Join three knowledgable and quick witted Bondophiles as they discuss all things 007 over a few drinks.
After reacting to the news that control of the James Bond movies franchise we spend some time on the 1967 screwball comedy adaptation of Casino Royale, a film that sits outside the official franchise and is not received with universal acclaim.Gary, Graham and Terry reflect on the film's troubled production which featured an all star cast but has 5 (five) directors. Download the podcast here or listen on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter and on Insta
The Oddjob Pod returns with another edition of the Action Movie Landfill.On each episode of the Landfil, Gary, Graham and Terry fish out a DVD from the vast, imaginary pile of action movies from the sell-thriugh era and decide of they shoud be placed on the shelf or returned to the Landfill.In this edition we have unearthed Michael Bay's The Rock starring Ed Harris, Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery. Many Bond fans have looked at Connery's character, John Mason; a retired SAS officer incarcertaed in the US for 30 years and wonder if this Mason is an alternative unuverse James Bond. The film makers have been at pains to deny this.In any event it is a film with much to admire and the Oddjob Pod trio spend a happy hour and a half ruminating on this 90s classic.Download the podcast here or listen on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter and on Insta
To celebrate Christmas 2024 Gary, Terry and Graham gathered to record a very special musical podcast. Don't worry we don't do that much singing, we leave that to the professionals.In this episode the Oddjob Pod team imagine that they are stranded on a desert island with just six pieces of music from the James Bond films to keep them company while they await rescue or succumb to the anaconda nymph women. Which tracks shall we choose? Listen to the podcast and find out. You can also check out Gary, Graham and Terry's picks on our YouTube channel. Download the podcast here or listen on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter and on Insta
The Oddjob pod make another trip to the Action Movie Landill. In this edition, Graham leads the show after having retrieved Michael Mann's 1995 classic, Heat, from the landfill. Download the podcast here or listen on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter and on Insta
Our film-by-film review of all the Eon-produced James Bond films comes to a close with the latest release, the 2019 film No Time To Die, which was delayed until 2021 due to the pandemic lockdown.Given its denouement, this film takes a somewhat darker tone the closer it gets to the conclusion. As Graham says, "It's not your typical ITV4 James Bond film." Like all Daniel Craig Bond films, this one has an emotional depth that is usually absent in earlier entries.Given the uncertainty of the future of the character and the longevity of the intellectual property, we find ourselves wondering what will become of the franchise and ask ourselves: will James Bond return?Download the podcast here or listen on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating.Like our Facebook page.
The Oddjob Pod crew are back at the Action Movie Landfil. This time is was Gary's turn to fish out a dusty VHS, slot it into the machine and see if it's worth keeping or chucking back on the pile.His choice? An absolute doozy: Paul Michael Glazer's distopian sci-fi actioner, The Running Man starring Arnold Scwarzenegger. Download the podcast here or listen on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter and on Insta
In this particularly brown episode of The Oddjob Pod, Gary, Terry and Graham don their colour corrected glasses and ceremonial Blofeld wigs and take a close look at Spectre.This film was hugely anticipated after the success of Skyfall but doesn't quite land in the way it should despite being a beautifully shot film and a fine example of the Brown genre. Download the podcast here or listen on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter and on Insta
The Oddjob Pod returns for another edition of the Action Movie Landfill. A periodic dive into the almost limitless mound of action films from the sell through era in the late twentieth, early twenty first century. For this episode it was down to Terry to choose and it's fair to say that he chose… poorly. Not for the first time Terry allowed his fond memories of a film from years gone by to cloud his judgement and selected the political action thriller from 1997: The Peacemaker. Starring Nicole Kidman and George Clooney, this big budget blockbuster was directed by Mimi Leder and reflects that post cold war, pre 911 spot where studio representations of US foreign policy was resolutely in denial of their place in the world. Watching back now it seems naïve. The films crude characterisations and dated tropes mean that it does not hold up to contemporary scrutiny and is best enjoyed with a time machine. Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter and on Insta
