Gentlemen Prefer Bonds

'Goldfinger' turns 60 this year and to help us celebrate the most iconic Bond film's diamond anniversary actor Ryan Hurst stops by to discuss indestructible henchmen, whiny gangsters, punny street names and toupee close calls! Fix yourself a martini (or mint julep) and join us!

Hang on lady, we're going for a ride! 'Temple of Doom' turns 40 this year! Treat yourself to a skull full of the blood of Kali Ma and join us as we discuss the second and likely the Bondiest of the Indiana Jones films, and then as a bonus each name our five favorite period adventure movies! *Note that this episode was recorded in the Spring of 2023, if some of our references seem a bit oddly dated...

‘80s nostalgia! John Wick-style action! Charlize Friggin' Theron! It's 'Atomic Blonde' time baby! Fix yourself a martini and join us as we discuss David Leitch's 2017 sleeper action hit as well as each of our favorite Charlize Theron movies!

That's right. We watched ‘Agent Cody Banks' talked for over an hour about it, and all agreed that at the very least it definitely wasn't the worst thing we've watched for our podcast. Fix yourself a martini (or more appropriately this week a soda pop) and join us as we discuss this 2003 family-friendly super spy romp starring professional NASCAR driver Frankie Muniz! We'll talk about how the CIA using children as deniable assets is actually kind of believable, how Keith David is way too attracted to a hologram training bot, how some actors (like, I don't know, Ian McShane?) can still be charming as they phone in their performances, and as a Bonus list our favorite movies starring TV actors.

Ever heard the one about the super spy whose wife and daughter thought he was a boring business man? Did either of those character descriptions immediately make you think Arnold Schwarzenegger or is it time for you to rewatch 'True Lies?' Fix yourself a martini (we all agree you may need it for this one) and join us as we discuss James Cameron's 1994 blockbuster and then as a bonus name our favorite Cameron and Schwarzenegger movies!

He's like James Bond if James Bond wore a giant fur coat and used a serving tray as a skateboard. Pour yourself some straight vodka and join us as we discuss the 2002 blockbuster ‘xXx,' name our favorite extreme sports movies and argue about what that specific sub-genre even is!

He gained international fame playing an English spy and then won an Oscar playing an Irish cop — did you really think a little thing like history's strongest Scottish accent was going to stop Sean Connery from playing a Russian submarine captain? Fix yourself a martini (or whatever the heck Jack Ryan drinks) and join us as we discuss John McTiernan's 1990 blockbuster ‘The Hunt for Red October!' Would Harrison Ford have made this movie better or would Alec Baldwin actually have improved the next two Jack Ryan flicks? Did ‘Red October' provide Connery the best wig he ever wore? And do you know what year the U.S. Navy banned smoking on their submarines? Get over here and learn some history with us, and get our pipin' hot takes and our favorite (non-Bond) Sean Connery movies!

Remember ‘Spies Like Us'? It's the movie where Chevy Chase is the lazy dummy who gets the girl and Dan Aykroyd is the smart one who, well, also gets the girl. It's an ‘80s comedy with a Paul McCartney theme song (which the director has since called “terrible”) that cost 22 million dollars(!) and shot on location in the Sahara Desert and Norway — it got terrible reviews and was still a big hit. Grab a beer (in fact grab a few just in case) and join us as we discuss John Landis' 1985 espionage buddy farce and as a bonus each list our favorite Aykroyd & Chase flicks!

Are you a bored British spy banished to a shit detail in Panama? Why not befriend a local tailor with some old resistance ties and start a coup for the fun of it? Fix yourself a martini and join us as we unpack ‘The Tailor of Panama,' John Borman's 2001 comic spy thriller based on John Le Carré's novel! Included in our discussion — our favorite “Latin American actors” like Brendan Gleeson, a delightfully despicable Pierce Brosnan turn and as a bonus list our favorite performances of movie stars playing against type!

What to do when you're denied the opportunity to direct a Bond movie? Well, you could certainly do worse than directing ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark' instead! Pour yourself a Jack Daniel's (cause you know Indy's no Martini guy) and join us as we discuss snakes, boulders the indispensable John Williams, the frustratingly handsome Harrison Ford and more! Then as a bonus we name our favorite Steven Spielberg films!

