Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Shane and Andrew revisit the very first Bond movie, Dr. No, starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress. It's a movie that established a lot of what we love about the franchise -- but it also set up a lot of the elements we've come to dread. Join us as we discuss the women, the interiors, the fashion, and the death traps, and answer the all important question, how queer is this movie?

With Daniel Craig's final Bond movie in the can (and hopefully getting a release this year), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang looks at the contenders to take over the role of 007 -- and the ways the James Bond franchise might evolve in a changing media landscape.

Shane and Andrew go back to where it all began -- Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel Casino Royale . How does the very first James Bond story hold up? Is Fleming’s hero still recognizable to us today? How does the book compare to the 2006 Daniel Craig film? They explore it all, including the book’s many problematic elements.

Christmas comes but once a year, so what better time to revisit the only Bond movie with Christmas in a starring role? Shane and Andrew revisit The World is Not Enough, starring Denise Richards as Dr. Christmas Jones! How do the stunt scenes hold up, does Richards deserve her reputation, who is the real villain of the movie, and just how queer is it? We answer all these questions and more!

As required by podcast law, every James Bond podcast must include an episode where the hosts rank all the Bond songs, and we could not be more excited to do so! However, there are some strenuous disagreements along the way. Will there still BE a podcast by the end of this episode?

To mark the upcoming release of the final Daniel Craig Bond movie, Shane and Andrew go back to the first Craig Bond movie, the modern day classic Casino Royale. The performances, the action, the rampant homoeroticism -- they dive into it all! Does this movie deserve its reputation as one of the greatest Bond movies, and what are its queerest and most glamorous moments?

Villains in drag! Beefcake in swimwear! The flirtatious frisson between nemesis and spy! Shane and Andrew count down the queerest moments from the Bond movie franchise, and reveal which Bond movie is undeniably the queerest of them all!

Welcome to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the queer James Bond podcast! Shane and Andrew are lifelong Bond fans. They're also gay men. With this podcast, they plan to explore why they're fans of a famously sexist, regressive, colonialist franchise, and how they reconcile their fandom with their own progressive politics! They also dive into the queer elements of James Bond, including the women, the men, the...