Mark O'Connell

Ground Control to Commander Bond.

Mercury rising as a space age spy encounters the 1960s Mission Control room and a Cold War triumph of humanity and adventure.

#DrNo #SpaceCenterHouston #IanFleming #JamesBond #MissionControl #NASA

Just attempting launch, sir.

Roger '79 meets Apollo '69 and the Saturn V.

#SpaceCenterHouston #Moonraker #RogerMoore #NASA #SaturnV

Houston, I AM the problem!!

Surfing on a rocket in retro late 1960s fashioning and a close encounter with the original Saturn V that took us to the Moon!

#NASA #SpaceCenterHouston #Houston #MissionXXV #SaturnV

'We chose to go to the moon not because it is easy, but because we can get a Happy Meal out of it.'

#SpaceCenterHouston #NASA #Apollo11 #MissionXXV

Bond on a meteor at Space Center Houston.

#Moonraker #IanFleming #JamesBond #SpaceCenterHouston #NASA

And that's a wrap!!

New things coming...

#MarkOConnellWillReturn

THE SUPERMAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUNN

The reason we have superhero films is because of SUPERMAN 1978. The reason the genre may have finally turned a creative corner for the better could well be because of SUPERMAN 2025.

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#Superman #DavidCorenswet #JamesGunn
@jamesgunn

YouTube video by Live Aid Queen - Radio Ga Ga (Live Aid 1985)

Forty years ago right now one of rock's greatest performances turned a great man into a legend and a moment into history...

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#RadioGaga #Queen #FreddieMercury #LiveAid

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No, but I did.

'In the times of fear and confusion, the job of informing the public was the responsibility of the Daily Planet.'

Happy SUPERMAN Day! That's Clark, nice.

#Superman #SupermantheMovie #WatchingSkies #DavidCorenswet

Dear David Corenswet, it appears to be a thing for me that I meet the Superman actors in the street... just sayin'...

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#Superman #ChristopherReeve #DavidCorenswet #HenryCavill #WatchingSkies

Dear David Corenswet, it appears to be a thing for me that I meet the Superman actors in the street... just sayin'...

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#Superman #ChristopherReeve #DavidCorenswet #HenryCavill #WatchingSkies

BOND MAPPING as epic new tome DARKER THAN THE SUN - AN ATLAS OF JAMES BOND MOVIE LOCATIONS by Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury lands at an airport, book store and passport office near you this year!

Orders are now open with select book stockists.

#JamesBond #DarkerThanTheSun #IvyPress #IanFleming

There was a lot of movie perfection in 1977. Forty-eight years on THE SPY WHO LOVED ME is still the vital moment when Bond grew, survived and started all over again, but better.

#TheSpyWhoLovedMe #JamesBond #RogerMoore #Bond77

Michael Madsen was some kind of alternative casting in Bond. He brought all his cultural baggage which is exactly why he was cast in DIE ANOTHER DAY.

Vale Damian Falco. Brosnan’s last Bond movie will be forever stuck in the middle with you.
#RIPMichaelMadsen #MichaelMadsen #DieAnotherDay #JamesBond

A lovely sight!

Catching Bullets - Memoirs of a Bond Fan FOR YOUR DRIVES ONLY Anyone want to buy a Bond car?! It goes backwards/forwards and everything and has only had two very not careful owners. With one of the original three screen-used cars finally.....

FOR YOUR DRIVES ONLY
Anyone want to buy a Bond car?! It goes backwards/forwards quickly and everything and has only had two very not careful owners. @HeritageAuction are putting Bond's 2CV from FOR YOUR EYES ONLY up for auction!
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#ForYourEyesOnly #JamesBond

Bond music now has all the time in the world as @lalalandrecords.bsky.social announce a 2-disc dive into the cues and curios of the OHMSS score! Tighten that kilt and ski at speed to the record store in the wintry village below!
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#OHMSS #JohnBarry #JamesBond

It is officially hotter in Britain now than it is in Baja....

YouTube video by CATCHING BULLETS & James Bond with Mark O'Connell LIVE AND LET FIVE - Talking Denis Villeneuve's New Bond Appointment on BBC FIVE LIVE

'They want to get this right. And the quality of the director is a statement in itself.'

LIVE AND LET FIVE - Talking Denis Villeneuve's New Bond Appointment on BBC FIVE LIVE:
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#JamesBond #DenisVilleneuve #Bond26 #AmazonMGMStudios

YouTube video by CATCHING BULLETS & James Bond with Mark O'Connell LIVE AND LET FIVE - Talking Denis Villeneuve's New Bond Appointment on BBC FIVE LIVE

'They want to get this right. And the quality of the director is a statement in itself.'

I talk to BBC FIVE LIVE & Clare McDonnell about Amazon MGM's appointment of Denis Villeneuve to captain the new Bond AND the new Bond film...

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#JamesBond #DenisVilleneuve #BBC

'And that could well brilliantly disturb some online sandworms as Bond looks to his new era with new eyes and new thinking that Villeneuve and this passion project will want to put a stamp on.'

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#DenisVilleneuve #JamesBond #Bond26 #AmazonMGMStudios

Villeneuve.
Denis Villeneuve.

The new Bond captain is one of the most striking Bond hires. BLADE RUNNER 2049 alone is a masterful testament to an ability & aptitude at taking a known movie treasure and running with it stylishly, artistically, and brilliantly.

#DenisVilleneuve #JamesBond #Bond26

There is a last act moment when 28 YEARS LATER becomes arguably Boyle's best film to date with cuts, inserts and choices only a top director makes regardless of the zombie mayhem. Taylor-Johnson continues to rise, Comer is magnificent and Fiennes is pure magisterial.

#28YearsLater #DannyBoyle

'Who's she? Your mother!'

The film that changed pop culture, cinema, Hollywood, how people use a beach & who lent Bond a classic henchman turns 50 today. And let that be a warning to all mouthy kids in Vegas showing no respect to a lady!
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#Jaws2 #Jaws50 #Jaws #DiamondsareForever

YouTube video by Watching Skies - Star Wars, Spielberg and Us WATCHING AMITY - A JAWS Road Trip

Fifty years ago today one film rose from the sea like no other. Steven Spielberg's JAWS (1975) didn't just change movies and American cinema. It changed the face, content and timings of popular culture itself...

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#Jaws50 #Jaws #StevenSpielberg

Aperol Royale and a balmy evening of Pan-handling Bond action...

#Thunderball #JamesBond #Aperol

Is thare ANOTHER Avengers?!

YouTube video by CATCHING BULLETS & James Bond with Mark O'Connell Catching A VIEW TO A KILL

A Princess, a Prince, an Avenger, a pop band, a Warhol muse, a Charlie's Angel, and a 007 walk into a cinema...

On this day 40 years ago, A VIEW TO A KILL held its UK premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square!

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#AViewtoAKill #AViewtoAKill40 #JamesBond