Film Quiz Friday: The A-to-Z of Quizzes
by Mark Harrison | Jul 29, 2022 | News
Things get a bit alphabetical in this week’s film quiz, which also includes questions on subjects ranging from Adventureland to Zombieland....
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Licence To Kill and James Bond's special relationship with America
by Mark Harrison | Jul 28, 2022 | Feature
Is 1989’s Licence To Kill “too American”? We revisit Timothy Dalton’s superior second outing as 007 and ponder a very British franchise’s relations...
Film Quiz Friday: The Heat Is On
by Mark Harrison | Jul 22, 2022 | Feature, News
Grab an ice lolly and turn a fan on for this week’s film quiz, which includes some very hot weather questions....
The Living Daylights, and what Timothy Dalton brings to James Bond
by Mark Harrison | Jul 21, 2022 | Feature, News
Timothy Dalton played 007 in 1987's The Living Daylights, but having turned the role down three times, he insisted upon a back-to-basics James Bond....
Film Quiz Friday: Trains Of Thought
by Mark Harrison | Jul 15, 2022 | Feature, News
Choo choo! With The Railway Children Return and Bullet Train pulling into UK cinemas, this week’s film quiz travels both on and off the rails....
A View To A Kill - what really makes a good James Bond movie?
by Mark Harrison | Jul 14, 2022 | Feature, News
Roger Moore’s final 007 movie, 1985’s A View To A Kill, is a bit of a Marmite outing even for James Bond fans – but is the film in a class of its o...
Film Quiz Friday: Jane Got A Hammer
by Mark Harrison | Jul 08, 2022 | Feature, News
Natalie Portman returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thor: Love And Thunder, but this week’s film quiz focuses on her other, hammer-less w...
Octopussy, Never Say Never Again, and 1983's battle of the Bonds
by Mark Harrison | Jul 07, 2022 | Feature, News
1983 offered up two James Bond films, with Roger Moore in Octopussy and Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again – we revisit the battle of the 007s....
Film Quiz Friday: Americanise This!
by Mark Harrison | Jul 01, 2022 | Feature, News
America! Flip yeah! This week's film quiz covers crime capers, comedy casts, and, oh yes, very American movies....
James Bond vs the BBFC – censorship, certification, and 007
by Mark Harrison | Jun 30, 2022 | Feature, News
In a departure from our regularly scheduled James Bond rambles, we examine the James Bond franchise's occasional behind-the-scenes battles with the...
Film Quiz Friday: Toybox Trivia
by Mark Harrison | Jun 24, 2022 | News
"You! Are! A! TOY!" This week's film quiz covers the Toy Story quartet and a whole lot of other movies too – let's play....
Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, and James Bond's maddest mission
by Mark Harrison | Jun 23, 2022 | Feature, News
James Bond exited the 1970s with a bang in Moonraker and attempted re-entry in the 1980s with For Your Eyes Only – we look at two vastly different 0...
Film Quiz Friday: Emma and Eminence
by Mark Harrison | Jun 17, 2022 | Feature, News
Ready to take on this week’s film quiz? We’ve got questions about Spaghetti Westerns, sequels galore, and the mighty Dame Emma Thompson....
The Spy Who Loved Me - celebrating James Bond's workplace romantic comedy
by Mark Harrison | Jun 16, 2022 | Feature, News
There are many reasons to love 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me, but one of them is that Roger Moore’s third outing as James Bond is really a romcom....
Film Quiz Friday: Welcome To Jurassic Park
by Mark Harrison | Jun 10, 2022 | Feature, News
See those ripples in your glass of water? That’s this week’s film quiz, coming your way with questions on the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World mov...
The Man With The Golden Gun - a James Bond film as good as its villain?
by Mark Harrison | Jun 09, 2022 | Feature, News
Christopher Lee’s Francisco Scaramanga is the saving grace of 1974’s The Man With The Golden Gun, a kitschy, frazzled adventure for Roger Moo...
