The James Bond Film Series

Ursula Andress in Doctor No,

the first James Bond film


I just reviewed the James Bond series at my companion site, 1000 Dvds to See.

I concentrated on my favorite Sean Connery films and Casino Royale, the first with Daniel Craig. Personally, I didn't like any of the Roger Moore or Pierce Brosnan 007 films, so I didn't mention those at all.

Check them out, they are timeless, along with the

100 Greatest Literary Film Adaptations

 
Actress Mary Badham and author Harper Leeof To Kill a Mockingbird, votedthe best literary adaptation in film

This all started with a Guardian film poll, listed here at MUBI (I’ve copied the list below, which is a public poll in England, hence some obscure, though excellent, films like Kes, Brighton Rock, and Remains of the Day, and the unlikely inclusion of Goldfinger)

The Guardian Film Poll

Films Reviewed in 2011

Ridley Scott's intense Black Hawk Down
Films I’ve reviewed in 2011 so far.. concentrating on classics I missed before (Metropolis, The Seventh Seal, Swing Time, Now Voyager), crime films, as I’m building a post of 100 Great Crime Films (Eastern Promises, Animal Kingdom, The Yakuza, Atlantic City, Badlands), films I’ve seen recently (Evergreen, Winter's Bone, The Company), foreign films (Climates,

Dvds Reviewed in 2010

A total of 136 films
[Updated: 12.30.10]

[Photo: the certifiably mad actor Klaus Kinski in German director Werner Herzog's Aguirre, The Wrath of God. The crew had to keep Kinski from killing Herzog with a rock during filming]

A Christmas Memory (1968)
A Good Year (2007)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964) bw
A Prophet (2009) France
A Raisin in the Sun (1961) bw
A Very Long Engagement (2004)

A Great Year in Films: 2008

Make no mistake, 2008 was one of the best years ever in total number of quality films released. These are the 33 films from that year that we’ve reviewed thus far [06.10.11], each links to our review at 1000 Dvds to See.


These are all worth seeing, and the Oscars® should have been expanded to 10 best films in 2008 (2009 was too late), because those left off the ballot for picture (In Bruges,

New Reviews at 1000 DVDs to See

We recently added these to the DVD's reviewed at "1000 DVDs to See"
(Updated: 2/22/09)

30 Rock (2006)
American History X (1998)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Avengers (1964-67) tv
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) Canada, tv
Born Yesterday (1950) bw
Burn After Reading (2007)
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Frequency (2000)
Gloomy Sunday (1999) Germany
The Golden Compass (2007)
Gone With the Wind