The James Bond Complex

We went on a local assignment at the Palais des Congrès for the 2018 Montreal comic-con. We discuss our experience at this pop-culture event!

We close the book of "For your Eyes Only" with "Risico" & "The Hildebrandt Rarity".

Including "From a View to a Kill", "For Your Eyes Only", "Quantum of Solace", "Risico" and "The Hildebrand Rarity", this short story collection was based on scripts written for a proposed James Bond tv show.

Hello dear listeners. There was a time, long before many of us were even born, when James Bond was the Star Wars of its day, with tie-in products galore for the men, the women, and the children. There was something for everyone. Well, Mathieu and Edgar are bringing those days back, at least for one week, with a spin-off of Monopoly called Monopoquote, the basis of which is, what else, quotes from...

Welcome back, dear listeners! Things get very serious this week as Mathieu and Edgar tackle what many perceive to be the single most iconic film in the entire franchise, 1964’s Goldfinger! No matter, for the hosts are not the least bit intimidated by the task at hand. How could they with so many extraordinary things to talk about: how to hack golf, what accent Bond’s caddie speaks with, Pussy Galo...

Bond 25 is on it's way. Mark Strong is rumored to be involved. Lego James Bond sets ?!? Oh and also Olear Brown James Bond swimming shorts!

Hello dear listeners! The temperature has gone up, the sun is out, and school is out. That means it’s time for a little bit of summer reading. Mathieu and Edgar oblige this week by delving into Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger from 1959. The hosts really, really hope you like long winded descriptions of the intricacies of golf more than they do. Like, really hope a lot. No? Hmm, then perhaps some fine fel...

Hello dear listeners. A few months ago we reviewed the first comic book series from Dynamite Entertainment, Vargr (we’re still not sure how to pronounce it). Now we’re back for what we hope will be more than just sloppy seconds, Eidolon (I-dough-lon? Aïe-do-lon? Eye-do-lon?...). Bond is back in action and heads to America (briefly) to extract one Cadence Birdwhistle, with whom he makes wonderful m...

Welcome back dear listeners! The time has finally come to rejoice in the very first official James Bond film, Dr. No from 1962! Discover the film that started the 007 phenomena, with a young, often shirtless Sean Connery, a goddess-like Ursula Andress, wonderful cinematography that captures the beauty of Jamaica, one of the best Felix Leiter’s in the entire series, most of the cast being dubbed, a...

Hello dear listeners. Oof, that last book From Russia With Love, it nearly killed us. Thankfully, this week, Ian Fleming treats us to some fun under the sun with a trip to Jamaica, the greatest piece of land in the world. Join us as we meet the locals like Quarrel, be delivered delicious looking fruit baskets (that need to be analyzed for poison), sleep in comfortable, relaxing hotel rooms (but wa...

Big news! It's official Bond 25 is going to be directed by Danny Boyle. Production starts in December. Universal Pictures is distributing!

Time to take your Vinyls, 8-track, tape casette and/or cd's out of storage we are back to finish our list of favorite opening themes

24 films. 24 Opening themes. Our hosts discuss the James Bond opening themes. Their favorites and least favorite.

Hello, dear listeners! Have you ever been to Istanbul? Well, sadly, neither of Mathieu or Edgar, but according the Bond, the Bosphorus in the moonlight is irresistible. Hopefully, a viewing of 1963’s From Russia With Love can serve as the next best thing. Long considered to be among the best entries in the film franchise, the hosts leave no stone unturned: Robert Shaw’s sexiness, sweaty and gliste...

Hello dear listeners! It’s back to Fleming’s literary world this week with From Russia With Love. Many of us would like to think ourselves brave enough to face anything, but that just isn’t true. Who is brave enough to face the odds on a Friday the 13th? Who among us is actually brave enough to face off against a powerful enemy who gets “the crazies” on a full moon, just like a lycan? Who would ri...

Bond 25 hasn't been cast. It seems a script hasn't even been completed. All we know for certain is that James Bond will return on November 8, 2019. This didn't stop Edgar & Matt from discussing the next mission for 007!

Making mud pies, dear listeners? Good! That means you’re all set and ready for this week’s film review of 1971’s Diamonds are Forever. In this direct followup to On Her Maje-oh, that’s not accurate? Okay. Let’s try again. Mathieu and Edgar have a gay old time discussing Sean Connery’s official 007 swan song. Las Vegas in the early 1970s isn’t what it is today, mind you, but you can still find some...

How many comically named gangsters does it take to smuggle diamonds from Sierra Leone to Las Vegas? According to Ian Fleming’s Diamonds are Forever novel, a whole army’s worth, some of whom have names less funny than others. Yes, listeners, it’s back to the world of the literary 007 this week. Mathieu and Edgar relax as they cleanse their skin in a steamy mud bath (separate tubs, please), the deba...

It's April first and you know what this means: the laws of time and space have been rewritten!!! Edgar & Mathieu enter a different universe, The James Bond Jr. Universe! Will it be a fun nostalgic trip or a journey into hell? Listen and find out!

Mathieu and Edgar are back and this week they follow 007 into outer space! That’s right, it’s a review of 1979’s Moonraker and there’s so much to talk about. What are the benefits of being recruited by MI6 to row gondolas in Venice? What’s up with the film’s discombobulated tones? How does one stay classy while sexual turned on by Corinne Dufour? Holly Goodhead provides some food for thought as we...

Mathieu and Edgar return to Fleming's literary Bond for the author's 3rd adventure: Moonraker. Rather than explore exotic locales, 007 must face an unspeakable evil in the own backyard: England! Featuring the best leading lady to date, a magnificent gambling sequence, and super rocket. And nazis. James Bond hates those guys.

This week, Mathieu and Edgar venture into a platform that has not featured 007 for many years: the comic book. In the first of an ongoing series of published stories, Vargr is a modern day interpretation of Ian Fleming’s James Bond. The hosts give their due diligence in discussing a plethora of colourful traits, such as a massive henchman with no feelings, an assassin with bionic arms, a dastardly...

Well helloooo, Jim! What’s shaking, baby?! Mathieu and Edgar are back with another episode. The year is 1973. Roger Moore stars in his first Bond film, Live and Let Die, and what a film it is: a funk-infused score, the swinging sounds and sights of New Orleans, pimpmobiles, sassy African-American cab drivers, voodoo cults, and more. It can only mean one thing: Blaxploitation Bond!

In February 1952, to distract himself from his forthcoming wedding, Ian Fleming began writing Casino Royale. Edgar & Matt discuss the initial James Bond book.

Mathieu and Edgar return to the world of Fleming with a review of the novel Live and Let Die. A visit to Harlem, a terrifying villain,stomach churning violence, and pirate's gold! Shiver me timbers!