Book review: Catching up with ‘Catching Bullets’
The first thing I noticed when I saw the cover to Mark O’Connell’s book Catching Bullets was its subtitle: Memoirs of a Bond Fan. I thought, You can do t...
Category: James Bond
Movie review — ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’
Kingsman: The Secret Service is a confounding experience. Much of it is an enjoyable throwback to breezy action movies of yore, while some of it is as loathso...
They Got Me Covered
There it is. The cover to The Boy Who Knew Too Much. Nothing can describe the thrill of the first time you see the cover to your first book. For me that ...
Dedication and Acknowledgements
I may not be able to reveal the cover for The Boy Who Knew Too Much yet, but I don’t see why I can’t offer a sneak preview at the dedication and acknowledgement...
Book Review: Young Bond goes Hollywood in ‘Shoot to Kill’
Many readers, including myself, were nervous about the handover of the Young Bond books from Charlie Higson to Steve Cole. Higson’s five books were superb, much...
Bond is back, but what about Blofeld?
In two days — Thursday, Dec. 4 — it will be confirmed that Christoph Waltz will appear in the next James Bond film, still called just Bond 24, but its title wil...
I still love ‘The Spy Who Loved Me,’ the movie that made me a Bond fan
I did not see The Spy Who Loved Me when it opened in July 1977. I was still in thrall of Star Wars that summer. Why would I want to see another movie when I cou...