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The queer James Bond podcast, presented by Shane Hollon and Andrew Wheeler.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang


    • Mar 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 29m AVG DURATION
    • 104 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    Pay Attention, 007

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 107:01


    For the 100th episode of the queer James Bond podcast, Shane and Andrew talk about the Bondiest things they've ever done, their favourite non-Bond movie spies, and their final all-time ranking of the Bond movies! They also reveal exciting plans for the future -- the next phase -- of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!

    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 95:44


    Amazon takes over Bond! Bond songs get covered at the Oscars! We break it all down, then we discuss our movie namesake, the 2005 L.A. noir comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer.

    Modesty Blaise (1966)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 106:07


    Shane and Andrew discover the extraordinary 60s spy spoof Modesty Blaise, starring Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, and the very gay Dirk Bogarde.

    Casting You Only Live Twice and Octopussy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 75:27


    In the final casting episode of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane and Andrew dream-cast You Only Live Twice, The Man With the Golden Gun, and the short stories from Octopussy and The Living Daylights.

    Ian Fleming's Octopussy and the Living Daylights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 91:52


    The last of Fleming's Bond stories were collected posthumously in the collection Octopussy and the Living Daylights. Shane and Andrew dig into the final tales, discover the truth about Bond's sexuality, and review their ratings of all the Bond books. Donate to Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/donate/ Donate to LA Wildfire support: https://www.calfund.org/ Buy us a Faberge egg: https://www.faberge.com/products/limited-edition-guilloche-enamel-octopussy-egg-objet-3646

    Spies on TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 80:36


    Shane and Andrew offer their (spoiler-free) thoughts on the current slate of spy TV shows, including: Slow Horses Citadel Mr and Mrs Smith The Agency Black Doves Day of the Jackal

    Queer (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 98:04


    It's the movie the queer James Bond podcast was born to cover! Daniel Craig is queer in Luca Guadagnino's Queer.

    Octopussy (1983)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 100:51


    We've finally reached our final movie in our Bond movie rewatch, but have we saved the best for last? No. No, we have not.

    The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 77:42


    Big boys blast bad boys in Guy Ritchie's historically innacurate true historical fiction.

    Gothika (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 70:07


    We wrap up our spooky season of horror movies starring iconic Bond women with Halle Berry in the psychological supernatural thriller Gothika.

    Theater of Blood (1973)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 103:26


    Enter the Theater of Blood for a camp horror classic starring Dame Diana Rigg and Dame Vincent Price!

    Bond Women of Horror: Deep Rising (1989)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 81:22


    For October we're checking in with three horror movies starring iconic Bond women, starting with the Famke Janssen 1989 action horror Deep Rising!

    The Living Daylights (1987)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 112:18


    Timothy Dalton dons the bow tie for a confusing dip into the 80s, and Shane and Andrew offer an in-depth critical reappraisal of Necros the henchman.

    The Spy Who Came in from The Cold (1965)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 82:24


    Our attention turns to the work of John Le Carre in the 60s spy classic starring Richard Burton!

    Bonus: International Queens of Mystery

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 38:08


    A special bonus episode looking at the Bond-themed runways in the third episode of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars!

    Ian Fleming's The Man With the Golden Gun (1965)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 98:28


    Shane and Andrew check out the last Bond novel completed by creator Ian Fleming and ask the key questions: Could Christopher Lee have played Paco 'Pistols' Scaramanga? And which Mary Goodnight is better, the book or the movie?

    Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (1964)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 73:11


    Akiko Wakabayashi played a thankless role in You Only Live Twice, but she gets to shine in Toho's 1964 kaiju classic Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster. Shane and Andrew wade into the monster mash to check out the most spy-adjacent kaiju movie!

    The 39 Steps (1935)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 78:01


    Alfred Hitchock's take on Scottish writer John Buchan's adventure hero Richard Hannay serves as a prototype of sorts for the movie version of Bond. Shane and Andrew offer their best Mae West impressions (it sort of makes sense in context) as they climb the 39 Steps.

    The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 102:07


    Roger Moore's second outing as Bond is Ian Fleming's last novel starring the super spy. It's a party in the South China Seas with Christopher Lee, Herve Villechaise, Britt Eklund, and you!

    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 74:17


    For the annual Pride episode, Shane and Andrew revisit one of Daniel Craig's trashiest movies, the 2003 Angelina Jolie action movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider!

    Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice (1964)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 99:25


    Shane and Andrew dive deep into the last Bond novel completed in Ian Fleming's lifetime, You Only Live Twice. Content warning: This episode contains mention of suicide and racism.

    Deep Space Nine: "Our Man Bashir" (1995)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 64:18


    And Shane wept, for there were no more Austin Powers movies to cover. For his birthday episode this year, Shane made Andrew watch the James Bond homage episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; "Our Man Bashir."

    You Only Live Twice (1967)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 111:33


    James Bond heads to Japan in the movie that introduced the West to ninjas -- and perpetuated the awful tradition of yellowface.

    The Ipcress File (1965)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 75:49


    Shane and Andrew check out The Ipcress File, the first of the "anti-Bond" spy movies, starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer.

    The Avengers (1965-67)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 80:10


    Shane and Andrew check out four episodes from the fourth season of 60s action comedy series The Avengers, starring Bond veterans Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee.

    Casting Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, and OHMSS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 58:20


    Shane and Andrew fan-cast new movie adaptations of three more Ian Fleming Bond novels; Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

    Never Too Young to Die (1986)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 86:42


    George Lazenby is back, back, back, albeit very briefly, in this wild and trashy 80s Bond-inspired spy thriller starring John Stamos, Vanity, and Gene Simmons.

