From Russia with Love

To start with this is my favorite Bond movie, although it is hard to pick over Goldfinger. Also let me say this Sean Connery is and will always be the best Bond, Roger Moore is acceptable but Sean is Bond! Dr.... Full review

To start with this is my favorite Bond movie, although it is hard to pick over Goldfinger. Also let me say this Sean Connery is and will always be the best Bond, Roger Moore is acceptable but Sean is Bond! Dr.... Full review

From Russia With Love can't seem to overcome its predecessor, but this Bond comes back with a bang and a whole lot of fun.... Full review

James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE. One of the best Bond movies.... Full review

James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE. One of the best Bond movies.... Full review

i think this is a very worthy contribution into the James Bond franchise. I think the acting is fantastic but the story and film does drag on a bit. The Bond girl is very good in Tatiana Romanova. Rosa Klebb makes... Full review

fROM russia with love isa magnificant bond movie ..... not the best but certainly great .although its the 2 bond i found Dr.No much more suffisticated except for the briefcase that was very very very smart.... Full review

It is perhaps the only film that has truly went to the full integrity of brilliance and sophistication. Every element in the film was powerful and yet captivating.... Full review

The second entry into the James Bond series is still the best. Before ridiculousness overtook the series (campy humor, zany gadgetry, overblown recycled plots) came this low-key espionage thriller. Although I am not a die-hard Fleming purist, the best Bond fliks... Full review

The second entry into the James Bond series is still the best. Before ridiculousness overtook the series (campy humor, zany gadgetry, overblown recycled plots) came this low-key espionage thriller. Although I am not a die-hard Fleming purist, the best Bond fliks... Full review

Throw in a sublime Lotte Lenya, the gorgeous (if dubbed) Daniela Bianchi....It's in the latter half of the film that things excel, however -.... ... Full Review

Incidentally, I should mention that From Russia With Love looks and sounds fantastic on Blu-Ray, where every music cue is richer and every panoramic vista looks like it's arriving wet from the lab, circa 1963. Which brings me to the second thing I should note: From Russia With Love is super-awesome. ... Full Review

The three writers-and the author of the source comic book-understand the world at large, and the audience for this film in particular, has seen the coming out story beaten to death. The story takes great pains to make sure being gay is not a driving factor in the drama. ... Full Review

split-track audio masters, music masters, trims, alternate scenes, foreign version scenes, etc. That "economy" decision is one of the darker episodes in modern film preservation.....Back in 2000, the release of extras-loaded Special Editions of the James Bond films energized the DVD craze....This writer knows the series fairly well....Rear projection process shots are improved as well....The scene certainly plays better, but future viewers might be given the wrong impression about the capabilities of specia ... Full Review

Video: "From Russia With Love" looks quite strong on Blu-ray and is a noticeable improvement over the previous DVD editions, but it uses the same digital master as that which was used for the Ultimate Editions. The only part of the film that has never set well with me was the periscope used to spy on the Russians. ... Full Review

As mentioned, there is that spotty first hour with which to contend, particularly an extended sequence where Bond is taken to a Gypsy camp (local flavor, I presume) by his host/contact where two women are set to perform a public... ... Full Article

In my very first Chapter Two column, I set forth a brief mission statement of sorts concerning where I aimed to set my critical sights. ... Full Article

So yes, I have more than a passing affiliation and affection for the history of the enterprise and will most certainly be in line for all future Bond endeavors (if not first run, than with pizza and beer in hand... ... Full Article

From Russia With Love does have a number of firsts, including the first appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Q, the first pre-credit action sequence, the first physically formidable foe/ assassin to take on Bond (Robert Shaw, very effective and imposing,... ... Full Article

More than a hundred pages into MJ Hyland's new novel, a girl is taken out for a drive in a borrowed Mercedes and remarks that it's "like something from James Bond". ... Full Article

JAMES BOND: Some of the 22 features aren't terribly good, but movies like From Russia With Love , Goldfinger , License to Kill and the recent Casino Royale are solid action movies with excellent casts, nimble direction and fun plot... ... Full Article