Did you know this month marks the 60th anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise? If you listen to our podcast I bet you did! Fix yourself a martini and join us as we celebrate six decades of our favorite fictional spy by ranking the Bond actors, naming our ten favorite villains and leading ladies and imagining our own original Bond movies in a 007 draft!

As Sean Connery's badass imprisoned spy character John Mason says, “Losers are always whining about their best — winners go home and listen to this podcast!” Hell yeah. We're talking 1996's ‘The Rock!' Finally! Fix yourself a martini and join us as we talk Sean Connery's excellent wig game, Nicolas Cage's surprising lack of a wig, Ed Harris' consistent, timeless greatness, Michael Bay and Hans Zimmer really going for it and one of the best supporting casts of any action flick! Then as a bonus segment we all list our five favorite Nicolas Cage movies!

Take a Roger Moore Bond flick, replace 007 with a Cockney kid, add Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Hamill, a cute pug and a Kentucky church Massacre and you pretty much get ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service.' Fix yourself a martini (stirred, for once, this time) and join us as we dive into Matthew Vaughn's 2015 franchise-spawning spy romp! And as a bonus we each name our five favorite Colin Firth movies, along with a lot of Firth puns no one asked for!

How does one get away with the ultimate art heist? Sleep with the insurance investigator out to get you — obviously! Mix yourself a martini and join us as we discuss Pierce Brosnan's non-Bond film from 1999, John McTiernan's super slick remake of ‘The Thomas Crown Affair!' And then as a bonus we each list our top five movie remakes!

Forget Iron Man and Captain America! We're talking John Steed and Emma Peele, the original Avengers! Mix yourself a martini and join us as we dive into the 1998 film adaptation of the ‘60s TV classic, starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman and Sean Connery! Then as a bonus we each name our top five movies adapted from TV shows!

Allow me to introduce you to the best action movie you've probably never heard of starring an actress you probably hate! Oh, and also Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton and not one single stuntman! Pour yourself a scotch and join us as we dive into Steven Soderbergh's under-seen 2011 action flick and as a bonus list our favorite Soderbergh films! *Note: For this episode Max accidentally recorded directly onto his computer instead of his microphone, so we apologize for the audio quality not always being the greatest.

Can you believe the first Bourne movie was released 20 years ago? Join us as we discuss this modern action classic and count down our top five Matt Damon flicks!

You may know him as a Top Gun, a Legend, or a Last Samurai, but to us he'll always be our favorite IMF (that stands for the Impossible Mission Force baby!) agent Ethan Hunt! Dude likes masks, motorcycles, very occasionally sex, and boy oh boy Kittridge, my man, have you never seen him very upset. This week Gentlemen Prefer Bonds continues our series of Bond-related titles with a discussion on Brian De Palma's 1996 blockbuster ‘Mission: Impossible,' as well as each of our five favorite Tom Cruise movies!

It's my happening baby and it freaks me out! Gentlemen Prefer Bonds is taking a break from 007 himself and branching out into a mini-series discussing some of our favorite movies that influenced or were influenced by the Bond franchise. This week that means one of the funniest films of the ‘90s — ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery!' Join us as we unpack all the best ways the film spoofs Bond (as well as pretty much everything else from the the 1960s), debate whether this is the best of the three Powers flicks and, as a bonus, list each of our personal Mount Rushmores of film parodies. We also like to live dangerously…

Remember when Sean Connery remade his own Bond movie 18 years later? Mix yourself a martini and join us as we discuss arcade casinos, your standard expository tango, stealing a president's eye and the fact that Steven Seagal trained Connery for this movie and it does not show!

Did you know there were two screen adaptations of ‘Casino Royale' before Daniel Craig was even born? Fix yourself a martini and join us as we discuss the American “Jimmy” Bond, flying saucers, Woody Allen's plot to make all women beautiful and more!

Oh yeah, it's a James Bond party baby! Grab a martini and hang out as we rank all the movies! Plus our song rankings and top ten pre-title sequences!

Remember when James Bond went to space? We do! But don't worry, if you think the franchise went too far with this one, in the words of its legendary producer Albert Broccoli, “it's not science-fiction, it's science-fact!” Grab a martini and join us as we dive into Roger Moore's most successful Bond film!

