Spy Fiction
“There will be nothing left to save.” In Daniel Craig's last movie as James Bond, the character earns an ending that is as fitting as it is final; while giving the franchise a push into a new direction. A Man With One More Lesson Left To Learn, and
Spy Fiction
James Bond is back. Three years after the veritable anniversary smash hit that was Skyfall, director Sam Mendes gives us Spectre. Here's what I thought of Spectre in a nutshell: It's a fantastic James Bond movie, it shows the franchise adapting to a modern way of
Essays
The twentieth-century James Bond is, to use M's words, 'a misogynist dinosaur, a relic of [a] cold war' that never turned hot, and he's the result of an unholy trinity of (toxic) hyper-masculinity, international terrorism, and whatever the hell 'quintessential Englishness' actually
Reviews
You will probably have noticed that I didn't say anything about Severine in my initial review. That was partly because I did love the film and didn't want to interrupt it with a rant and kill the mood, and partly because I wanted to take another
Spy Fiction
We have come full circle. This is it, this is the reboot. Staging the scene in Casino Royale, the Bond franchise has renewed itself. It's the old crew as we know it—but it's new digs, indeed; even as hints as big as anvils are dropped