The Man With The Golden Gun was Roger Moore’s second foray as James Bond. Having subsequently lived for many years in the Far East, it is interesting for me in retrospect to see its clever use of locations in Thailand and Hong Kong. Some of it was filmed in Phuket, which at the time was…
For Your Eyes Only
For me, For Your Eyes Only got the Bond franchise back on track for a short while, after the ludicrous, played for laughs, Moonraker – which shot Bond into space! This is a deliberately much more grounded and sober affair, and despite Roger Moore showing his age, I consider it the best of his later…
Goldfinger
Goldfinger is one of the undisputed high points of the James Bond franchise. The movie includes a bunch of iconic Bond characters and moments – henchman Oddjob and his murderous metal bowler hat, Bond’s silver tricked-out Aston Martin DB5 and, perhaps most famous of all, Shirley Eaton’s cameo as the unfortunate Bond girl who is…
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Here’s one for ski season – a German poster for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. OHMSS is one of my favourite James Bond films and the only one to star George Lazenby as 007. When it came out it did not do well – mainly because it didn’t star Sean Connery. Its reputation has grown…
Skyfall
Skyfall is one of my absolute favourite James Bond movies, and my favourite post-Connery Bond by a mile. Having seen this originally in the cinema I subsequently ended up watching it many times on long-haul flights, and it really bears up well to multiple viewings. It is probably the best-looking of all the Bond movies,…
Live And Let Die/You Only Live Twice
One of these James Bond posters is an original, the other is a reprint. Can you tell which one is which? I bought these 2 posters together from a shop in Singapore, when I was living there. It was very unusual to find any places selling movie posters there, so when I saw these I…
Moonraker / A View to a Kill
Here are a couple of original posters for two of the lesser Roger Moore Bonds. Moonraker IMHO is a low point in the franchise – honestly, what the hell is James Bond doing in space? It seemed then and still does a rather pathetic attempt to cash in on the success of contemporary sci-fi…
Thunderball
This poster holds special meaning for me because it was the first film I ever saw in the cinema. It was 1972 I think, I would have been 8. My dad took me and a friend to a James Bond double bill at the Nottingham Odeon. (This was back in the days both the Nottingham…