"Chalk this one up as something that seemed like a good idea at the time. Frank Langella had just taken Broadway by storm in a revival of the play based on Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. He was tall, elegant, and almost painfully romantic--all qualities that failed to translate to this garish, tarted-up film version. The story remains the same, if told in greater length than in Bela Lugosi's version. The film even offered Laurence ..."
"Timothy Daltons zweiter und auch letzter Auftritt als James Bond ist nahezu ebenso unterhaltsam wie sein Debüt, das er zwei Jahre früher im 1987 entstandenen Der Hauch des Todes hatte. Dieses mal wird Bond zum Rächer, nachdem ein enger Freund (David Hedison, Sprengkommando Atlantik, Die größte Geschichte aller Zeiten), der ebenfalls beim Geheimdienst arbeitet, am Tag seiner Hochzeit ermordet wird. 007 begibt sich in den Untergrund und e ..."
"Septième et dernier James Bond avec Roger Moore, Dangereusement vôtre est aussi le film le moins rocambolesque réalisé par John Glen : une intrigue qui tient la route sans vouloir caser des cascades à tout prix, des gadgets aboutis et des paysages "bondesques". Max Zorin, riche industriel, décide de prendre le contrôle du marché de puces électroniques en détruisant la Sillicon Valley. James Bond ne l'entend pas ainsi… L'image en 2 ..."
"Roger Moore was nearing the end of his reign as James Bond when he made Octopussy, and he looks a little worn out. But the movie itself infuses some new blood into the old franchise, with a frisky pace and a pair of sturdy villains. Maud Adams--who'd also been in The Man with the Golden Gun--plays the improbably named Octopussy, while old smoothie Louis Jourdan is her crafty partner in crime. There's an island populated only by women, a ..."
"Timothy Dalton lehnte sein Debüt als 007 an die härtere Gangart Sean Connerys an und schaffte den Spaß und die Wortspiele der letzten Bond-Filme mit Roger Moore einfach ab. Er zeigte dem Publikum gleich von Beginn an, dass er Mumm in den Knochen hat: In der Eingangssequenz von Der Hauch des Todes hängt er an einem dahinrasenden Lastwagen, während dieser schmale, mit Kopfstein gepflasterte Straßen hinunterschießt. Er hat einen heftigen F ..."
"James Bond 007 - In tödlicher Mission ist zweifelsohne einer der ungewöhnlichsten Filme der Serie. Nach den Weltuntergangsszenarien Der Spion, der mich liebte und dem Weltraum-Abenteuer Moonraker, in denen beide Male vollkommen durchgedrehte Multi-Milliardäre versuchten, die Menschheit auszurotten, um ihre Vorstellungen menschlicher Perfektion mit ihren eigenen Superrassen zu realisieren, stellt James Bond 007 - In tödlicher Mission die ..."
"Timothy Dalton's second and last shot at playing James Bond isn't nearly as much fun as his debut, two years earlier, in the 1987 The Living Daylights. This time Bond gets mad after a close friend (David Hedison) from the intelligence sector is assassinated on his wedding day, and 007 goes undercover to link the murder to an international drug cartel. Robert Davi makes an interesting adversary, but as with most of the Bond films in the ..."
"A View to a Kill, Roger Moore's last outing as James Bond, is evidence enough that it was time to pass the torch to another actor. Beset by crummy action (an out-of-control fire engine?) and featuring a fading Moore still trying to prop up his mannered idea of style, A View to a Kill is largely interesting for Christopher Walken's quirky performance as a sort-of super-villain who wants to take out California's Silicon Valley. Grace Jone ..."
"The second and final of Timothy Dalton's outings as James Bond sees 007 leave Her Majesty's Secret Sevice and branch out on his own. The trouble begins when drug baron Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) makes an unexpected appearance at the wedding of Felix Leiter (David Hedison), Bond's good friend, leaving the groom maimed and the bride dead. Bond has no choice but to seek his revenge and, with a little help from the obligatory 'Bond girl' ( ..."
"Roger Moore was nearing the end of his reign as James Bond when he made Octopussy, and he looks a little worn out. But the movie itself infuses some new blood into the old franchise, with a frisky pace and a pair of sturdy villains. Maud Adams--who'd also been in the Bond outing The Man with the Golden Gun--plays the improbably named Octopussy, while old smoothie Louis Jourdan is her crafty partner in crime. There's an island populated ..."
" Timothy Dalton made his 007 debut in the lean, mean mode of Sean Connery, doing away with the pun-filled camp of Roger Moore's final outings. This James Bond is ruthless, tough, and romantic. The Living Daylights, set during the thaw of the cold war, begins with the defection of Russian KGB General Koskov (Jeroen Krabb) and his revelation of a Soviet plot to eliminate Britain's secret agent force. Assigned to eliminate Koskov's Soviet ..."
"From "Pentimento," the memoirs of late playwright Lillian Hellman, JULIA covers those years in the 1930s when Lillian attained fame with the production of her first play "The Little Foxes" on Broadway. Not surprisingly, it centers on Lillian's relationship with her lifelong friend, Julia. It is a relationship that goes beyond mere acquaintance and one for which the word "love" seems appropriate."