The Impossible Mission Force may get the job done with all those elaborate masks, but my guy James Bond knows all you really need for a workable disguise is a good fake nipple smack in the middle of your chest. If you've been following our show you may remember we recorded a ‘Golden Gun' episode at the beginning of this year, only to lose the whole darn thing to a silly technical difficulty! Not to worry — we've revisited the film and are back with a fresh take and an additional friend and commentator for good measure! Why not mix yourself a martini and join us as we discuss mushroom-shaped rocks, how to treat women and small people with respect, how to build a budget fun-house-death-maze and every else to do with the second Roger Moore Bond flick!

Bond is Back! So are we three nerds! Maybe you've heard there's a new 007 flick out featuring Rami Malek, Land Rovers, Lashana Lynch, Smirnoff, Ana de Armas, Aston Martins, Billy Magnussen, bridges and so… many… nanobots! Fix yourself a martini and join us as we dive into a (spoiler-full) discussion of the final Daniel Craig Bond film!

Aren't brothers the worst? One day they're whining about how Dad taught you to ski better, the next thing you know they're trying to conquer the world using the power of… surveillance! Fix yourself a martini and join us as we discuss the last Bond film!

Sometimes the old ways are the best. Is Daniel Craig's third Bond film the best 007 outing this century or simply an okay flick in a pretty Roger Deakins package? Grab a shot and we dare you to stick a scorpion on your hand while you take it — or on second thought maybe just stick to a Vesper martini — and join us as we discuss and debate the most successful film in British history!

Some James Bond movies are based on novels. Some at least have the benefit of a “complete screenplay.” And some are ‘Quantum of Solace.' But hey, you can't tell me you've ever seen more action stuffed into 106 minutes! Is this movie secretly an origin story for Stranger Things' Sheriff Hopper? Fix yourself a martini and join our discussion on the second Daniel Craig Bond flick!

A blond James Bond? Texas Hold'Em instead of Baccarat? Seriously? What's this movie's deal? Grab a martini and join us as we dive into Daniel Craig's excellent 007 debut!

You've got your cold war Bonds and your Voodoo Bonds and your Kung Fu Bonds... and then there's the one with the invisible car, an ice palace, some CG para-surfing, and (yet another) space laser. Oh yeah, it's 'Die Another Day' time baby. Welcome to our longest episode yet; have we finished this recording by now or am I still stuck in a conversation with two of my best buds about the most outlandish 007 flick yet? Not sure I'm of sound mind to make that determination at this point, but I will invite you to shake up a martini and join us as we merrily discuss the fourth and final Brosnan Bond!

Have you ever had Christmas in Turkey? Do you think this movie sucks just because it features Denise Richards as nuclear physicist Christmas Jones? Hey now, remember it's also got a sweet boat chase on the River Thames, the return of Robbie Coltrane as everyone's favorite Russian gangster, the superb Sophie Marceau as oil baroness Elektra King, and Pierce Brosnan in absolute peak form as 007! Grab a martini and join us as we dive into the third Brosnan Bond film!

Do you think 24-hour news media is the ruining the world? Would you like to meet the world's most charming assassin/doctor of forensic medicine (played by the science teacher from 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' no less)? Think Michelle Yeoh kicks major butt? Well, friend, why not fix yourself a medium-dry vodka martini and join us as we discuss the 18th James Bond film? Note: somehow accidentally on this one the Wills' audio track was recorded at extremely low volume so raising it to meet Max's dialogue gave us a lot more background noise than usual. Sorry about that; we'll try our best in the future to give you the best possible sound our cheap non-studio-renting asses can afford.

We all know Sean Bean dies in every movie, but surely he dies the most in ‘Goldeneye.' Also in this 007 flick — Famke Janssen as iconic femme fatale Xenia Onatopp, a series-best tank chase through St. Petersburg, and a bunch of other shit you might remember better from the N64 game. Fix yourself a martini and join us as we dive into the first Pierce Brosnan Bond film!

Bond goes rogue! And over a decade before that would start happening in every movie! Is ‘Licence to Kill' the better Dalton film? Can it overcome its strong Hollywood influences to forge its own identity? And why the heck are there ninjas in this? Grab a martini and join us as we discuss the 16th James Bond movie!

