Zombieland....
Licence To Kill and James Bond's special relationship with America
by Mark Harrison | Jul 28, 2022 | Feature
Is 1989’s Licence To Kill “too American”? We revisit Timothy Dalton’s superior second outing as 007 and ponder a very British franchise’s relations...
Film Quiz Friday: The Heat Is On
by Mark Harrison | Jul 22, 2022 | Feature, News
Grab an ice lolly and turn a fan on for this week’s film quiz, which includes some very hot weather questions....
The Living Daylights, and what Timothy Dalton brings to James Bond
by Mark Harrison | Jul 21, 2022 | Feature, News
Timothy Dalton played 007 in 1987's The Living Daylights, but having turned the role down three times, he insisted upon a back-to-basics James Bond....
Film Quiz Friday: Trains Of Thought
by Mark Harrison | Jul 15, 2022 | Feature, News
Choo choo! With The Railway Children Return and Bullet Train pulling into UK cinemas, this week’s film quiz travels both on and off the rails....
A View To A Kill - what really makes a good James Bond movie?
by Mark Harrison | Jul 14, 2022 | Feature, News
Roger Moore’s final 007 movie, 1985’s A View To A Kill, is a bit of a Marmite outing even for James Bond fans – but is the film in a class of its o...
Film Quiz Friday: Jane Got A Hammer
by Mark Harrison | Jul 08, 2022 | Feature, News
Natalie Portman returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thor: Love And Thunder, but this week’s film quiz focuses on her other, hammer-less w...
Octopussy, Never Say Never Again, and 1983's battle of the Bonds
by Mark Harrison | Jul 07, 2022 | Feature, News
1983 offered up two James Bond films, with Roger Moore in Octopussy and Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again – we revisit the battle of the 007s....
Film Quiz Friday: Americanise This!
by Mark Harrison | Jul 01, 2022 | Feature, News
America! Flip yeah! This week's film quiz covers crime capers, comedy casts, and, oh yes, very American movies....
James Bond vs the BBFC – censorship, certification, and 007
by Mark Harrison | Jun 30, 2022 | Feature, News
In a departure from our regularly scheduled James Bond rambles, we examine the James Bond franchise's occasional behind-the-scenes battles with the...
Film Quiz Friday: Toybox Trivia
by Mark Harrison | Jun 24, 2022 | News
"You! Are! A! TOY!" This week's film quiz covers the Toy Story quartet and a whole lot of other movies too – let's play....
Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, and James Bond's maddest mission
by Mark Harrison | Jun 23, 2022 | Feature, News
James Bond exited the 1970s with a bang in Moonraker and attempted re-entry in the 1980s with For Your Eyes Only – we look at two vastly different 0...
Film Quiz Friday: Emma and Eminence
by Mark Harrison | Jun 17, 2022 | Feature, News
Ready to take on this week’s film quiz? We’ve got questions about Spaghetti Westerns, sequels galore, and the mighty Dame Emma Thompson....
The Spy Who Loved Me - celebrating James Bond's workplace romantic comedy
by Mark Harrison | Jun 16, 2022 | Feature, News
There are many reasons to love 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me, but one of them is that Roger Moore’s third outing as James Bond is really a romcom....
Film Quiz Friday: Welcome To Jurassic Park
by Mark Harrison | Jun 10, 2022 | Feature, News
See those ripples in your glass of water? That’s this week’s film quiz, coming your way with questions on the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World mov...
