Month: February 2013

FINAL Oscar Winner Predictions: Best Actor

The 2012 crop of Best Actor nominees is definitely one of the strongest fields of contenders we’ve had in quite some time. In a lesser field, we likely would have seen such nominees as John Hawkes in The Sessions. Or Richard Gere in what’s said to be a career-best performance in Arbitrage. Or Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained. Or Suraj Sharma in Life of Pi. Perhaps Jake Gyllenhall for his fine work in End of Watch. None were nominated.

In a different field of nominees, Denzel Washington’s astonishing performance in Flight might win. He’s nominated and won’t win.

In a different field of nominees, Joaquin Phoenix’s brilliant work in The Master might win. He’s nominated and won’t win.

In a different field of nominees, Hugh Jackman might win for what is considered the best role so far in his career for Les Miserables. He’s nominated and won’t win.

In a different field of nominees, the momentum of Silver Linings Playbook might cause Bradley Cooper to be recognized for his work, which is equally as great as his co-star Jennifer Lawrence, who may very well win. He’s nominated and won’t win.

That’s because this field of nominees includes Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln. No need to go into much explanation here. He’s won pretty much every major precursor that exists, including the Golden Globe, SAG, and Critics Choice Award.

If Day-Lewis does not win for Steven Spielberg’s film, it would constitute one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history.

But, you see, Daniel Day-Lewis is nominated. And he will win. And he will become the first performer ever to win the Best Actor award three times.

Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Box Office Predictions: February 22-24

With two new releases opening this weekend that no one seems overly enthusiastic about, it appears that it will be a rather quiet weekend at the box office financially. That doesn’t make the competition any less interesting. As I see it, there are four films that have legitimate shots at taking the #1 spot.

For the newcomers, we start with the action drama Snitch starring The Rock. Early reviews have actually been fairly decent and the lead has certainly had his share of hits. A lot of those of those moneymakers have been kids films and also Fast Five, a continuation of that franchise that would have made bank with or without The Rock’s involvement. The picture has been well-publicized and it may not hurt that the actor has gained exposure lately in the WWE, but I’m skeptical. This doesn’t seem like a movie to rush out and go see in the theater. Anything above $15 million would probably be a pleasant surprise for the studio. I don’t see it happening, but ya never know. It could surprise and open at the top.

It’s the weekend’s other new release that represents the biggest question mark for me: the PG-13 supernatural horror flick Dark Skies, starring Keri Russell. These types of pictures have a very recent history of grossing far more in their openings weekends than anticipated. It’s happened twice just in 2013 with Texas Chainsaw 3D and Mama. I believe there are differences with Skies. While Chainsaw has a brand name and Mama majorly appealed to a female audience, neither is likely to apply here. I actually think the film’s trailer is decent, however. Dark Skies has the potential to open much bigger than my estimate… like, much bigger. It could be #1. And to show you just how uncertain I am about this one, I wouldn’t be shocked if it opened quite a bit lower. This one’s a mystery.

Last weekend, we saw four movies open and now we’ll see how they hold up in their second go-rounds. The President’s Day weekend champ A Good Day to Die Hard actually opened a bit below most expectations (including mine). Its harsh reviews may have hindered its potential. Audiences actually seemed to like it well enough (it earned a B+ CinemaScore grade). The fifth John McClane could drop 50% or more, but I’m not so sure it’ll fall that far. It also could be #1 for the second week in a row.

The romantic drama Safe Haven exceeded most expectations (though it opened right around my estimate). This movie’s problem could be that it seemed tailor-made for Valentine’s Day weekend. It could experience a hefty drop.

The animated Escape from Planet Earth performed quite well and blew past my prediction. I actually expect this to have the smallest drop of any of the returning contenders.

Then there’s Beautiful Creatures, which I won’t even bother to make a projection on since it seems very unlikely to stay in the top six. It bombed at the box office and should continue to fade.