The Living Daylights! It's the movie you make when you wanna be way more serious than Roger Moore, but still save some time for some cello-case-sledding and cosplaying villains. Maybe you can't tell from that description, but we all really dig this movie! Grab a martini and join us as we discuss the first Timothy Dalton Bond movie!

Christopher Walken! Duran Duran! Grace Jones! Roger Moore is 57! This movie has... things! Shake up a martini and join us as we talk about what could be the weirdest Bond yet!

Can you believe they called a PG-rated movie that grossed 182 million dollars Octopussy? And that it’s actually one of Moore’s best and we all kind of love it? Shake up a martini and join us as we discuss miniature airplanes, suspiciously French Afghan princes, crocodile submarines, undercover clowns and more!

Rock climbing! Skiing! Scuba! Copyright-free villains! Grab a martini and join us as we discuss the 12th James Bond film adventure!

Jaws! The submarine car! The parachute ski-jump! Carly Simon! Bell bottoms! This movie's got it all! Grab a martini and join us as we discuss Roger Moore's third and most iconic Bond film!

This week we’ll be discussing lovable racist sheriffs, record boat jumps, Caucasian voodoo, crocodile stunts and inflatable villains. Grab a martini and join us as we enter into the Roger Moore era of Bond films!

If you like your 007 flicks to costar Crispin Glover’s dad and the sausage king of America, boy have we got a movie for you! At least we three could agree the song’s still a total banger. Shake up that martini and join us for another deep dive into Bond history!

It's the Bond with the guy who only did one Bond! Is it a Christmas movie? Is it better than you remember? Is George Lazenby secretly kind of good as Bond? Is an avalanche really the best way to kill James Bond? Mix up that martini (or our super tasty themed cocktail of the week) and join us as we discuss the sixth film in the official 007 series!

Heat up that sake baby, cause we're over hear discussing James Bond in Japan in You Only Live Twice! And you know 007 likes his sake at exactly 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit, so don't try to fool him with any of your 97-degree crap! This may be our least favorite entry in the series so far, but we still enjoyed it enough to talk about it for (significantly) longer than the film itself. In this episode we discuss why a piranha pool might just appear to be bubbling green water, if Sean Connery has ever looked more bored in a movie, and why it's always a good idea to kill James Bond soon after you've captured him. Join us!

Welcome back for the underwater movie! In our fourth episode we discuss Thunderball, the movie which reigned as the most popular Bond for nearly 50 years. This was also our first video episode so if you prefer watching over just listening, check us out on Youtube (search "Gentlemen Prefer Bonds Thunderball" and you'll find us)! Also the first Bond 19 Bond movies are now streaming on Youtube for free and (without commercials) on Hulu and Prime Video.

We're back for another episode to talk about the third and perhaps most iconic and beloved of the official 007 films. We start this episode by paying tribute to the late, great Sean Connery, who passed away several weeks ago. Fix yourself a medium-dry vodka martini (or mint julep) and let's celebrate the original Bond actor and the motion picture that turned James Bond into a phenomenon. We'll be tackling all the tough questions and truths, such as the practicality of doing one's scuba-spying with a fake duck on your head. Seriously though, we love this movie...

Gentlemen Prefer Bonds is back! This week we tackle the second official Bond film (based on Ian Fleming's fifth novel), including another themed drink recommendation and questioning things like why James Bond isn't more helpful at the gypsy camp battle, is it difficult to be assigned a number within SPECTRE and how does Sean Connery make walking around a hotel room seem so damn cool? Join us!

Introducing Gentlemen Prefers Bonds — an exciting new 007-themed podcast in which three good friends engage in what we hope you’ll find to be a bit of an educational discussion and a whole lotta fun celebration of everything great, not-so-great and truly bonkers about our favorite fictional spy! Expect an episode covering each official film in the Bond series, as well as some spicy surprises and specials mixed from time to time! But don’t think we’re just here to fool around! We’ll be asking the tough questions — like Does James Bond think tarantulas kill you? Is straight Smirnoff the nastiest thing Bond ever drinks? And why does Dr. No have a lever in his command center which only pulls toward “DANGER?” Can we get one of those in case our podcast ever gets boring? And that’s all from our first episode! If this kind of thing seems like your bag, well then, friend, I suggest you get nice and comfortable, fix yourself a medium-dry vodka martini, and let’s get this mission started!