Remembering Ken Adam
Spotted this book just as I was taking my seat at the Palatine Public Library. RIP Ken Adam, who made Bond’s world a fantastic one.
Category: Films
What I’m Reading: ‘Some Kind of Hero’
Tackling this bad boy. Don’t know if you can see the bookmark, but I’m about halfway through this mammoth history of the 007 films. I’m on the A View to a Kill ...
What I’m watching: ‘Spy’
Finally caught up with the Melissa McCarthy comedy Spy, directed by Paul Feig. It’s pretty damned good. I wish some of the recent Bond movies had as solid a plo...
Some thoughts on Alan Rickman’s passing
The celebrity obituary pages have been relentless in the new year. David Bowie’s death a few days ago was shocking enough, but to wake up this morning to...
#ExplainA(Bond)FilmPlotBadly
I have never had so much fun on Twitter. All the Bond movie plots, badly explained: Maimed rocket scientist invites Englishman to dinner. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly...
My Seven Wishes for the Next James Bond Movie
I enjoyed SPECTRE, I really did. I have seen it three times so far and it improves with every viewing. SPECTRE gave me many things I had wanted to see in a Bond...
JBR Profile: Jeffrey Westhoff – Fleming and Me – James Bond Radio
JBR Profile: Jeffrey Westhoff – Fleming and Me – James Bond Radio The website for the terrific James Bond Radio podcast graciously allowed me to wri...
Film review: ‘SPECTRE’
SPECTRE, the latest James Bond movie and the fourth to star Daniel Craig as 007, offers many pleasures, especially a sense of fun missing from Bond movies for...
Book review: ‘Star Wars: A New Dawn’
It has been years since I have read a new Star Wars novel. I was an early fan of Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn trilogy and kept up with subsequent Star Wars volu...
Questions for an ex film critic
Several weeks ago I received an email from the features editor at the Kane County Chronicle, which is one of the newspapers that ran my movie reviews, telling m...