And for making the one Lazenby film as distinctive as it is. On Her Majesty's Secret Service has the best Bond Music, in my opinion, and if Connery had been in it, it would have been the best Bond film by some distance.

'LCD Soundsystem is the only band I know that can make a song about regret, confusion and pathos danceable'.
A fair description of 'Regret' by New Order.
I think I'll go and listen to my Underworld CDs now.

Who????
I have never heard a single LCD Soundsystem song, but the music press seems to love this guy. Am I missing out on something?

We all know Oasis suck and Radiohead rule, but…
…Supergrass are surely the unsung heroes of British music in the 90's. In 1997, while Oasis released 'Be Here Know' and Radiohead put out 'OK Computer', Supergrass released their masterpiece 'In it for the Money', which is fine as any album released in that decade, it…

Can't argue with that.

1941 or Hook? That's a difficult one. The thing about Spielberg is, even his 'great' films have some pretty lame, misjudged scenes in them. Schindler's List had the 'I could have saved more' scene at the end, which seemed unecessary, as did the modern day sequences that bookended Ryan. Jurassic Park is merely an…

It's true. I don't think it's possible for Scorsese to release garbage, although the last shot in The Departed of the rat running across the balcony is pretty sloppy. Stunk the place up a bit.

Blow out is a great film and opens up a debate about the performances of Travolta - he was great in that, very underated. I think Scorsese has just been consistently good (sometimes great), but I think Casino was a bit redundant. We all could have done without it.

It turns out that the director having a beard does not guarantee a good film. Seems to go against all logic.

Men with Beards
Brian De Palma - from Blow Out to Mission to Mars
Francis Coppolla - from The Godfather to Jack
Spielberg - from Raiders to 1941
Lucas - need we say anymore? Such a disappointment.

The Smiths albums got better and better. Their debut is excellent, but nowhere near as good as subsequent efforts. Strangeways is possibly my favourite Smiths album.

QUAID!!!!!!!

I like your opinion, AnimalStructure. It's not often that you hear Moonraker getting defended. I agree with your dismissal of Brosnan as a Bond. I was never really convinced by him in the role - it often felt like a pastiche, as if the producers were trying to give the crowds what they think they wanted by cobbling…

Aside from the peculiar sight of Bond in a kilt, OHMSS is a fantastic film. As a child, the skier jumping into the snow-blowing machine, with red snow coming out the other end, was especially memorable. There was geniuine emotion and brutality from that Bond too, which we never really got again until The Living…

I second that notion. Even without Connery it rules.

I loved everything up A Ghost is Born, but most of the material after that has been middling at best. Summerteeth and YHF were revelations to me, and it's no real surprise that Wilco's subsequent output has failed to live up to their lofty standards. YHF was, at least according to Warners, a difficult album, but it…

Faulkners daughter is right on many counts. Commando's one man v army conclusion is great, and the final confrontation is very quotable: 'I don't need no gun', 'let of some steam' etc. I grew up watching that film and it always excited me. Predator, however, is a different kettle of fish. There is genuine…

Bargain Bucket Bond
Low budget bond is the answer. The original Bourne didn't need a lot of cash to make an exciting movie. Do we really need Bond to be in a different location, each more glamorous than the other, for each scene? Didn't help Quantum much. Less jet-setting, more spying please.