REPOST | SPECTRE's 10th: Behind the scenes turmoil hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/r...

Repost of the blog's look at 30th anniversary of Goldeneye hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/r...

Goldeneye's 30th: hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/01/g...

Goldeneye's 30th: hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/01/g...

Brian Parker was on his way to buy a spy novel. Instead, he found himself living one. Can he survive? Order your copy today! Ringtale Publishing: shorturl.at/Qsm56 Amazon: a.co/d/ekCAARm Barnes & Noble: shorturl.at/Sjpzs Bookshop.org: shorturl.at/EYJVo Books-A-Million: shorturl.at/h3HAN

I updated the A1 Bond timeline to note the Sept. 25 story story by Radar Online that claimed the new movie's creative team is stumped how to proceed after NTTD killed off the Craig version of Bond spycommandfeatures.wordpress.com/the-a1-bond-...

Black Sunday suite by John Williams, perhaps his last score before Star Wars www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbCW...

How do you update your heroes? hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/h...

Audio version of Monday's post about a Goldfinger plane window being up for auction open.spotify.com/episode/0nUY...

Goldfinger aircraft window up for auction hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/g...

Wrong Is Right, a dark comedy scripted and directed by Richard Brooks. At one point, Sean Connery as a TV newsman tosses his hairpiece off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvD1...

I'm thinking about a post about some fandoms don't want *anything* to change, a la the Druids.

Audio version of today's post about the death of Lee Tamahori open.spotify.com/episode/4nPq...

Lee Tamahori, Die Another Day director, dies hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/l...

COMING SATURDAY: The 007 Files looks at the 40th anniversary of A View to a Kill, including a discussion of Roger Moore's legacy as Bond and Patrick Macnee's Avengers reunion while working on the movie.

From the archives, the end of FOE hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/t...

Audio version of today's post about Ralph Senenesky open.spotify.com/episode/6xqw...

Director Ralph Senensky's visits to the world of espionage Director Ralph Senensky's visits to espionage stories. hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/d...

Today I talk with The 007 Files podcast about my decades-old interviews with Bond screenwriter Richard Maibaum...and the lasting, and unappreciated, impact he made on the 007 movies. open.spotify.com/episode/2JY0...

TV director Ralph Senensky has died at age 102. When I was researching The FBI episode guide, his website (describing episodes of shows he directed) was invaluable. He helmed 17 episodes of The FBI, mostly in the first two seasons. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...

NEW EPISODE: The 007 Files chats with writer Lee Goldberg, who interviewed Richard Maibaum and other figures of 007 films. In 1988, Goldberg walked a WGA picket line with Maibaum open.spotify.com/episode/2JY0...

As an aside, when you post a reply where you *are agreeing with them* but that's not enough, that's the definition of being a sore winner. I'll leave out the specifics.

Do you like "A View To A Kill?" Sure, we all do! It's playing next month at The Culver Theater in beautiful downtown Culver and I'll be the special guest for a post-film discussion. web.theculvertheater.com/films/From-C...

This day, 2017: hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/p...

Audio version of today's post about the Bond connection to the demolished East Wing of the White House open.spotify.com/episode/0qnl...

James Bond and the demolished White House theater hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/j...

June Lockhart has died at 100. Here's a post the blog did about her 100th birthday hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/h...

June Lockhart dies at 100, People says www.aol.com/lifestyle/ju...

"Michael G. Wilson" returns for a chat on Bond and Banter podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Bond questions: The Eon filing edition hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/b...

Audio version of Wednesday's post about Eon regulatory filing open.spotify.com/episode/5PPG...

As an aside, if a company makes false charges in a U.S. or U.K. regulatory filing, they risk perjury charges.

I added an entry the A1 Bond timelines about the Oct. 22 Eon regulatory filing. spycommandfeatures.wordpress.com/the-a1-bond-...

Audio version of today's post where Eon, in a UK regulatory filing, says Amazon paid $20M (not $1B) for creative control of Bond open.spotify.com/episode/5PPG...

Eon discloses that Amazon paid $20 million to get 007 film creative control hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/e...

I updated the A1 Bond timeline to note the John Campea channel on YouTube predicts the first Amazon 007 movie will be a Best Picture Oscar contender spycommandfeatures.wordpress.com/the-a1-bond-...

Promo for the short-lived TV version of The King and I www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjJF...

She, briefly, starred with Yul Brynner in a TV adaptation of The King and I.

I updated the Amazon Bond 1 timeline to note a CNEWS report that Dennis Villeneuve and Steve Knight are debating about how to proceed with the first Amazon 007 film spycommandfeatures.wordpress.com/the-a1-bond-...

ICYMI: I joined the Spy Movie Navigator guys to talk about 1970s James Bond movie posters spymovienavigator.com/episode/jame...

I joined Dan and Tom of Spy Movie Navigator to discuss the James Bond 1970s movie posters open.spotify.com/episode/66bY...

20th anniversary of Daniel Craig as James Bond (last Bond actor announcement) hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/2...

Over the weekend, I joined The Spy Movie Navigator hosts to discuss the James Bond movie posters of the 1970s. When it's edited and posted, I will provide an update.

Audio version of today's post about James Bond film hype open.spotify.com/episode/6ND5...

About why to be wary about Bond movie hype hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/a...

"You really didn't think I'd fall for the exploding attache case trick, did you?" "No, but I thought you'd fall for the exploding money trick." Masquerade, "Diamonds," recorded with original commercials via Chicago television. Written by William Read Woodfield. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGrL...

TCM to show eight UNCLE movie on Oct. 13 hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/t...

According to journalist Jeremy Duns, this idea originated with screenwriter Paul Dehn, who had an intelligence background during World War II.

Forgotten?!

Audio version of today's post about James Bond and guns open.spotify.com/episode/312q...