Finally, this brings us to Melissa McCarthy’s Identity Thief, now entering its third weekend. I have underestimated this film from the start. It opened way bigger two weeks than I thought and in its second weekend, it didn’t dropped as far as I figured. If Snitch and Dark Skies do not break out of the pack and Die Hard doesn’t surprise with a smaller than expected drop, there is a possibility that Thief will return to the top spot over the weekend. And that, my friends, is precisely what I’m predicting will occur.

Here are my predictions for this weekend’s box office:

1. Identity Thief

Predicted Gross: $14.9 million (representing a drop of 37%)

2. A Good Day to Die Hard

Predicted Gross: $14.1 million (representing a drop of 43%)

3. Snitch

Predicted Gross: $13.3 million

4. Escape from Planet Earth

Predicted Gross: $11.1 million (representing a drop of 30%)

5. Dark Skies

Predicted Gross: $10.6 million

6. Safe Haven

Predicted Gross: $10.1 million (representing a drop of 53%)

As always, expect updates throughout the weekend and final numbers with my analysis on Sunday!

Movies You Might Not Know: Boxing Edition

When we think of movies based on the “sweet science”, we likely think of Rocky Balboa, Apollo Creed, Ivan Drago, Mick, Adrian, Uncle Paulie, and Clubber Lang in the six-film Rocky saga.

Or perhaps very dramatic titles such as Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby, and Ron Howard’s Cinderella Man. There’s also biopics such as Michael Mann’s Ali and Norman Jewison’s The Hurricane. Most recently, we’ve seen Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in David O. Russell’s The Fighter. We even had robots boxing in Real Steel, with Hugh Jackman.

The sport of boxing has given us some great cinematic moments. And here’s two more that go in the more comedic direction that weren’t widely seen and are definitely worth a look, especially for fans of the ring.

First, 1992’s Diggstown, directed by Michael Ritchie. Starring James Woods (you know, the guy the high school is named after on “Family Guy”), Lou Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, and Heather Graham, the film centers on a con artist who bets on an aging fighter to get him out of a jam. In the summer of ’92, Diggstown came and went from theaters, earning a paltry $4.8 million. It’s worth seeking out though and is a lot of fun.

Second, we have 1996’s The Great White Hype, from director Reginald Hudlin. This comedy centers on a very Don King-like promoter (played wonderfully by Samuel L. Jackson) who realizes the only way to make money on his fights is find a Caucasian fighter to challenge the world champion (Damon Wayans). Featuring a solid supporting cast that includes Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg, Cheech Marin, Jon Lovitz, and Jamie Foxx (in an early role), The Great White Hype is a smartly written and often hilarious picture. Like Diggstown, it didn’t have any box office impact, grossing only $8 million. It’s a heck of a good time, though.

These two titles represent a lighter take on the boxing movie and both work well. Laughing during a boxing movie doesn’t happen often, but you will here. Unless you count that ridiculous robot who flirts with Uncle Paulie in Rocky IV. 

 

FINAL Oscar Winner Predictions: Best Actress

The Best Actress category for this year’s Academy Awards, airing Sunday, is indeed a competitive one. The race has actually made some history by nominating its youngest actress ever, 9 year-old Quevenzhane Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild, as well as its oldest, 85 year-old Emmanuelle Riva for Amour.

Neither seems very likely to take home the gold and neither does Naomi Watts for her work in The Impossible. For quite a while now, this race seems to be a strong competition between Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty and Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook. 

Let’s take a look at some of the major Oscar precursors and who they honored. While the British awards (the BAFTA’s) honored Riva and the New York Film Critics honored Rachel Weisz for The Deep Blue Sea (she’s not nominated here), the rest of the story shows an even split among Chastain and Lawrence. The Critics Choice Awards and the National Board of Review went with Chastain. The SAG awards and L.A. Film Critics honored Lawrence. The biggest Academy precursor, the Golden Globes, has two separate categories: one for Drama and one for Musical/Comedy. The winners? Chastain and Lawrence, respectively.