Sam Mendes Skyfall marked a a stylistic departure at a time when the James Bond franchise was undergoing a renaissance with the Daniel Craig era. Mendes took what has always been a series of films that has prided itself on lavish productions and elevated the aesthetic to art. The mise en scene, cinematography and set pieces are spectacular and beautiful in equal measure. But the film has its critics: a somewhat hokey and derivative plot and an unsatisfying albeit beautifully shot final act.But the film also has a powerful emotional theme about family obligation. We also see James Bond at something of a crisis point as he approaches the final stanza of his career and is confronted with his own mortality. Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter and on Insta
Stephen Norrington's Blade sits if you'll pardon the pun at the leading edge of big-screen Marvel movies. Not counting Howard The Duck, the 1998 film is the first Marvel superhero to be given a cinema release and heralded the wave of X-Men and films and Disney's cinematic universe. The film also sits on something of an intersection in 90s Vampire films; the most successful being Neil Jordan's Interview With A Vampire and Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula which place the vampire as the main protagonist and invite the audience to feel as much sympathy and they do horror. Meanwhile, Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn and Joss Whedon's Buffy The Vampire Slayer are reviving the old monster rally vibe to the genre, making vampire stories a lot more fun. Buffy the TV series is also injecting a dose of vampire romance and eroticism which would be dominated in the subsequent decade by The Vampire Diaries. In the middle of all this is Blade, himself something of an intersectional character: neither vampire nor human; at home nowhere and is cursed to fight until he dies. All told a pretty grim existed magnificently portrayed by Wesley Snipes. The film spawned two sequels, a spin-off TV show and he will return to cinemas in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2025. So there's plenty to discuss in the latest Action Movie Landfill edition of the Oddjob Pod. Join Graham, Terry, and Gary as they sharpen their steel and tuck into Blade. Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter, on Insta and now on Threads.
Gary is in the UK so we took the time to get together and record a podcast. This edition is on Daniel Craig's second James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.We had a lot to say about this film. It's one we enjoy despite its flaws, which we discuss in depth. Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter, on Insta and now on Threads.
The Oddjob Pod's foray into the action movies of the sell-through era continues with Shane Black's 2005 film, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.Black's neo-noir satire and homage acts as a comeback movie for one of its stars, Robert Downey Junior whose reputation in Hollywood has taken something of a knock for well-documented reasons. The film is a meta, fourth-wall-breaking action comedy which received a standing ovation at the Cannes film festival and is celebrated by film buffs for its stylish presentation. The film is a beautiful blend of light and dark, contains tremendous chemistry between Downey Junior and his co-star Val Kilmer and showcases the immaculate Michelle Monaghan as Downey Junior's lost love, Harmony. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang also features an openly gay character, played by Kilmer. We discuss this character and ask how it holds up in 2023. Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitter, on Insta and now on Threads.
In this episode of the Oddjob Pod we celebrate Daniel Craig's first film in the role of James Bond: Casino Royale. If you sat a panel of film critics in front of all 26 James Bond films and asked them to pick the best – not their favourite – but the best, there's a good chance that most would pick Casino Royale. Daniel Craig was a controversial casting of James Bond and there was an ineffective online campaign against his casting with threats to boycott etc. But Craig proved to be a hugely popular and authentic 007. He was also the beneficiary of an almost flawless production that completely revitalised the James Bond franchise. From the beginning, the film departed from the realm of invisible cars and diamond-encrusted satellite lasers of Die Another Day, opting for a more gritty, violent, and emotionally complex James Bond movie. It drew heavily from contemporary spy thrillers like The Bourne Identity and anchored itself in the original source material, Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, which had not been adapted previously as an official James Bond film. In Casino Royale, the audience bears witness to the development of 007. We come to understand why he is who he is through his relationship with Vespa Lynd (Eve Green). Their love affair proves to be a cornerstone of the Craig films and lifts Casino Royale from an action romp to being a film of substance. Such is the departure from previous Bond films that it is still not universally popular among Bond fans. Nevertheless, Casino Royale was a huge box office and critical success and welcomed a new cohort of fans from demographics that normally would not call themselves such. It does all this while remaining an identifiable James Bond movie with some truly unforgettable, and on one occasion eye-watering, moments. Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Action Movie Landfill is back, and we are going all the way back to the early years of the Landfill. The helicopter conspiracy action thriller, Blue Thunder, starring Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Candy Clarke, and the magnificent Warren Oates.This film, written by Dan O'Bannon, was originally intended to be a First Blood in the air but was watered down a bit. Instead, we had what we discovered to be quite a legacy, and we're not just talking about the very bad spin-off TV show.For this episode, we are delighted to welcome a special guest, Jon Hartley. He is a bit of an aviation geek and soon to be co-host of a new movie podcast project, of which more details will follow.Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Gary, Graham and Terry complete their review of Pierce Brosnan's canon with Die Another Day.Regular listeners will know that, despite its incredibly strong opening act, this is not our favourite entry. That said every Bond film is somone's favourite and we are mindful of this when expressing our own views. It is, after all, a James Bond film and we love James Bond films. Why else would we do a James Bond podcast?So take a massive bang on the scorpion venom as we get down to Die Another Day.Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
The Action Movie Landfill returns. This time, Terry, Gary and Graham discuss Simon West's pseudo-indie, art house, liberal action blockbuster Con Air.Some of us were genuinly blown away by this film. Not so much by what it's trying to tell us but by what it said.Give it a listen then watch the movie again and let us know what you think. Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon. Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page. Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Happy Christmas to all our listeners. The Oddjob Pod crew have a festive cracker for you. We take a deep dive into the South China seas for a thorough examination of Tomorrow Never Dies.Pierce Brosnan's second Bond outing has just celebrated its 25th year. It is a film that we all love but acknowledge its many flaws.Join Gary, Terry and Graham as they patiently Bondsplain where it goes wrong and what we would have done to make it better.Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
The Action Movie Landfill is our side-project that explores the classic (or otherwise) movies made during the golden age of sell-through video. The film we have chosen for this edition, is The Transporter. Made in 2003 it is at the end of the golden age but was still a big hit on the DVD market. The movie is significant for tough guy actor and former diver, Jason Statham who had played memorable supporting roles in Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. In The Transporter, "The Stath" had a vehicle of his own.While not a stonewall classic, this low budget French action flick, co-written by Luc Besson, has a slick European feel combined with some high-octane Hong-Kong style action sequences. The moderately engaging plot serves to move the story from one action set piece to the next and it has a supporting cast that, it is fair to say, are doing their best. We really enjoyed talking about it and hope you enjoy listening.If you've not seen The Transporter, do so before listening to this podcast.Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
In a brand new series of podcasts from the Oddjob Pod, we celebrate the classic action movies of the golden age of sell-through videos.For our first episode, Gary, Terry and Graham have been off down to the Our Price store and picked up a VHS copy of Lethal Weapon.Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
The OddjobPod turns its eyes to new frontiers in the James Bond movie with the debut of the much loved actor, Pierce Brosnan, as 007 in Goldeneye.This film has a considerable legacy, not just in redining the movies for the 1990s but also for it's impact on the video gaming industry that is still felt today.Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
The early 90s was a fallow period for James Bond fans. With Tim Dalton confirmed as not returning to the role of 007 and Eon Productions embroiled in legal disputes it looked like JB may never return to the big screen.And James Bond was also meeting his match in the shape of a host of ambitious action and spy thrillers produced by the emboldened Hollywood studios. Be they working class heroes like John McClane and Martin Riggs to CIA agent Jack Ryan. Or the big budget Arnold Schwarzenegger blockbuster True Lies and lower budget, innovative action flicks Point Break and Speed. There was also the influence of French action film director Luc Besson on Tinseltown in the shape of the outstanding Leon. Plus many more that we didn't get to.In this edition of the Oddjob Pod we take a look at some of the great action movies that flourished in Bond's absence and ask what kind of challenges they set to the 007 franchise when it finally returned in 1995 with Goldeneye.Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
No sooner had the Dalton ere started but it finished.The second film starring Timothy Dalton and James Bond 007 has its critics and did not perform as well as had been hoped in the box office. However, for its fans it is an authentic James Bond film with maybe a late 80s action movie twist. Terry, Graham and Gary take great pleasure diving deep into this tale of revenge in which Bond goes rogue. Uncommon for Bond films at the time but a foreshadow of the types of Bond movies to come. Download the podcast here or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
