Reviews
Dr. No (1962) and related work:
- Spin-off: From Russia with Love (1963)
- Spin-off: Goldfinger (1964)
- Spin-off: Thunderball (1965)
- Spin-off: You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Spin-off: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
- Spin-off: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Spin-off: Live and Let Die (1973)
- Spin-off: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
- Spin-off: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
- Spin-off: Moonraker (1979)
- Spin-off: Octopussy (1983)
- Spin-off: Never Say Never Again (1983)
- Spin-off: A View to a Kill (1985)
- Spin-off: Licence to Kill (1989)
- Spin-off: GoldenEye (1995)
- Spin-off: Casino Royale (2006)
Dr. No (1962) IMDb
Pulp superspy thriller. Sean Connery as James Bond.
‣ From Russia with Love (1963) IMDb
Sean Connery as James Bond.
‣ Goldfinger (1964) IMDb
Sean Connery as James Bond. Seeing this as a child, I did not reflect on the rape culture expressed in Bond’s “conquest” of a clearly unwilling Pussy Galore by violence.
‣ Thunderball (1965) IMDb
Sean Connery as James Bond.
‣ You Only Live Twice (1967) IMDb
Sean Connery as James Bond.
‣ On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) IMDb
‣ Diamonds Are Forever (1971) IMDb
Sean Connery as James Bond.
‣ Live and Let Die (1973) IMDb
Roger Moore as James Bond.
‣ The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) IMDb
Roger Moore as James Bond.
‣ The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) IMDb
Roger Moore as James Bond. This is the way to do pulp superagents.
‣ Moonraker (1979) IMDb
Roger Moore as James Bond. Kitsch.
‣ Octopussy (1983) IMDb
Roger Moore as James Bond. The name, at least, is hard to beat.
‣ Never Say Never Again (1983) IMDb
Seen in 2014.
Sean Connery as James Bond. The writing of Blush is moronic, but the hideous racism of the auction at Palmyra—no connection to the Syrian Palmyra—tops it off nicely.
‣ A View to a Kill (1985) IMDb
Roger Moore as James Bond.
‣ Licence to Kill (1989) IMDb
Timothy Dalton as James Bond. Politically docile genre meltdown.
‣ GoldenEye (1995) IMDb
Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
‣ Casino Royale (2006) IMDb
Seen in 2013.
Daniel Craig as James Bond. A good deal less cartoonish than most of its predecessors, but no less obsessed with gadgets and hysterical masculinity. Boring poker sequences and overblown action set pieces.