While Wallis and Watts’s chances are next to none, the potential for a spoiler could be Riva. However, I’ll stick with my assertion that this is pretty much a two-woman competition. Both have a great shot at winning. They’re both relatively new to the scene, but both Chastain and Lawrence are recent past nominees. Lawrence was nominated for Actress in 2010 for Winter’s Bone. Chastain picked up a Supporting Actress nomination in 2011 for The Help. 

It’s a close call for a prediction, but at the end of the day, I’ll go with momentum. Zero Dark Thirty has lost momentum. Director Kathryn Bigelow was surprisingly snubbed. Meanwhile, Silver Linings Playbook is the first picture in 31 years where four performances were nominated in the four acting categories. The film has become a huge financial success, crossing the $100 million dollar mark just today. Audiences love it. Critics love it. And it doesn’t hurt Lawrence’s chances that she’s been on an amazing roll lately. In 2012, besides her lauded role here, she also starred in one of the year’s mega blockbusters, The Hunger Games.

Add all that up and I’m predicting Jennifer Lawrence will win Best Actress on Sunday night.

Movies You Might Not Know: In The Company of Men

Two corporate lackeys, bored with their existence and frustrated and angry with their relationships with females, form a pact to romance a woman at the same time and then dump her. They want to do this as a way to exact revenge on all the women they believe have wronged them in the past. Their plan grows even more demented when they decide to find the most vulnerable girl possible and they pick an insecure deaf coworker.

This is the plot to 1997’s independent film In the Company of Men, directed by Neil LaBute and adapted from his play. If the movie sounds controversial and un-PC, it is. It’s also terrific. Men explores the complexities of men’s attitudes about women in a way very few pictures have before or since. This is not the kind of relationship drama a major studio would touch.

In the Company of Men was a critical darling that found a niche audience. Aaron Eckhart (most known now as Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight) plays Chad, one of the co-conspirators. It’s a career best performance from the actor. He should have been nominated for an Oscar. The solid cast includes Matt Malloy as his coworker Howard and Stacy Edwards as Christine, the victim of their sick prank.

The film ends up going in unexpected directions. It’s driven by dialogue and only dialogue and you’ll be on the edge of your seat. In the Company of Men is well worth seeking out if you’re looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. I highly recommend it.

FINAL Oscar Winner Predictions: Best Supporting Actor

Continuing with my final Oscar predictions this week for the ceremony that airs this Sunday, we move onto Best Supporting Actor.

While the Supporting Actress category seems about a 99.9% probability to go to Anne Hathaway, this race is much more competitive. Just to give you an idea, the precursor awards have been all over the map. The big city critics group even honored two actors that aren’t nominated here. The New York Association bestowed their award to Matthew McConaughey for Magic Mike and Bernie, while the L.A. critics named Dwight Henry for Beasts of the Southern Wild. Also, the National Board of Review honored another actor not nominated here, Leonardo DiCaprio for Django Unchained.

As for the people actually nominated, both the Golden Globes and the BAFTA’s honored Christoph Waltz for Django. The Critics Choice Awards named Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master. The SAG award went to Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln. The other two nominees, Alan Arkin for Argo and Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook, have picked up no major precursors.

You don’t say this often about a major category, but I wouldn’t be completely shocked to hear any of the five nominees have their name called. Of all the six big races, this seems most likely for an “upset”. Major momentum for Argo or Silver Linings could sway the vote to Arkin or De Niro. That “upset” possibility seems most likely for Mr. De Niro.

I would actually be most surprised to hear Hoffman’s name called, but it’s not out of the question. Waltz is a very real contender, but the fact that he won just three years ago for Inglourious Basterds could hurt his chances.

That leaves us with Tommy Lee Jones. He’s received some of the best reviews of his career in his long and illustrious career for Lincoln. It’s been 19 years since he won for The Fugitive. 

As I said, this is a difficult race to make a final call on. I’m going with Tommy Lee, though, for the win.

Prediction: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

FINAL Oscar Winner Predictions: Best Supporting Actress

We move today to the six major categories for the Academy Awards, airing next Sunday.

