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Diamonds Are Forever **** (1971, Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell) – Classic Movie Review 953

Lana Wood: ‘I’m Plenty.’ Sean Connery: ‘I bet you are.’ Wood: ‘Plenty O’Toole.’ Connery: ’Named after your father?’ The 1971 spy thriller Diamonds Are Forever finds Sean Connery enjoying his sixth James Bond movie. Lana […]

Mar, 21

The Hunt for Red October **** (1990, Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn) – Classic Movie Review 728

From brilliant action director John McTiernan, the maker of Predator and Die Hard, this 1990 cheeky and exciting action thriller blockbuster is one of the best of its kind. A commanding Sean Connery is on […]

Jan, 21

The Avengers (1998, Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery) – So Bad It’s Good Movie 7

Hopeless scripting, miscasting and post-production hacking afflict director Jeremiah S Chechik’s dismally daft 1998 TV spinoff movie starring Ralph Fiennes as British Ministry agent John Steed. He’s under direction from his boss Mother to investigates a diabolical […]

Dec, 23

The Anderson Tapes **** (1971, Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Christopher Walken, Alan King, Ralph Meeker, Val Avery) – Classic Movie Review 571

Sean Connery, with hair!, is on riveting form as ex-convict Duke Anderson, who is under surveillance in New York City after serving 10 years for safe-breaking. He visits his old girlfriend Ingrid (Dyan Cannon) and conceives […]

Dec, 23

Thunderball **** (1965, Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi) – Classic Movie Review 410

Eon Productions’ 1965 fourth James Bond movie Thunderball is excellent vintage escapist adventure entertainment, smoothly and excitingly done, though arguably not quite as brilliant as Goldfinger and From Russia with Love. It is hugely enlivened […]

Nov, 16

Goldfinger ***** (1964, Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Harold Sakata, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Tania Mallet) – Classic Movie Review 403

‘My name is Pussy Galore’. – Pussy Galore. ‘I must be dreaming’. – James Bond. German star Gert Frobe (1913-88) proves as ideal a villain as Auric Goldfinger as Sean Connery is a hero as […]

Nov, 14

From Russia with Love ***** (1963, Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Eunice Gayson, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn) – Classic Movie Review 402

‘Meet James Bond. His new incredible women. His new incredible enemies. His new incredible adventures.’ Following the huge success of Dr No in 1962, the second 007 spy film From Russia with Love is more […]

Nov, 14

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