James Bond Ultimate Edition - Vol. 1 (The Man with the Golden Gun / Goldfinger / The World Is Not Enough / Diamonds Are Forever / The Living Daylights)
Gay Banker (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
I was playing a quiz game with a few friends one evening last week, and the answer to one of the questions turns out to be the old James Bond film ' The man with the golden gun '. "The man with the golden gun was also the man with three nipples, wasn't he?" says one of my friends, once the answer is known. "Yeah, and he was called Scaramanga ," answers another friend of mine, who's...
Double O Section (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
James Bond Weekend At USC Starts Tonight The University of Southern California will host a weekend long Centenary tribute to legendary James Bond producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli this weekend in Los Angeles. The weekend will comprise screenings of many classic Bond films (including examples of every actor to play 007 in the official canon), panel discussions with key behind-the-scenes...
Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun! (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
On this date in 1948 in East Dunbartonshire, England, Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie was born. Dunno who that is? Nowadays she goes by the name Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE. But you and me know her better as... Lulu ! Lulu's 1967 smash hit, "To Sir, with Love" Her first hit, "Shout", recorded and performed at the age of 15! (1964) Her (co-)winning performance in the 1964 Eurovision...
Madam Miaow says ... (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
That master incarnator of exotic uber-villainy, Christopher Lee (87) — Dracula, Scaramanga ( The Man With The Golden Gun ), Saruman ( Lord Of The Rings ), Hammer's first Frankenstein's monster, Lord Summerisle ( The Wicker Man ), Willy Wonka's scary Dad and Dr Fu-Manchu (erk!) — gets his richly deserved gong at long, long last. No relation to Bruce, Stan, Ang, Stewart, Ho Fook, Robert E.,...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
British actor Christopher Lee was knighted on Friday at Buckingham Palace, a far cry from the dark and gloomy Hammer Horror film sets where he made his name playing Dracula in the 1950s. Lee, 87, became famous for his blood-curdling performances as the thirsty count. He has also portrayed a succession of baddies from Scaramanga in the James Bond movie "The Man With The Golden Gun" to Saruman...
Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The most fondly remembered British horror films of the late 60s and early 70s are usually period pieces, often from Hammer, sometimes from other places. It could be a question of why there weren’t more films set in present-day England but when Hammer began making things like STRAIGHT ON ‘TIL MORNING and DRACULA A.D. 1972 it was easy to see why (not that I don’t love A.D. 1972 in its...
Unenlightened Commentary. (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
I watched The Man With The Golden Gun at the weekend. Would it be possible to make a film that encompasses so many gratuitious 'isms nowadays? I mean there's sexism (Britt Ekland as the implausibly stupid blonde MI-6 agent Mary Goodnight who spends most of the film in a bikini), ethnic stereotyping ( Assorted East Asians ), more ethnic stereotyping (the Southern Sheriff) and of course heightism (the...
The Glass Walking-Stick (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
I watched The Man With The Golden Gun yesterday for the first time in years. Not one of the better Bond movies: too much lazy humour and cheesiness ( especially from Roger Moore, of course ). The film's saving graces for me were the legendary Christopher Lee, as suave and sophisticated as ever, playing extra-nippled master assassin Scaramanga, and also the following two gorgeous actresses: Britt Ekland...
SwissToni's Place (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
-- Earworms of the Week > " The Man With the Golden Gun " - LuLu Perhaps the best opening line of any song ever. " He has a powerful weapon, he charges a million a shot. " The second line is pretty good too: " An assassin, second to none, the man with the golden gun! " I ask you, does it get any better than that, ladies and gentlemen? > " Sweet Caroline "...
Thunder Matt's Saloon (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Well, yesterday was Wednesday, so that can mean only one thing: time for the Cubs to hire a new hitting coach. We could see it coming. Anemic bats and a lackluster offence piss a fan base off to no end, so Jim Hendry did the one thing a good GM does to revive flagging run production: through a series of intelligent trades and smart free agent signings, he picked up some patient hitters with good power...
Movie Talk (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
When The Man with the Golden Gun is good, it’s very, very good. But when it’s bad, it’s still not as bad as Die Another Day. Or A View to a Kill. Or Moonraker. Or Licence to Kill. Or Quantum of Solace. Or… Telling friends that you’re a fan of James Bond is embarrassing. Telling friends that [...]
Popcorn and Sticky Floors (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
Thanks to my pal Carol for pointing me to this Indonesian comic book adaptation of The Man With The Golden Gun. Visit the source link for more pics and also this link for more wild action and horror comics from Indonesia.
TV.com (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Here are Monday's key new episodes: Great American Road Trip ( Season 1 finale , 8 p.m., NBC) The Secret Life of the American Teenager (8 p.m., ABC family) Law & Order: Criminal Intent (9 p.m., NBC) Making His Band (10 p.m., MTV) Weeds (10 p.m., SHO) Raising the Bar (10 p.m., TNT) Nurse Jackie ( Season 1 finale , 10:30 p.m., SHO) Also on the airwaves ... James Bond marathon (6 a.m. to 5 p.m.,...
The Medium is Not Enough TV blog (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
My August holidays are usually the time when I nip off to Waterstone's, fill up a bag full of books, pay for them (that's the important bit), spend two weeks reading them on a sun lounger, and then come home and write brief reviews of all of them. This year, however, I managed to get through an inordinate number of non-fiction books, but a mere two works of fiction. I'm thinking the hot weather knocked...
Martin Kelly (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
The embarrassment caused to British naval intelligence by the 'Arctic Sea' incident makes one wonder just what titles Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, would have to give his books if he were writing them today. 'Dr. No' would presumably become 'Dr. Yes, Sir, Go Right On Through'. 'The Man With The Golden Gun' would be 'The Man With The Golden Checklist Of Health & Safety Do's And Don'ts'....
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