In the Best Supporting Actress category, this race was basically over before it started. Anne Hathaway’s performance as Fantine in Les Miserables was seen as the likely choice for the win. That never changed at all. Those with knowledge of the play knew that this was a meaty role. Couple this with the fact that Hathaway is a popular Hollywood starlet who’s given fine performances in The Devil Wears Prada and Love and Other Drugs only helped. Also, she gave a well-received performance in last summer’s blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises. 2012 was a watershed year for Hathaway.

The Oscar precursors have been very kind. Hathaway has picked up the Golden Globe, the SAG award, the BAFTA, and the Critics Choice Award. Of all the six major categories, this one (and another we’ll get to soon) seem the easiest to pick. Simply put, it would be a major shock if Hathaway doesn’t take home the gold statue.

As for the other nominees, Sally Field’s work as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln seems to be the other performance with a small (quite small) chance of an upset. Field is a well-respected actress who’s won two previous Oscars in the leading Actress category. She did pick up the New York Critics award.

The other three nominees should consider the nomination their victory. Amy Adams did win the L.A. Film Critics Award for The Master, but she’s got no real chance. The other nominees are Helen Hunt in The Sessions and Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook.

The Best Supporting Actress award will go to Ms. Hathaway and I’m supremely confident in the pick.

Prediction: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

My FINAL Oscar Winner Predictions posts will continue with Best Supporting Actor.

Box Office Results: February 14-18

The long President’s Day weekend isn’t quite over and you’ve still got those Martin Van Buren cookies to bake, but the studios have come in with their estimates for the box office. So here we go:

With Valentine’s Day falling on Thursday, three news titles opened that day, with the animated Escape from Planet Earth bowing on Friday. As expected, A Good Day to Die Hard has opened at #1, though not as strong as many (including I) predicted. The fifth John McClane entry, which earned easily the worst reviews of the franchise, is estimated to gross $36.9 million over the five day span. This is below my $45.6M prediction. While critics were harsh, the picture’s CinemaScore grade was a decent B+, indicating audiences weren’t too bothered by it. Still, hefty drop-offs in future weekends seem likely.

Perfectly timed for Valentine’s Day, Safe Haven had a very strong debut with an estimated $33.3 million five day performance, edging out my $32.3M projection. I’ll take credit for my prediction on this one, though. After I posted my guesses on Wednesday, I noticed on Thursday that several other box office gurus had it going quite a bit lower. The combination of this being based on a Nicholas Sparks novel and Valentine’s Day seemed too good a combo not to reach big box office numbers. Having said that, don’t be surprised if it drops big next weekend.

While I’m proud of my Safe Haven number, I continue to underestimate Melissa McCarthy’s Identity Thief, which held up considerably better than I figured in its second weekend. The comedy looks poised to make $30.5 million over the five days, well higher than my $20.3M prediction.

For the weekend’s other two releases, I gave one too much credit and not enough to the other. Beautiful Creatures earned mixed reviews and was going after the Twilight crowd. It didn’t reach them. The picture bombed with an estimated $11.5 million over the five days, well below what I considered a meager $19.4M projection. Clearly, the advertising didn’t connect with audiences and the crowded marketplace didn’t help.

That crowded marketplace, however, does not include much for children to go see. And that fact helped propel the animated Escape From Planet Earth to a solid $21.1 million estimate, well above my $14.2M prediction.

Be sure to check back into my box office world this Wednesday as I predict next weekend, when the horror flick Dark Skies and the action thriller Snitch with The Rock open against the second weekends of Die Hard and Safe Haven. I’ll also probably be more generous to Identity Thief as it enters weekend #3. Stay tuned!

FINAL Oscar Winner Predictions: The Other Categories

With the Seth MacFarlane hosted Academy Awards set to air one week from today, it’s time to delve into my predictions for what will win in every category. Well, almost every category. I will not pretend to know what might be victorious in the “non-feature” races like documentary feature and short subject and animated and live-action short film. Everything else is on the table for predictions.

