After a steady succession of films in the Bond franchise released every two years, the much darker and much more violent (until Casino Royale, that is) License to Kill marked the beginning of a six-year hiatus in the Bond franchise before we were privy to the Brosnan generation.  It also marked the final film for actor Robert […]

 

 

Nothing about this film is for your eyes.

 

 

Roger Moore takes over for Connery in Live and Let Die, a film that embraces classic seventies tropes.

 

 

Sean Connery returns as James Bond to wash our memory of George Lazenby.

 

 

The sixth Bond film is the most often overlooked and thrown away, for good reason.

 

 

James Bond visits Japan! But, why?

 

 

Thunderball is the best of the Connery bunch.

 

 

Goldfinger departs from the political satire in Dr. No and From Russia with Love, giving us a handful of firsts and setting the Bond-tone for forty-five years.

 

 

From Russia with Love gives us a few more glimpses of the Bond we’ve grown accustomed to — and a bit of political commentary.

 

 

50 years of Bond began with Dr. No.