Desmond Llewellyn Archives

Goldfinger (1964)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 17, 2001James Bond Film

The third of the James Bond films and the point where everything that has been defined as the formula of the series - the gadgets, the villains, the henchmen, the cars, the world domination plots - falls into place perfectly

Director: Guy Hamilton

Actors: Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 March 200128 February 2026 by Roog

Thunderball (1965)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 16, 2001James Bond Film

The fourth James Bond film and crippled by the misfortune of coming just after Goldfinger, which defined the formula and became the peak of the series. By contrast, this is stuck with having to make everything bigger and more spectacular

Director: Terence Young

Actors: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, …

Category: Science Fiction

16 July 200116 November 2021 by Roog

You Only Live Twice (1967)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 2, 2001James Bond Film

The fifth James Bond film takes the series to Japan. New director Lewis Gilbert is determined to outdo what has come before in terms of the spectacular, especially WITH the construction of the massive volcano set

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Actors: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Mie Hama, Tetsura Tamba, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 December 200113 April 2025 by Roog

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

Rating: ★★★½

Oct 28, 2001James Bond Film

The sixth James Bond film where Sean Connery was replaced by Australian model George Lazenby who had never acted before. Lazenby is a disliked Bond but that tends does stand in the way of the fact that this is a fine character-driven Bond film with some of the best action sequences of the series

Director: Peter Hunt

Actors: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti, …

Category: Science Fiction

28 October 20014 January 2022 by Roog

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Rating: ★

Jan 1, 2002James Bond Film

The seventh James Bond film where Sean Connery was inveigled back to the role with a heft salary increase. However, the result is the worst of all the Connery Bonds with an incoherent plot and uneven action scenes

Director: Guy Hamilton

Actors: Sean Connery, Charles Gray, Jill St John, Bruce Glover, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 January 200210 October 2025 by Roog

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Rating: ★

Jun 28, 2002James Bond Film

Ninth and weakest of the James Bond films. Ian Fleming created a great nemesis in the assassin Scaramanga and the film casts it with Christopher Lee - only to fail to write the role interesting enough for Lee to fill

Director: Guy Hamilton

Actors: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, …

Category: Science Fiction

28 June 200218 June 2026 by Roog

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Rating: ★★

Jul 16, 2000James Bond Film

The tenth of the James Bond films, the third for Roger Moore. This determines to be spectacular in terms of international locales, effects and sets. It was also the point where the Moore Bond films started to become giant cartoon spectacles of the absurd

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Actors: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens, Richard Kiel, …

Category: Science Fiction

16 July 200022 April 2025 by Roog

Moonraker (1979)

Rating: ★

Jun 10, 2002James Bond in Space

The eleventh James Bond film and one that sees that series trying to compete with the success of Star Wars and taking Roger Moore into orbit. One of the most spectacular productions of the series, it is also killed by a cartoonish unserious tone

Director: Lewis Gilbert

Actors: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, …

Category: Science Fiction

10 June 200210 January 2025 by Roog

Octopussy (1983)

Rating: ★★

Jul 15, 2000James Bond Film

The thirteenth James Bond film. the fifth for Roger Moore. While the preceding entry had tried to trim back the cartoonish excesses of the Moore era, it is back to business as usual here. The film frequently feels divorced from the remotest shred of realism

Director: John Glen

Actors: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 July 200012 December 2022 by Roog

A View to a Kill (1985)

Rating: ★★

Jul 15, 2000James Bond Film

The final outing as James Bond for a visibly aging Roger Moore, the fourteenth Bond film all told. One of the more anonymous among the giant unserious cartoon shows the Moore Bond films became

Director: John Glen

Actors: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Tanya Roberts, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 July 200013 November 2021 by Roog

October 32nd (1992)

Rating: ½

Jan 12, 1999Modern-Day Arthurian Legends

Cheap and tatty variant on the Arthurian legends with people trying to prevent a reincarnated sorcerer obtaining Excalibur

Director: Paul Hunt

Actors: James Hong, Richard Lynch, Desmond Llewellyn, John Ireland

Category: Fantasy

12 January 199911 November 2020 by Roog

GoldenEye (1995)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 1, 2001James Bond Film

The 17th James Bond film, the first featuring Pierce Brosnan who gives a dazzlingly ruthless performance. The series is rebooted and takes the opportunity to reconstruct the mythos in terms of modern politics in ways that often take you aback

Director: Martin Campbell

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 February 200126 October 2025 by Roog

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 19, 1999James Bond Film

Pierce Brosnan's second outing as James Bond holds up fairly well, especially in the action department, although Jonathan Pryce seems miscast as a Rupert Murdoch-modeled super-villain

Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Pryce, Teri Hatcher, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 November 199916 November 2021 by Roog

The World is Not Enough (1999)

Rating: ★★★½

Nov 20, 1999James Bond Film

The third and best of Pierce Brosnan's outings as James Bond. All the aspects of the formula are contained within a strong plot and Sophie Marceau proves a standout in a role that combines both villain and love interest

Director: Michael Apted

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 November 199916 November 2021 by Roog