Some Girls Do (1969)
You wouldn’t know it from the title, but Bulldog Drummond is back again after Deadlier than the Male. Richard Johnson, Terence Young’s original choice of 007, returned as well. Of never playing Bond, Johnson said to Cinema Retro magazine, “Eventually they offered it to Sean Connery, who was completely wrong for the part. But in getting […]
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
Bulldog Drummond predates James Bond by four decades or so. Yet in the late 1960’s, his adventures somehow suggested to producers that he’d be the perfect Bondian analogue. This would be the 23rd movie with Bulldog in it, but his name was featured nowhere in the title. Instead, it refers to Rudyard Kipling’s poem “The […]
Nightfire (2020)
What a happy, accidental discovery—considering B&S About Movies is in the midst of its “James Bond Month” extravaganza. Filmed in the popular cinematic location of Verona, Italy, one of the locations for the 2008 James Bond entry, Quantum of Solace, Nightfire is a timely story about the plight of the Ukrainian people and the United […]
Our Man Flint: Dead On Target (1976)
Originally airing March 17, 1976 on ABC, this forgotten third Derek Flint movie sadly deserves to be that way. A pilot for a weekly series, luckily it wasn’t picked up, if the quality of this effort was to be any indication of how bad the show would be. Dead On Target indeed. Ray Danton — who became a director for […]
DRIVE-IN FRIDAY: Sean Mitus
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Sean Mitus for sharing his drive-in night. He’s a big fan of the Mahoning Drive-In, so it was great to have him share these with us. MOVIE 1: Bay of Blood (1971, Mario Bava): Bay of Blood is the often-imitated Bava proto-slasher often imitated (spear through the couple in bed scene stolen for F13, […]
Dear Guest (2020)
I’ve long since surpassed my Hollywood-mainstream film attendances with my affection for the new breed cultivated in film festivals: I love going to film festivals, seeing short films, and acting in short films: the camaraderie of the indie environs is pure electric. It’s oxygen. It’s life. I got my start in the entertainment industry by […]
Goldfinger (1964)
If From Russia With Love was big, Goldfinger is the Bond movie that nearly everyone sees as the greatest success in the series. With the court case between Kevin McClory and Fleming surrounding Thunderball still in the High Court — more on that this week — producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman picked this story as […]
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