Donald Trump’s call for a “Space Force” as fourth branch of the military is a distraction. That is all it is, a bit of handwaving to seize your attention from the criminality taking place elsewhere. To discuss it at all is to fall for the trick. And yet, and yet, I will, long enough to […]
Okay, a couple of friends have had this plot point spoiled for them already, and I have wanted to rant about it for a while, so here I go, spoiling: SPECTRE. Yes, the deal is that it tells us that James Bond’s historical arch-enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld, reintroduced in this film, is actually Bond’s jealous […]
An author’s intent, an actor’s fragile ego, a genial shambles and cruelty to testicles * Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Casino Royale (1967). Directed by Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, and Richard Talmadge. Screenplay by Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, and Michael Sayers, from the novel by Ian Fleming. Additional screenplay contributions […]
