In the vast archive of unmade cinema, most “lost” films are merely fragments—a pitch on a napkin or a half-finished outline. But Forever and a…
Ah, James Bond films—the pinnacle of espionage entertainment, filled with ingenious gadgets, and villains who monologue like they’re auditioning for Shakespeare as they outline their…
It’s 1974, and producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown share a few drinks with author Peter Benchley at New York’s 21 Club. Benchley is about…
The James Bond novels—and the films they inspired—are not exactly known for their realism, but creator Ian Fleming often took inspiration from real life. Ernst…
Jaws 2 is the best of the sequels to the Steven Spielberg classic, but it is basically a retread of the first film and not…
In 1955, flamboyant Russian actor and director Gregory Ratoff was in Cairo, Egypt, acting and directing a film entitled The Royal Bed, which was about…
It’s arguably the greatest introduction by a movie character. “The name’s Bond. James Bond” was first uttered by Sean Connery in Dr. No. There’s something…
The helicopter attack in From Russia With Love is often unfairly dismissed as a rip-off of the celebrated crop-duster chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s North By…
The man gunned down by thugs in a car while standing on the street corner in the middle of the night is a cliche Hitchcock…
James Bond has saved the world no less than 25 times. And in every film, Britain’s top spy is ideologically opposed to the villain’s plan….