Rekindling Our Bonds

Recorded from our new secret headquarters at an undisclosed location in Vancouver, Washington. Say the password "I Love You" at the door and you're welcomed in to our newest episode of Rekindling Our Bonds. This month we're talking about You Only Live Twice, the grand finale to the original run of Bond films. As usual we go through the whole plot so you can either watch before or let this inspire you to see what we're talking about after the fact! Thanks for checking us out. If you are one of our friends give us a rating! Help us out! Jeez!

Released in 1964. Written by Richard Maibaum and Paul Dehn. Directed by Guy Hamilton. Starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Frobe, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet, and Harold Sakata. Theme song sung by Shirley Bassey. It's the 'gold standard' for the Bond franchise, Goldfinger. All the pieces of a typical Bond film are finally here, but does it all add up to a masterpiece? It's a Bond film so, yes! They're all masterpieces in their own way. Except maybe Die Another Day... but we'll see when we get there! Strap in, buckle up, and get launched through the roof of our car by our ejector seat! Its Golllldfiiiiinngerrrrrrrrr! The man with the Midas touch!

It's time to get romantic in what I would consider to be the most Hitchcockian Bond film. Its 1963's From Russia with Love. Written by Richard Maibaum. Directed by Terence Young. Starring Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Bernard Lee, and Daniela Bianchi. Theme song sung by Matt Munro. We're 2 movies in and we're talking about Stevie Spielberg and Georgie Lucas already. Come with us now on a journey to Istanbul with a super cute Russian defector who may or may not still be working for the Russian secret intelligence agency!

Come with us now on a journey to the Bahamas. James Bond's first official mission and our first full episode! If you're in to beautiful 60s paced adventure stories, have we got a film for you! It's 1962's DR. NO. Written by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkley Mather. Directed by Terence Young. Starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, John Kitzmiller, Joseph Wiseman, and Jack Lord. Based on the book by Ian Fleming. This one's more detective story than action movie but it's dripping with style and makes you feel like you're on vacation. Crack a Red Stripe and jump in the boat because we're headed to Crab Key and there might be a dragon protecting a facility watched over by a man with metal hands!

Our mission briefing for the Rekindling Our Bonds Podcast. Meet us and hear our intentions for the show. If you've ever been interested in watching the movies of the James Bond franchise but needed an excuse to get started, this is it! We'll be going through them all one by one and then meeting in our secret headquarters to debrief. Come with us now on a journey through the world of the 60's spy.