“Black King on the Red Queen?” – Unboxing Solitaire’s Tarot Deck

Nowadays as a James Bond fan, when it comes to merchandise it really is everything or nothing. If you are unwilling to spends hundreds (or even thousands) on officially sanctioned 007 items then you will find that there is very little else to choose from. Prop replicas previously from Factory Entertainment have been high in…

Faithful to Fleming? – Is No Time To Die the Closest Adaptation of You Only Live Twice That Will Ever Be?

This article contains Spoilers for No Time To Die. As the worldwide release of No Time To Die continues to reach completion, there is a growing division amongst audience opinions on the film. Although currently holding an 84% fresh rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, there is a significant vocal presence on social media condemning…

Fleming Reading Challenge – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

By the time Ian Fleming completed his seventh James Bond novel Goldfinger, he believed that he had exhausted all of his inspiration for writing in that format. Attempts to adapt Bond for television and the big screen would fail and end up with Fleming adapting the ideas into the short story collection For Your Eyes…

No Time To Die Initial Reaction (Non-Spoilers)

After what has felt like a much longer gap than between Licence To Kill and GoldenEye, the near 6 year long wait for James Bond to finally return to cinemas is over. There was doubt over whether or not Daniel Craig would even return, uncertainty when original director Danny Boyle dropped out, concern for the…

Dynamite Comics James Bond: Service

The adventures of James Bond in Dynamite Comics continue in Service, written by Kieron Gillen and artwork by Antonio Fuso. This is the first one-shot since Dynamite Comics launched it's 007 titles in 2015. The story references the previous friction between MI5 and MI6 about jurisdiction and trust after SPECTRE's infiltration, as well as further…

Spies Watching Spies: The Significance of James Bond in Black Widow

This article contains SPOILERS for Black Widow (2021) The release of Marvel Studios latest film in their cinematic universe has proven just as interesting to James Bond fans as it had to the MCU fans. Black Widow is the 24th feature film in the Marvel series, which now currently equals the same number of films…

Ranking Bond: Part Four – Pierce Brosnan

Our experiences in childhood can leave us with some happy memories and a desire for nostalgia. However, not all the things we enjoy as young children remains a passion for us as we grow into being an adult. It is natural to outgrow a film or television show as we mature, and even revisit them…

Fleming Reading Challenge – The Spy Who Loved Me

The ninth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming holds a significant place in history for several reasons. The Spy Who Loved Me is not only the shortest novel in the series, but it is the only one to be written from a first-person perspective. It is not however from Bond's point of view, but…

Fleming Reading Challenge – Thunderball

Despite feeling that he had exhausted himself of inspiration for another full-length James Bond novel after Goldfinger, Ian Fleming was not about to walk away from the character he had put so much of himself into just yet. Having already attempted to move Bond to the screen, selling the rights to Casino Royale originally and…

Fleming Reading Challenge – For Your Eyes Only

After completing and publishing Goldfinger, Ian Fleming thought that he did not have ideas left for another 007 adventure to fill an entire novel. Instead of putting his character out to pasture, which he nearly did previously with a death scene in From Russia With Love, Fleming knew that James Bond had become far too…