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Mark O'Connell
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Writer. Author. Bond Fan.

CATCHING BULLETS - MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN (Prelude by Barbara Broccoli)

WATCHING SKIES - STAR WARS SPIELBERG AND US

Rep'd by Vivienne Clore

#JamesBond #CatchingBullets #WatchingSkies #Bond26

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Mark O'Connell @markoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 22
Welcome to a veritable Double-O show of 007 related missions, interviews, curios and exclusive insight. The best MI6 office for CATCHING BULLETS' video treats, insights and interviews is on YouTube so subscribe another day with love...

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#JamesBond #Bond26 #IanFleming
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Journalist & Bond fan Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier pens great ink looking at the efforts of James Bond Down Under and James Roberts to turn retro Bond fandom into cinema attendance and popular fixtures...
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#JamesBondDownUnder #JamesBond @jamesbonddownunder.bsky.social
Melbourne indie cinemas have found their secret weapon in a Bond superfan
One lifelong James Bond fan is helping steer the course for the indie cinemas landscape in Melbourne, followed by 32k fans.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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The raw beauty of how STAND BY ME ends and voices its friendships lays bare a director who cared about people, outcasts, friendships & decency. Reiner was a substantial LGBTQ ally and stood by queer folk's equality and social standing longer than most.

Art by Ignacio AC
#RIPRobReiner
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Rob Reiner told stories, protected stories and supported stories. His films are the stitching of our movie childhoods and his sense of fight off camera supported and protected even more stories. The emotions are on 11 today.

#RIPRobReiner #RobReiner
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Raising a Vegas glass of Whyte House fizz for the anniversary of a gem of a Bond film that first premiered on this day in 1971 - the shimmering, brilliantly sadistic and stylish midnight bullet delight that is DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER!

#DiamondsareForever #SeanConnery
#JamesBond
December 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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"You can watch it all on TV."

With what could be quite the week for Netflix already, they've just announced a new streaming package deal with Amazon MGM to screen all the Bond movies in 2026.

#Netflix #JamesBond #AmazonMGMStudios
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I-SPY WITH MY 2026 EYE...

New Bond.
New mission.
New adventures.

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#2026 #JamesBond #MarkOConnell #excited #JamesBondWillReturn
I-SPY WITH MY 2026 EYE...
YouTube video by CATCHING BULLETS & James Bond with Mark O'Connell
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December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Bond's Oscar star Billie Eilish has collaborated with James Cameron on a new concert film. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT saw Eilish regularly perform NO TIME TO DIE - so will we we see how Cameron treats the Bond franchise?!
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#BillieEilish #JamesCameron #HitMeHardandSoft
BILLIE EILISH - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE IN 3D) | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Billie Eilish
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December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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A quiet brilliance of Bond are the layers of espionage hinted at in the foreground. There is a whole fascinating character world revolving around LICENCE TO KILL's Kwang and the trick was to keep it brief.

Rest in peace, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

#RIPCaryHiroyukiTagawa #LicencetoKill #JamesBond
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Knew it!

#Spotify #listeningage #JamesBond #SpotifyWrapped
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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To mark the 20th anniversary of the game-changing bullet, CASINO ROYALE IN CONCERT returns to the Royal Albert Hall for two live performances on 30 December 2026! Very recommended!!

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#CasinoRoyale #CasinoRoyaleinConcert #JamesBond #RoyalAlbertHall
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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"She's been murdered. And you think I did it."

Interning for the season at The Grand Budapest Hotel...

#WesAndersonTheArchives #TheGrandBudapestHotel 💜 #WesAnderson @designmuseum.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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"It's your turkey against mine."

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all American Bond fans across the globe!

#Thanksgiving #JamesBond #Thunderball60
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Spoiler from Hawkins! They've recast Hopper and Dustin for the final season and the Rift is already gaping (!).

#StrangerThings #Hawkins #StrangerThings5
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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If you know your kiss from your rose, then this labour of Gotham love and brand new BATMAN FOREVER documentary is a rich deep and DayGlo dive into the often overlooked Bat-movie...
#BatmanForever #Batman #JoelSchumacher
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Catching DARKER THAN THE SUN'S London launch at Stanfords Covent Garden with various geo-pins of Bond talent on call for their insight to mark a great new 007 atlas... www.instagram.com/p/DRfMpW1jSs...

