James Bond Blu-ray Reviews – Live and Let Die

“What are you? Some kinda doomsday machine boy?” Here it is; the Roger Moore era of James Bond films. And while it’s not every bodies favourite run of films, at least we start on a high with the awesome, action packed and original Bond film that is Live and Let Die. Roger Moore plays Bond in a […]

James Bond Blu-ray Reviews – Diamonds Are Forever

“Well, one of us smells like a tart’s handkerchief.” Ah, so here we are. We’ve reached, in my opinion, one of the weaker entries in the Bond franchise. After On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and George Lazenby’s departure from the series, United Artists wanted Sean Connery back. In fact they wanted him back so much that […]

James Bond Blu-ray Reviews – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

“We have all the time in the world.” Poor George Lazenby. He certainly drew the short straw when it comes to actors portraying Bond; he only got one film. But luckily for him, it’s a good’un. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is a great movie, and Lazenby does the best he can portraying Bond in a more […]

James Bond Blu-ray Reviews – You Only Live Twice

“I have much, much better. Ninjas” So here we are on You Only Live Twice, otherwise known as “that one where James Bond makes himself look Asian“. This film, like previous entries, is a product of its time. The space race was in full swing and SPECTRE is using this against the two superpowers of […]

James Bond Blu-ray Reviews – Thunderball

“I think he got the point.” What do you think the highest grossing Bond film is? It’s probably Skyfall isn’t it? Well, yes, but Thunderball comes a very close second. When adjusted for inflation, and until Skyfall this was the highest grossing Bond film of all time. And it’s easy to see why; Thunderball is […]

James Bond Blu-ray Reviews – Goldfinger

“You like a close shave, don’t you?” Goldfinger was an important film. This was the film that kicked Bond mania into overdrive and was the movie that helped start the film going public’s love affair with espionage. It’s also remembered fondly by many as the greatest Bond film, and with good reason. Golfinger set the template for Bond […]

James Bond Blu-ray Reviews – From Russia With Love

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends.” Well, this is my first review in this blog’s series of James Bond reviews and what a great, if somewhat underrated film to start on. From Russia With Love is loved by James Bond fans; it’s a true cold war spy thriller, but among casual viewers it might get lost […]

James Bond Blu-ray Reviews – Dr No

“Bond. James Bond.” I love James Bond. James Bond has been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember, we had the collection on VHS and now we’ve upgraded to the Blu-ray collection. It comes in a fancy box and everything. Over the next few weeks we’ll be making our […]

The Wire Season 4 Review

“I still wake up white in a city that ain’t.” I think I need to change things up. My reviews of The Wire have effectively been “The Wire is amazing, here’s why”, and then what was good and what wasn’t. I don’t want people getting bored with my reviews so for seasons 4 and 5 […]

Flight (2012) Review

[I’ll try to keep this review reasonably spoiler free, but beware!] Flight first caught my attention last year, when its first trailer was released. The trailer was one of the best movie trailers I’d seen for quite some time and I think I may have held off from watching the film because I believed it […]