For your reading purposes, here’s the schedule of my predictions for winners:

Today: All Categories Outside the “Big Six” Races

Monday: Best Supporting Actress

Tuesday: Best Supporting Actor

Wednesday: Best Actress

Thursday: Best Actor

Friday: Best Director

Saturday: Best Picture

This should leave you just enough time to blame me if you go by my predictions in your office Oscar pool. So let’s get started. In each race, I’ll list the nominees and reveal my pick to win. And away we go:

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour (Austria)

Kon-Tiki (Norway)

No (Chile)

A Royal Affair (Denmark)

War Witch (Canada)

Prediction: Amour. The foreign film category can be tricky to predict in some years, but 2012 appears to be an exception. Michael Haneke’s Amour is also nominated for Best Picture and the director was nominated as well. This all points to a very high probability that Amour wins in this race.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Prediction: Argo. All five selections are also nominated for Best Picture as well. This one appears to be a race between Argo and Lincoln, with Silver Linings as a dark horse. Argo seems to be gaining momentum at the right time, so I’m going with screenwriter Chris Terrio picking up the statue, though if Lincoln has a good night, who knows?

Best Original Screenplay

Amour

Django Unchained

Flight

Moonrise Kingdom

Zero Dark Thirty

Prediction: Django Unchained. This category is looking like a repeat of 2009, when Mark Boal won the award for Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker over Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. In 2012, I look for that to be reversed. Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty seems to have lost momentum (especially with Bigelow’s directing snub) and Boal will likely find himself losing to Mr. Tarantino. If there’s any dark horse, it’s Moonrise Kingdom, but this appears to be a two film race.

Best Animated Feature Film

Brave

FrankenWeenie

ParaNorman

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Wreck-It Ralph

Prediction: Wreck-It Ralph. In a solid year for animated features, this looks to be a race between Ralph and Brave. Even though Pixar usually cleans up in this category, Brave was not met with the major acclaim afforded to titles like The Incredibles, Wall-E, and Up. I will go with Wreck-It Ralph for the win, even though a Brave victory would not be a big surprise.

Best Cinematography

Anna Karenina

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Prediction: Life of Pi. Ang Lee’s picture is a marvelous technical achievement on all levels and I expect Claudio Miranda will be honored here. A Lincoln win is not out of the question, but Pi should be the front runner.

Best Costume Design

Anna Karenina

Les Miserables

Lincoln

Mirror Mirror

Snow White and the Huntsman

Prediction: Anna Karenina. This is the kind of lush period piece that seems suited to win this category. Les Mis is certainly a contender and a big night for Lincoln could mean a victory here, but Keira Knightley + corsets should = win.

Best Film Editing

Argo

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Prediction: Argo. This is actually a really tough one. Lincoln could take the prize. So could Life of Pi. This also seems to be the one category that Zero Dark has a legit shot at. In the end, I think the Argo-mentum gives it the edge. Not a whole lot of confidence here though.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Hitchock

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Les Miserables

Prediction: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The makeup work for Hitchcock was actually met with a fairly tepid response, so this appears to be a two film race. I’ll give the edge to the Hobbit team.

Best Original Score

Anna Karenina

Argo

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Prediction: Life of Pi. Here’s another one that could go to multiple nominees – I see Argo, Pi, and Lincoln as contenders. I’ll go with Mychael Danna’s work in the Ang Lee film, but don’t be surprised to see either of the others pick it up.

Best Original Song

“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice

“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted

“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi

“Skyfall” from Skyfall

“Suddenly” from Les Miserables

Prediction: “Skyfall” from Skyfall. A few months ago, you might have figured an original tune from Les Mis would be the obvious choice. That was until Adele’s terrific Bond theme came out. I’ll pick the British superstar for the victory with a high degree of confidence.

