Tag: sean connery

Ranking The Bonds: You Only Live Twice

Van and Alan return for another look at Bond’s mission to Japan in You Only Live Twice. How will they score this conflicted movie? Is Blofeld an iconic villain or a Belgian administrator? Is Littel Nellie a cool Bond vehicle of an annoying buzzing fly? Click HERE to find out the answers and much more.

Ranking The Bonds: Thunderball

Alan wears his best eyepatch to hide some nuclear bombs while feeding Van to the sharks in the latest episode of the On Her Majesty Secret Podcast series Ranking the Bonds. Yes–it’s 1965’s THUNDERBALL! How do the lads rank the movie in terms of Villains, Henchmen, Bond Girls, Gadgets, and many more categories? Tune in and find out!

Ranking the Bonds: Goldfinger

In the latest episode of the new Ranking the Bonds series over on the On Her Majesty’s Secret Podcast network, Alan and Van revisit the third, and arguably most iconic entry in the Bond movie, Goldfinger. Just how much did we appreciate the visit to Southend Airport, and just how much fried chicken did Felix Leiter eat?

These and other important topics are discussed and scored, and you can join in the fun by CLICKING HERE.

Ranking The Bonds: Dr. No.

Alan and Van return to the On Her Majesty’s Secret Podcast network with a new show taking another look at the Bond movies through a different lens.

How do they rank the villains, the Bond Girls, the vehicles, the gadgets, and more-?? What has aged the best/worst?  Who gets the Double-Taking Pigeon Memorial Award? Will Alan go nuts when Van adds new categories in the middle of the show?? And how do they rank the film overall? Along with many more categories.

First up–Dr No!

14 Connerys and No Bond

Over on the Her Majesty’s Secret Podcast network we took a look at Sir Sean Connery’s extensive movie career outside the world of 007, coming up with a list of 14 different movies to discuss from his earliest roles in the late 1950s up to his last movie in 2003.

The movies covered were:

  • Hell Drivers (1957)
  • Marnie (1964)
  • The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)
  • The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
  • Outland (1981)
  • Highlander (1986)
  • The Name of the Rose (1986)
  • Untouchables (1987)
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  • The Hunt For Red October (1990)
  • Rising Sun (1993)
  • The Rock (1996)
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

Tune in to see if you agree with our assessments and recommendations on which from the list are worth a watch.

Bond Music: Six of the Best listens to Never Say Never Again

This episode’s session is all about NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN. Alan has the lead on this episode and the lads will provide factoids and discussion on the main title song, 6 of their favorite tracks (hence the title of the podcast), and a bonus remix…maybe more!  The numbering scheme is always subject to chaotic change!

What will the boys make of the non-EON soundtrack? What did Bonnie Tyler think? And will the lads be able to find some gems in this not-terribly-well-thought-of score?

  —  Tune in & find out!

OHMSPod goes unofficial with a review of Never Say Never Again

Alan is wearing his best toupee, and Van is rounding up all the free radicals, so it must be time to review NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN, Sean Connery’s 1983 return to the role of James Bond and a sort-of remake of THUNDERBALL!

You can check out what we thought HERE.