Order a copy:
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#DarkerThanTheSun #JamesBond
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markoconnellwriterMAPPING BOND'S WANDERLUST - DARKER THAN THE SUN'S London launch at Stanfords Covent Garden! To mark the launch of the sterling 007 tome DARKER THAN THE SUN - AN ATLAS OF JAMES BOND MOVIE LOCATIONS, authors Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury hosted a special night at travel bookstore at Stanfords in Covent Garden - with various geo-pins of Bond talent on call for their launch night insight and chat.With Bond producer Anthony Waye and stunt maestro Vic Armstrong and actors Caroline Munro (THE SPY WHO LOVED ME) and Martine Beswick (THUNDERBALL, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE) as special guests, Chowdhury and Field celebrated their experience of Bond travel, Bond location work and the global adventure of a spy. DARKER THAN THE SUN - AN ATLAS OF JAMES BOND MOVIE LOCATIONS by Matthew Field and Ajay ChowdhuryIvy PressHardback£25 / $30To get your copy:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darker-than-Sun-Movie-Atlas/dp/0711293260All photos © Mark O'Connell#DarkerThanTheSun #JamesBond #AjayChowdhury #MatthewField #IvyPress #MarkOConnell #Quarto
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November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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A big Soviet well done to the agent of audio adventure and all round Bond sage, Mr. Mark Gatiss for winning Best Performance - Narrator for his narration for FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE at The Speakies!!

#FromRussiawithLove #MarkGatiss #TheSpeakies #IanFleming
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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To mark DARKER THAN THE SUN - AN ATLAS OF JAMES BOND MOVIE LOCATIONS, authors Matthew Field & Ajay Chowdhury hosted a London launch with Vic Armstrong recalling shooting in London with Pierce Brosnan...
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#DarkerThanTheSun #JamesBond #PierceBrosnan #TheWorldIsNotEnough
MAPPING BOND’S WANDERLUST – Reviewing DARKER THAN THE SUN – AN ATLAS OF JAMES BOND MOVIE LOCATIONS – MARK O'CONNELL
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November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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THUNDERPALL MALL as top Bond book SPY OCTANE: THE VEHICLES OF JAMES BOND - VOLUME ONE is privately celebrated by a bespoke and insightful evening at the RAC Club on London's Pall Mall...

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#SpyOctane #JamesBond #AstonMartin #DB5
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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On His Majesty's Automobile Service.

#OHMSS #JamesBond
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Gram. Instagram.

This bullet catcher is bullet catching on IG and some new, big and shiny Bond shaped things are coming from this agent...

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#JamesBond #MarkOConnell #2026 #Bond26
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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As THUNDERBALL hits 60, @spyhards.bsky.social are hosting a screening & Q&A.

SPYHARDS PODCAST presents
THUNDERBALL 60th Anniversary Screening
+ Live Q&A with Martine Beswick
£17 / Sat 13 Dec 2025
Hammersmith Studios

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#Thunderball #JamesBond #SeanConnery
Thunderball 60th Anniversary Screening + Live Q&A with Martine Beswick - Riverside Studios
SpyHards Podcast presents: Spies on Screen is a exciting new programming strand at Riverside Studios! SpyHards is the world’s leading podcast focused exclusively on spy movies and television. Hosted b...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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'Whilst CASINO ROYALE is regarded as the leaping Bond reboot of record, it is Brosnan’s debut that was the franchise’s real guarantor.'

As GOLDENEYE hits thirty years old today, I explore its successes and achievements...
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#GoldenEye30 #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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'Whilst CASINO ROYALE (2006) is regarded as the leaping Bond reboot of record, it is Brosnan’s debut that was the franchise’s real guarantor.'

30 years ago tonight a major notch on Bond's movie bedpost premiered in NYC:
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#GoldenEye #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
'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?
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November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The year is 30 years ago. Mothers would give their student offspring BT GOLDENEYE 'phonecards' hoping they'd walk to a glass box in the street, step inside & insert a Brosnan card into a machine, lift a plastic receiver & make a phone call to mother
#GoldenEye30 #GoldenEye #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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With Ian Fleming Publications enjoying a great new era of Bond world stories, publications & merch glories, IPF have just given a slick makeover to their own cyber 'hurricane room' - and all bullet catchers should report for duty immediately...

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#IanFleming #JamesBond
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM