Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Kingston, Jamaica, 1960sDr. No was released in the U.S. in 1963, two years after the infamous Bay of Pigs invasion (which has nothing to do with how Bond treats women) and one year after the tense...

Bond may have the cool car, the guns, and the girls, but we have more intel than he does. Although Bond is our main POV character, the film sometimes breaks away from his perspective to give us a h...

Spy; Adventure; DramaUh, have you ever seen a James Bond movie? Have you even heard of James Bond? This is a spy movie, of course. In fact, you could argue that Dr. No established the spy genre as...

Whose Film Is It, Anyway?James Bond gets the shaft. His name isn't featured in the title of his first movie. Instead, the villain gets the marquee. It makes sense because Bond establishes his chara...

Spilling the BeansHave you ever found it ridiculous that a super villain spills the beans on his diabolical plot when instead he should just kill the hero? You can blame Dr. No. This trope may not...

PGToday, movies like Finding Dory and Frozen are rated PG—Parental Guidance suggested. Parents can assure impressionable young children that, yes, they will eventually find Dory, and yes, it is o...