James Bond

Triumphant Oscar Night For Two Mature Divas

Shirley Bassey was masterful singing "Goldfinger" as part of the James Bond tribute on tonight's Academy Awards. She did the song with measured tones, taking her time, and going for the gold (finger). She really throated it out, and by the end, as I was sitting there thinking "Will she hit the not ... More >>

Meredith Vieira: "I Feel Like Dead Pussy Galore!"

Meredith Vieira was delightful as the MC of last night's National Board of Review awards at Cipriani. She kept things zingy, and after Daniel Craig and Barbara Broccoli took the stage for a tribute to 50 years of Bond films, Vieira quipped, "So James Bond is 50 and he still looks good. I'm 59 and I ... More >>

A Legendary James Bond Reveals What He Thinks of Daniel Craig

Bond & Bella

Sir Roger Moore Is Stirred, Not Shaken, By 007's Legacy

The most charmingly self-deprecating of all the James Bonds, Sir Roger Moore has a new book out called Bond on Bond: Reflections On 50 Years Of James Bond Movies and came to town to celebrate that plus the 50th anniversary of Bond flicks. We Bond-ed for my new column, in which Sir Roger told me: * ... More >>

Skyfall Lays Bare the Unknowable Spy

License to feel

James Bond Is Ever Less Relevant—And Still Beloved. Why?

Fifty years in, out of time

See How Much Your Favorite James Bond Drinks, Kills, and Hooks Up

The Economist has composed a chart of James Bond's alcohol consumption in relation to his take-downs and hook-ups. [See More Drink Up: 5 Great Sodas in NYC | 5 Best West Village Wine Bars | The 10 Best Draft-Beer Bars in New York]

Beyonce's Out Of A Star Is Born! I Know Who Should Replace Her

A Star Is Born has been redone even more times than my living room. (See below for previous versions.) And the throbbingly emotional show biz tale, filled with music and suicide, was set to be done one more time, with chair-talker Clint Eastwood directing and Beyonce starring. But the singer had ... More >>

SPY GAMES

Who’s your favorite Bond?

Loud, Honking Cabs Beware: 'Summer Streets' Are Taking Over NYC Today

If you're watching this video, we hope you have a huge smile on your face. If you're a cab driver who hates traffic, you might not. But, for the rest of us pedestrian folk, today is a great day to have feet.For the next three Saturdays, the New York City Department of Transportation is bringing back ... More >>

James Bond Becomes a Beer Man, Fans Not So Impressed

James Bond will no longer be ordering martinis "shaken, not stirred." The Bond franchise has sealed a marketing deal with Heineken, rumored at $45 million, to have the spy sip on the Dutch beer instead of the usual martini in the upcoming Bond film, Skyfall.

Why I Hate Movies And Will Never See One Again!

38 cinematic reasons why I dread the lights going down

Jean Dujardin Told Me About His Butt Fingering Scene

Before The Artist, Oscar winner Jean Dujardin garnered a lot of hoopla in France for playing a bumbling spy in several OSS 17 movie comedies spoofing the 007 legend. At a French film luncheon in NYC in 2010, I interviewed Dujardin--through a translator--about the second movie in the series, in whic ... More >>

World's Coolest Guy Ever Gets NY Times Obit

Wondering what will end up in your obituary is really nerve-racking to think about. What will people say about you when you're dead and gone? Everyone hopes that they sound like a good person, at least like a nice guy or something. But an ocean rower has just set a new standard for obituaries, becau ... More >>

Ten Famous Guys Who Like Fat Chicks

Dan Weiss is the author of the blog Ask a Guy Who Likes Fat Chicks and he's profiled in this week's feature, "Guys Who Like Fat Chicks." He put together a list of ten males who appreciate larger ladies in Western mass culture because, frankly, there aren't all that many. Fat Admirers do exist, and ... More >>

The Brady Bunch, Loni Anderson and Jaws In The Same Room!

Sitcom stars of yore, starry-eyed autograph hounds collide in New Jersey

Photos of "Chiller Theatre" Sexpots, Munsters, Bradys, Rockers, and An Oscar Winner

​ My column this week describes the riotous romp I had at "Chiller Theatre"--a New Jersey autograph convention--with pals Mickey Boardman and Angelo Pitillo. Well, here's the proof. Angelo Pitillo zoomed his loving lens in for some glorious interspecies moments between myself and the celebr ... More >>

CLOCKWATCHERS

Time’s running out to see The Clock

Your Sexy Spy Roundup, From B to P

​ We already know that Mother Russia's sexiest spy, Anna Chapman, is, well...sexy. And sometimes topless. But there have been plenty of other good looking spies in fiction, movies and throughout history. And we're feeling patriotic on this day after the Fourth of July, so...how 'bout a roundup ... More >>

OSS 117: Lost in Rio, A Spy Film Parody

Impeccably cheesy, but the film develops an energy all its own

New York's Best Hustler!

© Music Box Films​CLICK HERE for my new column about the Hookie Awards, the esteemed honors for best "escorts," which I was handpicked to be a presenter at. (Well, those who can't, teach.) Even more outlandishly, I was assigned to present the award for BIGGEST DICK. As if I care!

Andrew Sarris Harshes on 'Casino Royale' and 'Barefoot in the Park'

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 15, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 35 Films By Andrew Sarris "CASINO ROYALE" is said to be doing spectacular business despite moderately unfavorable reviews. Most of the proceedings were too esoteric for this reviewer. At times, it seemed th ... More >>

Clip Job: Offering Fleming Some Quantum of Solace

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesSeptember 19, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 48The Riddle AnsweredDear Sir:No admirer of James Bond can remain silent at your critic's discussion of "The James Bond Riddle" (September 5).First, Ken Sobol has misinterpreted the appeal which Ian Fleming offe ... More >>

From the Crap Archives: License to Kill

Each week your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. License to Kill Author: David Perkins Publisher: BkMk Press Date: 1973 Discovered at: Thrift st ... More >>

MGMT Dresses Up as Pilgrims on the Internet, Web Sheriff Sends Cease-and-Desist on Behalf of the Mayflower

Letters 11.26.08

Does the Wonky Jack White/Alicia Keys Bond Theme Sound Any Better in Context?

Quantum of Solace: Most Successful Bond Ever?

Marc Forster Has a License to Confuse and Bore in Quantum of Solace

Neither shaken nor stirred

The Conspiracy Begins This December?

Letters 10.17.08

WATER TORTURE

Have you ever been squirted to death?

Saturday

BOND AT HIS BEST

Talk? No, we expect you to watch

'Madonna's New Single Sucks!" Screeches DJ

Tidbits that will make you rise again

Shoot 'Em Up

The Invasion

Silver Monk Time: A Tribute to the Monks

The Uberbeat (and a war or two) goes on

Showtime!

V For Violence

From Al Basrah to the AMC, 2006 meant war

The Year's Best Music Videos

Royale Flush

The Bond franchise takes a gamble on a new guy and comes up aces

Price on Request

Freaknik Goes Conscious, But Not Overly So

You Know You Want It

Gifts for addicts and fanatics

A View to a Kill

Riot Lit

Blast to the Past

Keeping Scores

Good old-fashioned movie music is as healthy as it ever was