Thankfully, Die Another Day is the end of the Pierce Brosnan era, because by now it’s just embarrassing. … More The Bond Movie Series: Die Another Day

Pierce Brosnan’s 007 shame spiral has officially arrived. From its wildly overblown opening sequence to its threadbare plot, The World is Not Enough is without a doubt one of the worst all-time Bond movies. It would be nice if we could call it the low point of Brosnan’s tenure as James Bond, but fasten your … More The Bond Movie Series: The World is Not Enough

Last time, in discussing Pierce Brosnan’s first outing as 007, I described his tenure in the role as a shame spiral that ended in total embarrassment. Thankfully, we aren’t there yet. Brosnan’s next adventure is the one where he takes the series off the cliff, so you have that to look forward to. If Goldeneye … More The Bond Movie Series: Tomorrow Never Dies

Like Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan apparently decided to get his best Bond movie out of the way first. But while the Moore years would be filled with ups and downs, Brosnan’s tenure as 007 can only be described as a shame spiral. It’s easy to hate on Brosnan as James Bond now, because his last … More The Bond Movie Series: GoldenEye

Timothy Dalton, we hardly knew ye. This is only his second outing wearing 007’s tuxedo, but it would prove to be his last. The Bond franchise has a long history of legal troubles, but they had a nasty flare-up after Licence to Kill hit theaters. In addition, a crowded summer movie market was blamed for … More The Bond Movie Series: Licence to Kill

With the Battle of the Bonds behind him, Roger Moore returned for one last time to portray James Bond, a role he had dominated for twelve years. The end of an era. At 58 years old he was still spry and mischievous enough to carry off the part, but still, it was undeniably time for … More The Bond Movie Series: A View to a Kill

What happens when a Bond movie isn’t officially a Bond movie? Never Say Never Again. That is to say, nothing good. Back before there even was a series of Bond movies, Ian Fleming was trying to sell his spy novels for film. He enlisted the help of Kevin McClory to help him write a screenplay … More The Bond Movie Series: Never Say Never Again

In 1983 the filmmakers behind the Bond series found themselves in a tricky little predicament. First, their 007, Roger Moore, celebrated his 56th birthday. Moore had enjoyed a wildly successful run as James Bond at the box office, but it was becoming very apparent that he was aging out of the role. Moore himself was … More The Bond Movie Series: Octopussy

007 enters the 1980s in a rather curious way: with some tips of the hat to the early days of the series. Part of this was a desire to return to the style of earlier Bond films after the camp extravaganza that was Moonraker. But the form this hat-tip takes is more of a direct … More The Bond Movie Series: For Your Eyes Only

And lo! there was Moonraker. Regarded by many to be the lowpoint of the series, this installment of 007’s adventures is, perhaps not coincidentally, the apex of camp in the franchise. Curiously, at the end of The Spy Who Loved Me, it was promised that James Bond would return to the screen in For Your … More The Bond Movie Series: Moonraker