The Book Was Better Episode 183: Goldeneye! (with guest host Courtney)

This week the Bond is better when we read the gruelling novelization of movie/N64 game Goldeneye! And joining me is the Oddjob to my Jaws, Courtney Coulson, who has done all the hard work in prepping this epic extra length podcast! Will we get to the end or will it all come crumbling down around us? This is not a joke!

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The Book Was Better Episode 173: The World Is Not Enough (with guest host Courtney!)

This week it's a case of the Bond Was Better when we read our first 007 novelization, The World is Not Enough! Guest host Agent Coulson has done plenty of interesting research, and I do plenty of puerile derailing, in this epic-sized episode where we expose the dirty, dark secrets of James Bond's dossier! Rest assured, we have a license to THRILL! And SPILL (the beans). And KILL (about an hour and a half of your time).

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FPcast for November 16th 2015: Spectre!

This week we review James Bond's latest adventure, Spectre, including a special spoiler section at the end where we gleefully swim around in its larger plot-holes. Plus we wildly speculate on all the latest goings on with our favourite (and not-so-favourite) celebrities, all while drinking beer in extreme heat. What could possibly go wrong!?

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Luke's Top Ten Favourite Films of 2012!

This is the big one! My Ten Favourite Films of 2012 which are sure to piss you off just a little bit. But let me make an obligatory proviso. These are my personal favourites not necessarily the best films ever made (although a couple might be). But let me tell YOU what pisses ME off...

We are a pop culture site. We talk about all sorts of silly, fun, over-the-top genre movies. What I hate is that there are so many sites out there that spend all frigging year giving you every tiny bit of news about these big, silly, blockbuster movies BUT THEN when it's time to their end of year lists, they populate them mostly with Oscar favourites, and obscure foreign films. EVEN THOUGH THE DUMB BLOCKBUSTERS HAVE BEEN GENERATING THEIR TRAFFIC ALL YEAR!

Look, either this stuff is worth talking about it or not. I like escapism. I go to the movies to have a good time. The films that stuck with me throughout my life are silly escapist films like Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Back to the Future, Labyrinth, and Batman. I make no apologies for that. And if you enjoy fantasy, sci-fi and comic books then my god has 2012 got you covered. 

See all the films I loved... after the jump.

Review: Skyfall Y'all!

I tend to enjoy the many little moments of Bond films more than I enjoy the films as a whole. Even with the best, such as Casino Royale, a certain action film fatigue sets in after a while and the film seems needlessly stretched out and overlong. And then there’s Quantum of Solace, a far shorter film that continues to sell me on Daniel Craig as Bond, but has an easily forgotten plot that had me longing for the gadgets, colourful villains, and world domination schemes of the past.

Skyfall addresses all these issues and triumphs. To find out why it worked... join me after the jump.

Book Review: The James Bond Omnibus Vol. 004!

With Skyfall exploding all around the world, why not reminisce with some James Bond action of the past? Our friends at Titan Books have been reprinting omnibi of classic Bond comic strips, which originally made their debut in British newspaper The Daily Express from 1958. But don’t fret, the strips collected in this volume are from the far sexier seventies!

Admittedly I’m kind of late to this party. Titan have recently released The James Bond Omnibus (vol. 004) - written by Jim Lawrence with art by Yaroslav Horak - and this is the one I have in hand. So I’ve missed the comic adaptations of Fleming’s original novels such as Dr. No - but if tales with names such as The League of Vampires, The Girl Machine and The Nevsky Nude pique your interest then there’s still plenty of hard-drinking, villain-punching, woman-pounding fun to be had. So put on your white tuxedo jacket - we might be late but we’re at the party now!

To find out what I thought of all this... join me after the jump!