Mark O'Connell

Mark O'Connell is a writer, author, Bond fan and pop-cultural pundit behind Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan and Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us.

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'Indiana Jones 5': What we learned about the plot from the very public shoot
One of the great re-discoveries of the fifth crack of the whip has been the physical shooting, fan fever, and old school speculation in the internet age.
8d ago
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'Sneakers': The under-appreciated 90s thriller getting another chance to shine
Rebooting back to 'Sneakers' is a treat. And a lesson in time travel to when every moment of our lives could not always be traced and recorded.
a month ago
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'For Your Eyes Only' at 40: 'Roger Moore told an awful lot of really, really filthy jokes' (exclusive)
For Your Eyes Only, starring Roger Moore in his fifth outing as 007, celebrates its 40th anniversary this week, and it was breaking new ground for Ian Fleming's famous super spy.
a month ago
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'Raiders of the Lost Ark' at 40: Karen Allen and Paul Freeman look back at cinema’s greatest fortune and glory (exclusive)
We look at the forty-year legacy of one of cinema’s greatest fortunes and glories, 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.
2 months ago
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The best James Bond movies according to the experts and its biggest fans
Top Bond creators, commentators and fans vote for the Best Bond movie of all time.
6 months ago
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'GoldenEye' at 25: The silver legacy of Bond's most important reboot
As it reaches its twenty-fifth anniversary, what is the franchise legacy and movie consequence of GoldenEye?
9 months ago
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Sean Connery at 90: Celebrating the first knight of action cinema
As the inaugural Bond turns ninety it cannot be overstated just how Connery’s 007 revolutionised the pace and gait of action cinema.
9 months ago
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James Bond Day: Why 007 has endured as a movie mainstay and will again
Bond’s initial genesis was as a post-war distraction for a rudderless writer looking to transplant his war-wise world into spiky pulp-fiction.
10 months ago
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Remembering the versatile Diana Rigg: The first lady of Bond, Broadway and The Muppets
Diana Rigg was not just the Bond actress the emotions of 007 himself was married to forever more. She was the modish face of a new TV decade, Britain on Broadway, one of international theatre’s constant greats.
a year ago
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'The Empire Strikes Back' at 40: My quest for 'Star Wars 2', the defining beat of the saga
Author Mark O'Connell relives his mission to catch Star Wars 2 when it was first released 40 years ago.
a year ago
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How Honor Blackman set the template for James Bond's leading ladies
Honor Blackman forged the template for not just Bond’s women, but action cinema’s women.
a year ago