Best Production Design

Anna Karenina

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Prediction: Anna Karenina. This is another tough call. Formerly called the Best Art Direction category, this race favors period pieces. Les Mis has a real shot here, as does Lincoln. Still, Karenina is in the mix and I’ll go with it winning this and Costume Design. Not a lot of confidence here.

Best Sound Editing

Argo

Django Unchained

Life of Pi

Skyfall

Zero Dark Thirty

Prediction: Skyfall. Yet another very difficult choice! This could easily go three ways: Bond, Zero Dark, or Life of Pi. I’ll say the 007 team gets rewarded here, but picking any of the three I named makes perfect sense.

Best Sound Mixing

Argo

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Skyfall

Prediction: Skyfall. Ugh, another tough one. I’m thinking they have to honor Les Mis with something in the technical categories, right? Still, 007 poses a very real threat here. I’m truly 50/50 on this. Maybe I’ve got too much Bond on the brain lately, but I’m sticking with 007.

Best Visual Effects

The Avengers

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Life of Pi

Prometheus

Snow White and the Huntsman

Prediction: Life of Pi. The amazing Pi visuals make this an obvious choice. The Hobbit has a small chance to spoil, but I would pick this category with no reservations.

And there you have it… my take on all the “other races”. We’ll get to the majors tomorrow with Best Supporting Actress. Stay tuned!

The 007 Files: My Rankings Of All 25 James Bond Movies

**Blogger’s note: updated as of 10/09/21 with No Time to Die

After watching all 24 official James Bond pictures and writing blog posts on each averaging around 1,000 words, we’ve arrived at what may be my final 007 Files entry for a while.

I may find something Bond related to blog about, but the next major post will likely be when the fourth Daniel Craig film is released, probably in late 2014. There will be one likely exception. When I see the well-known “unofficial” Bond picture, 1983’s Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery, I’ll post about that. Until then, I’ve now compiled my list ranking all movies from the worst to the very best.

For those reading along, #23 may be a good number for basketball players, but it isn’t here. That number signifies my least favorite Bond film and we work up from there. You’ll forgive me if I don’t comment on the rankings (been there, done that), but I am providing a link to the original post on the films, along with the trailer.

And with that, my final rankings after a month and a half blogging Bond:

25. Die Another Day (2002)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/the-007-files-die-another-day/

24. Moonraker (1979)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/the-007-files-moonraker/

23. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/the-007-files-diamonds-are-forever/

22. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/the-007-files-the-man-with-the-golden-gun/

21. A View to a Kill (1985)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/the-007-files-a-view-to-a-kill/

20. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/the-007-files-on-her-majestys-secret-service/

19. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/the-007-files-tomorrow-never-dies/

18. Quantum of Solace (2008)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/the-007-files-quantum-of-solace/

17. The World Is Not Enough (1999)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/the-007-files-the-world-is-not-enough/

16. Live and Let Die (1973)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/the-007-files-live-and-let-die/

15. Goldeneye (1995)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/the-007-files-goldeneye/

14. For Your Eyes Only (1981)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/the-007-files-for-your-eyes-only/

13. Spectre 

12. You Only Live Twice (1967)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/the-007-files-you-only-live-twice/

11. The Living Daylights (1987)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/the-007-files-the-living-daylights/

10. Octopussy (1983)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/the-007-files-octopussy/

9. Dr. No (1962)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/the-007-files-dr-no/

8. No Time to Die (2021)

7. Skyfall (2012)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/the-007-files-skyfall/

6. Licence to Kill (1989)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/the-007-files-licence-to-kill/

5. Thunderball (1965)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/the-007-files-thunderball/

4. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/the-007-files-the-spy-who-loved-me/

3. Goldfinger (1964)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/the-007-files-goldfinger/

2. Casino Royale (2006)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/the-007-files-casino-royale/

1. From Russia with Love (1963)

https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/the-007-files-from-russia-with-love/

And there you have it, my friends! Feel free to let your feelings be known as to your thoughts on the list. It’s been a great experience re-watching all these 007 pictures. Late 2014 can’t get here soon enough!