Alien Minute

This week John and Mitch are joined by documentarian Christy Henry (upcoming documentary ROMA IN AMERICA) to talk about minutes 35-42 which begin with sewer rats on the oar of the rowboat and end with Bond enjoying the performance of a belly dancer at a “gypsy” encampment.

Film professor and author Dr. Cynthia Baron joins John and Mitch to talk about minutes 28-35 which begin with Bond asking Karim where he can contact Tania and end with Bond and Karim taking a rowboat through the catacombs beneath Istanbul.

This week, John and Mitch welcome Bruce Scivally, Author of James Bond: The Legacy and writer/director of Bond Documentaries to talk about minutes 21-28 which begin with M telling Bond he’s “booked on the 8:30 plane in the morning” to Istanbul and end in the office of Karim Bey who tells Bond that “something smells.”

A second examination of minutes 14-21 with author Dr. Monica Germana (Bond Girls: Body, Fashion and Gender).

This week, John and Mitch are joined by Pete the Retailer (Star Wars Minute, ABCD:TOS) and Joe Mazel (ABCD:TOS) to talk about minutes 14-21 of From Russia with Love which start with  Tatania Romanova leaving the Russian Consulate building and end with Bond telling M that he is really “not too busy at the moment, sir”.

John and Mitch are joined by Kaite Stover of the Kansas City Public Library to discuss minutes 7-14  which begin with Kronsteen handily dispatching his chess opponent and end with some people leaving a building in Istanbul.

John and Mitch welcome author Mark O'Connell (Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan) to discuss minutes 0-7 of From Russia with Love, which begin with the classic gun barrel sequence and end with a chess player tearing up a note.

Oft mentioned Alien Minute listener and host of the Effectively Speakingpodcast Eric Moore joins us to wrap up Dr. No.

This week, John and Mitch welcome marketing consultant, bon vivant, and James Bond nerd, Tom Tipton to talk about minutes 98-105 which begins with Bond emerging from the air duct and ends with Bond emerging from a corridor with a bank-vault like door.

This week, John and Mitch are joined by playwright, director, actor, and theatrical designer Ron Megee to talk about minutes 91-98 which begin with Bond asking Dr. No if the toppling of missiles compensates for having no hands and ends with Bond kicking open the grate of an air duct.

Film professor and author Dr. Cynthia Baron joins John and Mitch to talk about minutes 84-91 which begin with a pair of mysterious black hands pulling away Bond's blanket and end with Bond saying "We can't all be geniuses, can we?"

Cinematographer Todd Norris joins us to talk about minutes 77-84 which begin with Bond weirdly walking away from his captors and ends with some guy walking weirdly toward Bond.

Star Wars Minute hosts Pete the Retailer and Alex Robinson join John and Mitch to talk about minutes 70-77 which begin with some screechy jungle noises and end with Bond getting handcuffed.

Director, educator, and Oscar winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott (Blackkklansman, Da 5 Bloods, C.S.A: The Confederate States of America) joins John and Mitch to discuss minutes 63-70 which begin with Bond assuring Honey Ryder that his intentions are honorable and end with Quarrel, Honey, and Bond doing the old reed snorkel trick.

James Bond scholar, educator, and author Dr. Lisa Funnell (Geographies, Genders, and Geopolitics of James Bond, Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Star) joins John and Mitch to discuss minutes 56-63 which begin with Bond putting on a record and end with him promising not to steal Ursula Andress' shells.

This week, John and Mitch are joined by Suzen Tekla Kruglnska (Rosemary's Baby 6:66, The Shining 2:37) and New Yorker Cartoonist Joe Dator to talk over minutes 49-56 which begin with 007 driving up to Miss Taro's house and end with him walking into Miss Taro's bedroom.

Graphic Novelist Ande Parks (Ciudad, Union Station) joins John and Mitch to talk about minutes 42-49 which begin with Bond smelling his vodka and ends with Miss Taro giving him directions to her house.

Podcasters Joe Mazel (ABCDevo, ABCDTOS) and Tom Taylor (Indiana Jones Minute, ABCDevo, ABCDTOS) join John and Mitch to talk about minutes 35-42 of Dr. No, which begin with Quarrel describing the geological riches of Crab Key and end with Bond finding a fingerprint on his dusty briefcase.

Music archivist Casey Dewey drops in to talk with Mitch and John about Jamaican music and its relationship with James Bond. They also discuss minutes 28-35 of Dr. No, which begin with Bond and Quarrel taking separate routes to Pussfeller's club and end with Quarrel telling 007 that it don't do for a man to hang around Crab Key.

Actor Ian McNeice (Dr. Who, Doc Martin, Top Secret!) pops by to chat with John and Mitch about minutes 21-28 of Dr. No, which begin with Bond's driver snacking on a cyanide capsule and end with Quarrel peeking suspiciously over his shoulder.

Film Professor Erin Hamer-Beck joins John and Mitch to discuss minutes 14-21 of Dr. No, which begin with Bond sadly walking out of M's office and end with him demanding that his freshly pummeled driver start talking.

Regular Alien Minute guest/co-host Jason Heck joins John and Mitch to talk about minutes 7-14 of Dr. No, which begin with Sylvia Trench continuing her baccarat game and end with James Bond leaving his Beretta behind with M.

John and Mitch launch the From Russia With Love season of 007x7  with a special episode discussing the state of cinema in 1963.

John Ingle and Mitch Brian have taken on a new assignment to investigate the James Bond films seven minutes at a time. Episode 001 begins with the iconic gun barrel intro and ends with Sylvia Trench playing a game of baccarat at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in London.

Here's another one from the old Patreon archives. John and Mitch discuss whether Akira Kurosawa made four consecutive truly great films in a row and "argue" about which four movie run is the one to make the cut.