    Argylle (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 98:20


    He might never be Bond, but Henry Cavill gets to play a very Bond-adjacent character in the 2024 box office bomb Argylle. Shane and Andrew share their thoughts on this very strange confection for better (Catherine O'Hara) and worse (The Beatles?).

    Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 116:22


    Shane and Andrew explore the novel version of On Her Majesty's Secret Service -- and talk Traitors!

    Ranking the Bond Candidates

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 52:32


    With the announcement of a new James Bond actor expected to take place in 2024, Shane and Andrew count down their list of their favorite contenders for the role.

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 110:37


    Shane and Andrew celebrate the holidays with everyone's favourite Christmas movie, 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. George Lazenby's only outing as Bond is a very different type of Bond movie and one of the franchise's most stylish, but is Lazenby as bad as he's reputed to be? Also in this episode, our hosts discuss 007 Road to a Million on Prime, and review Bowmore's Aston Martin whisky!

    Charlie's Angels (2000)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 72:39


    Shane and Andrew revisit the classic (?), iconic (?), feminist (!?) action movie Charlie's Angels, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu.

    Vamp (1986)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 84:39


    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang takes a Halloween horror detour with 1986 camp classic Vamp, starring one of our favourite Bond women, Grace Jones!

    Salt (2010)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 73:00


    Angelina Jolie almost had her own spy franchise with Salt, a movie and role that nearly went to Tom Cruise. What went wrong?

    Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me (1962)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 104:40


    Shane and Andrew unpack the many problems in Ian Fleming's least popular Bond novel and find themselves staring at the thesis at the heart of this whole podcast.

    Scene It: 007 Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 44:36


    DVD board games were a thing in the early 2000s. Andrew and Shane unbox a 2004 "007 Edition" of the movie trivia board game Scene It and go head-to-head to test their James Bond knowledge!

    The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 99:53


    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang returns with a tale of billionaires, submarines, and hubris. It's the 1977 Roger Moore classic The Spy Who Loved Me!

    Mamma Mia (2008)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 79:07


    Pride Month is here and it's time for another camp classic with a Bond leading man! This time it's Pierce Brosnan's turn to humiliate himself as he honks his way through the ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia!

    Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 69:31


    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang rounds out its coverage of the Austin Powers trilogy -- and its spy spoof season -- with 2002's Goldmember, the movie that made Spectre a joke several years before Spectre was even written.

    Spy Hard (1996)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 62:15


    Spy spoof movie season continues on Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Leslie Nielsen's Spy Hard. It's a dumb movie, but is it somehow better than Johnny English, the dumb movie from the actual Bond movie writers?

    Johnny English (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 70:48


    Spy spoof season continues with Rowan Atkinson's Bond parody -- from the actual writers of the Bond movies. Treason!

    Spy (2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 73:11


    We're kicking off our countdown to the last Austin Powers movie by checking out some other classic spy spoofs from the 90s and beyond, starting with 2015's Paul Fiege comedy Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy.

    Die Another Day (2002)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 112:25


    It's the movie that almost killed the Bond franchise, but how does it hold up today? Shane and Andrew revisit the final Brosnan Bond movie Die Another Day to reappraise Halle Berry's Jinx, the campy villains Graves and Frost, and that Madonna theme.

    GoldenEye 007 (1997)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 64:59


    Shane and Andrew provide live commentary as their gaymer friends Jomar and Levi play the re-released GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo Switch. It was a game that revolutionized the first person shooter, but how does it hold up today, and how closely does it evoke the GoldenEye movie and the world of Bond?

    Ian Fleming's Thunderball (1961)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 114:35


    We've watched the movies based on the novel, now it's time for the novel based on the screenplay, Ian Fleming (and friends') 1961 novel Thunderball, perhaps the horniest of the Bond novels.

    OK Connery (1967)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 74:39


    Shane and Andrew dive deep into one of the weirdest Bond pastiches ever made, the 1960s Italian spy comedy OK Connery, starring Sean Connery's brother Neil Connery as hypnotist plastic surgeon Dr Neil Connery--and co-starring a whole host of Bond movie performers!

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    Never Say Never Again (1983)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 93:09


    Thunderball is such a classic, Sean Connery made it twice. It didn't work out so great the second time. Shane and Andrew explore the strange story of Never Say Never Again, the unofficial Bond movie that almost created a new franchise.

    Thunderball (1965)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 139:08


    We're back for a new year with an all-time classic, the 1965 Sean Connery movie Thunderball. We hit the highs (Fiona Volpe) the lows (James Bond's spa break) and the Junkanoo too!

    Spice World (1997)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 84:44


    Roger Moore is The Chief in the iconic classic of British cinema, Spice World. Is it a Bond movie? Probably not. Is it a good movie? Possibly not. Is it an amazing experience and well worth your time? Listen and find out!

    Episode 052: Our Favourite Bond Looks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 69:16


    Shane and Andrew count down their picks of the best outfits and fashions in Bond movie history. Suits, swimsuits, beautiful gowns, it's all here -- and inevitably, they disagree enormously and somehow come together in the end.

    The Man from UNCLE (2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 75:56


    Henry Cavill may never be Bond -- but maybe he's played the part already, or pretty close to it. Shane and Andrew check out the once-and-future Superman's 60s spy thriller The Man from UNCLE (co-starring aspiring celebrity cannibal Armie Hammer), with Cavill in the very Bond-esque role of Ian Fleming's Napoleon Solo.

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