Live And Let Die and the making of Roger Moore's James Bond
by Mark Harrison | Jun 01, 2022 | Feature, News
Roger Moore is James Bond, but is his portrayal entirely the funny and kid-friendly 007 that his reputation suggests? We revisit 1973's Live And Let...
Film Quiz Friday: Great Scott II! Maverick Edition
by Mark Harrison | May 27, 2022 | Feature, News
As Top Gun: Maverick finally flies into cinemas, this week’s film quiz pays tribute to the late, great Tony Scott, who directed the original and m...
Diamonds Are Forever and the deal that brought Sean Connery back to James Bond
by Mark Harrison | May 26, 2022 | Feature, News
There was a simple creative brief for 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever: more like Goldfinger - but what was the cost and value of Sean Connery’s return as...
Film Quiz Friday: In A Galaxy Far, Far Away....
by Mark Harrison | May 20, 2022 | News
Next week sees the return of Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, so this week’s film quiz is all about things Star Wars....
On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the curious case of George Lazenby's James Bond
by Mark Harrison | May 19, 2022 | Feature, News
For one night only, George Lazenby is James Bond, but he’s far from the only aspect that makes On Her Majesty’s Secret Service a true one-off....
Film Quiz Friday: Thank Films It’s Friday!
by Mark Harrison | May 13, 2022 | Feature, News
Nobody demanded it, but now we’ve done it – this week’s film-themed Friday quiz is a Friday-themed film quiz, with plenty more movie trivia to spare...
You Only Live Twice and the rise of the James Bond parody
by Mark Harrison | May 12, 2022 | Feature, News
The 1967 spoof Casino Royale was released the same year as Sean Connery’s fifth James Bond film - but there’s a lot to send up in You Only Live Twi...
Film Quiz Friday: Everybody's Talking About Raimi
by Mark Harrison | May 06, 2022 | Feature, News
Apparently, there’s a new Marvel movie out, but in this week’s film quiz, we’re more interested in Sam Raimi’s first directorial outing in nine ye...
Thunderball and the battles behind its film adaptations
by Mark Harrison | May 05, 2022 | Feature, News
Thunderball’s disputed authorship dangled over James Bond for more than 50 years - here’s the story of the 1965 film and the remake attempts that fol...
Film Quiz Friday: No, It's The Other Ones
by Mark Harrison | Apr 29, 2022 | Feature, News
What connects a 2012 Marvel team-up and a 1998 TV-to-film remake? This week’s film quiz assembles more unrelated movies with matching titles....
Goldfinger – how James Bond found his gadgets, girls, and groove
by Mark Harrison | Apr 28, 2022 | Feature, News
1964’s Goldfinger was turned around relatively quickly after the first two James Bond films, but its enormous popularity solidified the 007 formula....
Film Quiz Friday: A Cage Of His Own Making
by Mark Harrison | Apr 22, 2022 | Feature, News
As The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent looms over cinemas nationwide, this week's film quiz tucks into the many movies of Nicolas Cage....
From Russia With Love and its 2005 videogame remake
by Mark Harrison | Apr 21, 2022 | Feature, News
There's about 42 years between Sean Connery's first and last performances as James Bond, and there are versions of From Russia With Love on either...
Dr No, and James Bond’s long road to the big screen
by Mark Harrison | Apr 15, 2022 | Feature, News
As Dr No returns to cinemas nationwide this weekend, Mark looks back at the troubled development of the first 007 film, almost 60 years ago....
Film Quiz Friday: Acceptable In The 80s
by Mark Harrison | Apr 15, 2022 | Feature
How well do you know 1980s movie taglines? This week’s film quiz tests your knowledge of films from that decade and beyond....
Film Quiz Friday: Recasting A Spell
by Mark Harrison | Apr 08, 2022 | Feature, News
This week’s film quiz examines the many faces of certain movie characters, along with various other movie-related trivia....
