James Bond

My relationship with GoldenEye for Nintendo 64 has always been complicated - as a game in and of itself, it is unrivalled as one of (maybe THE) most important first person shooters available on a home console, it premiered some of the key…

In a year that has consistently seemed like the death knell for Agent 007, the news that a new AAA James Bond videogame was on the way from a big name developer was like a torrent of sunshine cast down from the heavens, or a laser beaming…

Acclaimed screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz once recalled the time he contacted Sir Sean Connery to reprise his role as James Bond Agent 007 in Live and Let Die, the eighth Bond picture in just over a decade. An embittered Connery responded…

As an enduring icon of pop culture, it should come as no surprise that James Bond 007's onscreen antics have inspired a slew of virtual efforts to recreate the vodka guzzling adventures of the British super spy. But conversations around the…

It's so deadly, my dear. NO ENCORE's Dave Hanratty and Craig Fitzpatrick return with daring espionage exploits in the form of their top five James Bond themes in honour of the new Billie Eilish one. There's a review of the latest Justin…

On Her Majesty's Secret Service celebrates its 50th anniversary and it continues to stand proud as the best James Bond film of all time. Director Peter Hunt bravely chose to treat Bond as a human, with a beating heart rather than a mere…

‘The whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ as a turn of phrase is often especially true of films. However there are times – and movies – where the opposite holds just as true; Quantum of Solace is one such example. One wonders if this…

December 1997 saw the release of Tomorrow Never Dies, arguably the definitive Pierce Brosnan Bond film. It was the first film in the series to be released following the passing of Albert R. ‘Cubby’ Broccoli, who had spearheaded the…

The Bond franchise is a bit like the slasher genre: it’s been going so long that certain rules or tropes have emerged and solidified over its unending run in cinemas. There has to be a one-liner when he kills the bad guy, the ‘bad’ girl…

Actor, Comedian, and Writer Peter McGann joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the first Pierce Brosnan Bond movie, 1995's GoldenEye. You might know Peter better as his unsettling alter-ego Liam Nugent or from the Republic of Telly. Today,…