I remember seeing this the Summer it was released. The press had amped up “The Battle of the Bonds” between the “official” Roger Moore release Octopussy and this, Sean Connery’s return to the role after 12 years at the age of 52. NSNA is a loose remake of Thunderball, and came about due to a…
The Living Daylights
I thought Timothy Dalton was terrific as the new James Bond in The Living Daylights. In fact, I found the whole movie something of a breath of fresh air after the ludicrousness of the latter Roger Moore Bonds, where pretty much everything ended up being played for cheap laughs. In the movie’s gripping opening sequence…
James Bond paperbacks
Here is a post with a slight difference. And, yes, there’s still a movie memorabilia connection….. This is a selection of vintage James Bond paperbacks by Ian Fleming, as collected by my late father. I’m not sure if he ever read them (he certainly could not remember doing so), but these date back to 1961…
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…
James Bond Collection
This was the first record I ever bought. Before I was into movie posters, and before I got into rock and pop music, I was into soundtracks. In retrospect, I’m not sure why. This was back in the days before DVDs, and even before VHS, so this was I think the only way I could think of…
From Russia With Love
Sometimes you can’t but end up kicking yourself for what seemed like a good idea at the time. By 2003 I had amassed a large collection of movie posters, of which I was only able to display a small fraction. I had also moved for work to Asia and was only able to bring…
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…