Moonraker might be my favorite among the first three Bond novels.
Tag: history
Friday Food for Thought: 1 September 2023
David Thomson does an outstanding job of telling the history of cinema within a greater social and political context.
Friday Food for Thought: 28 July 2023
Like a good book review, a good movie review should stand on its own, and Roger Ebert's work qualifies.
Friday Food for Thought: 14 July 2023
If you can find the full, 220-minute version of Christ Stopped at Eboli, it's fascinating.
Friday Food for Thought: 23 June 2023
That's a great thing about native landscaping, once plants are established they can be surprisingly resilient.
Deliver Us From Evil: The Existential Angst of Miami Vice, Seasons 3 and 4
Our never-ending need for salvation is the real mission of Miami Vice.
Friday Food for Thought: 17 March 2023
The 1998 X-Files movie is just about peak X-Files.
The Spy Who Read Me: My Casino Royale Reader’s Guide
My intent is to enhance my own entertainment from the Bond stories.
Our Brother’s Keeper: The Existential Angst of Miami Vice, Seasons 1 and 2
Miami Vice provides a telling commentary on the struggle between good and evil in the American landscape of the 1980s.
Friday Food for Thought: April 1, 2022
Gotham may not report all of the city's eight million stories, but it comes about as close as any single volume can.