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The Top Five Best James Bond Title Sequences

The James Bond title sequence, like much to do with the phenomenon that is James Bond movies, is iconic. You know you are watching a Bond movie just…

Ministry of Fear – Book Review

Ministry of Fear, written by Graham Greene and published in 1943, is one of only two novels he published during World War Two, when he was working for MI6….

The Spy Who Loved Me: Movie Review

The Spy Who Loved Me was the third movie to star Roger Moore as James Bond, with Barbara Bach co-staring as KGB Major Anya Amasova. It is often described…

The Hunt For Red October – Book and Movie Review

The Hunt For Red October, written by Tom Clancy and published in 1984, was a huge commercial and critical success. Critics often mention it as one of the best…

The IPCRESS File: Book and Movie Review

The IPCRESS File, written by Len Deighton and published in 1962, was a huge commercial and critical success and is often mentioned as one of the best spy novels…

The Wild Geese: Book and Movie Review

The Wild Geese was written by Daniel Carney and published in 1978, just before the release of the movie of the same name. Curiously, although the book is not a novelisation of…

Notorious: Movie Review

Notorious, starring Cary Grant as Devlin, Ingrid Bergman as Alicia and Claude Rains as Sebastian, was directed by Alfred Hitchcock from a screenplay by Ben Hecht and released…

The Quiller Memorandum: Book and Movie Review

The Quiller Memorandum (originally titled The Berlin Memorandum) was written by Adam Hall and published in 1965. It introduced the long running super-spy character, Quiller. It’s often thought to be one of…

Iron Sky: Movie Review

Iron Sky is a 2012 alternate history black comedy about a world where the Nazis fled to the moon in 1945. In 2018 they invade Earth. It was…

Kingsman: The Secret Service – Movie Review

Kingsman: The Secret Service is a comedy-thriller spy movie released in 2015. It was directed by Matthew Vaughn, and stars Colin Firth as Harry Hart and Taron Egerton as Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin. Kingsman: Title The title uses a…