The OddjobPod returns from its brief detour, taking in the No Time To Die and hosting the World Cup of Bond Songs, and resumes its chronological review of the James Bond movies with a thorough shake-down of The Living Daylights.Timothy Dalton's first outing as 007 exists in something of a sweet spot for Graham, Gary & Terry and we have a lot of fondness for Tim and the extremely likeable cast.Download the podcast here and listen to us discuss the living daylights out of this film.Or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
With Australia out of lockdown and Gary having finally made it to a cinema to watch it, we are delighted to offer listeners our opinions on No Time To Die.Important note: If you have yet to see No Time To Die then do not listen to this podcast.Download the podcast and find out.Or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Concluding our World Cup of James Bond Songs extravaganza.Terry, Graham and Gary have negotiated through the groups staged we're into the knock out rounds.Expect a contest of high notes and even higher emotions.Who will be crowned champion?Download the podcast and find out.Or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Terry, Graham and Gary are delighted to present the World Cup of James Bond Songs.After a rigorous and in no way arbitrary qualifying process, 32 title, end credit and incidental songs or themes participate in a festival of great music and sporting competition.Part 1 takes us through the group phase. Which songs will make it through to the knock out phase?Download the podcast and find out.Or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Long time listeners to our podcast will know of our love for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. However, we've never devoted an entire episode t this film until now.Listen then to our assessment of George Lazenby's solitary outing ads James Bond. Is it's accolade as one of the best Bond films ever made warranted? Download the podcast and have a listen.Or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Unlike our Thunderball podcast, where we received a negative reaction to our opinions, we weren't expecting too many people to leap to the defence of Diamonds Are Forever.Least of all ourselves. While much loved at the time, DAF has not worn well in the eyes of many Bond fans. In fact, it is a film that both Graham & Terry have considered to be among the worst. But this latest rewatch has given us pause and forced us to reconsider our opinions. Have we done a 180 on Sean Connery's final official James Bond outing? Download the podcast and have a listen.Or you can listen to it on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Love it or hate it, there is no denying that You Only Live Twice is an unforgettable movie. The lavish sets, exotic locations, and iconic villain mark it as one of the most visually impressive Bond films which has, over time, become a cultural touchstone.That said the movie is flawed and not without its critics.In this episode of The Oddjob Pod, Gray, Graham and Terry discuss this penultimate official Bond outing of Sean Connery. We celebrate its triumphs and call out its failures and ask ourselves where it sits in our afferction. (spoiler: some of us love this movie more than others).So what are you waiting for, Bondsan. Grab your Japanese wig, slap on those eye-pieces, pour yourself a stiff measure of Siamese Vodka and download the podcast now. Or you can listen to it on the player below. Subscribe to the Oddjob Pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Alternatively, add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Fancy cars, smart suits, exotic locations, fiendish plots, and beautiful girls. Thunderball has all the ingredients to be a classic James Bond film, including the box office receipts. The fourth entry into the James Bond franchise, released in 1967, was the most successful until Skyfall in 2012. And yet if you ask many Bond aficionados to rank their favourites, Thunderball will not rate highly. In this episode of the OddjobPod, Gary, Graham, and Terry take a deep dive into this film and articulate why it disappoints when stacked up against other Bond movies, especially its illustrious predecessor, Goldfinger. We also answer the burning question: if Thunderball were a Premier League club, who would be their manager?So plug in those ear pods, don your scuba gear and download the podcast or listen to it on the player below. Subscribe to the Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice. Love the OddjobPod? Please give it a 5-star rating. Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod on Twitterand on Insta
Since this podcast started in 2012 we've never dedicated an entire episode to Goldfinger. In this episode, we rectify that mistake.Join Gary, Terry and Graham as they relive what is for many the definitive Bond film. A movie that's cultural impact and influence on the James Bond franchise lives on, over half a century later.Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon.(if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod and on InstaEnter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner
Gary, Terry and Graham return for another edition of The OddJobPod. In this episode we continue our review of the James Bond films of Sir Sean Connery with a thorough shakedown of the classic From Russia With Love.Regular listeners will recall that this film one our World Cup of James Bond films. As we don our analytical hats and explore the second film of the James Bond franchise we ask: does it still deserves that high accolade?Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify.Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpodEnter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner
Having performed a thorough inspection of Roger's canon the Oddjob Pod returns for a thorough examination of the Bond films of Sean Connery, beginning at the beginning: Dr No.We had slight misgivings about resisting a film that will be 60 years old next year but was pleasantly surprised at how Terence Young's original Bond held up, despite the films obvious problematic elements.So join Gary, Terry and Graham as we go hunting dragons, bikini-clad temptresses and ridiculously magnified goldfish.Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify.Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpodEnter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner
Following the news that the original James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery has died, Gary, Graham and Terry reflect on his work and its impact. We also take a moment to remember Dame Diana Rigg who also died very recently. Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify.Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpodEnter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner
A View To A Kill represents the end of an era in the James Bond universe. Although not know at the time it was to be the final outing for Roger Moore. Hereafter, Bond movies took a slight tonal shift which means that this film proved to be the last of its kind.Sadly, in part due to the age of its leading man but also, it's uninspired, out of the box plot, flawed set up and tired dialogue, A View To A Kill is not celebrated. However, the dynamite performances of Christopher Walken, Grace Jones make the film a fondly remembered if not quite a classic movie among Bond fans.In this episode of the Oddjob Pod, Gary, Graham and Terry celebrate the film's triumphs. forgive its failures and reflect on the the Roger Moore era of James Bond.Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify.Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpodEnter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner
There is no better way to illustrate late the Roger Moore period of James Bond than our hero calmly diffusing a nuclear bom while wearing a clown suit. The high stakes circus act that is Octopussy is a much loved, fondly remembered outing with some memorable action sequences and a stellar ensemble. However it has its problems, specifically with it's colonial attitudes and portrayal of South Asian characters. At least for some fans these are problems. In this episode of the OddjobPod Terry, Graham and Gary discuss the penultimate episode of Roger Moore's Bond canon, consider it's failings and celebrate its victories. There are some considerably less problematic elements to this films and we rejoice in the movies absurdity and hi-jinks. Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify.Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpodEnter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner
Gary, Terry and Graham return for another plunge into the deep waters of the Roger Moore James Bond Universe. In the episode we turn our gaze to the 1981 down-to-earth antidote to Moonraker: For Your Eyes OnlyThis film marked something of a changing of the guard for the production team and this may explain its lack of confidence. However, there is plenty of fun to be had in spite of some of the more cringe-worthy scenes you'll find in the Bond franchise.Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify.Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpodEnter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner
Gary, Terry and Graham are back for another podcast of sizzling James Bond chat. In this episode we focus on the second Bond film written by Christopher Wood.Long standing listeners will know that this is not a universally loved film among the Oddjob Pod crew. Gary is not a fan but both Graham and Terry consider it to be one of the strongest of Roger Moore's outings.Can Gary be talk around and persuaded as to the virtue of this glorious piece of absurd cinema? Stream or download the podcast to find out.Terry also posted a strident defence of Moonraker which you can read here. Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below. The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review) and now on Spotify.Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpodEnter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurner
Ask any fan for their top five James Bond films and most will include The Spy Who Loved Me among them.After the dismal failure of The Man With The Golden Gun. the James Bond franchise was having an existential crisis. Harry Salzman had left, Kevin McClory was hovering around, threatening to make a rival film which prevented Cubby Broccolli from reintroducing Blofeld and Spectre back into the Bond fold.007 needed a big statement film to stay relevant and re-engage the public and in The Spy Who Loved Me it succeeded. This lavish production produced one of the best stunts of all time, spawned sound stage in the world and gave us one of the most entertaining James Bond movies ever.The film was the first of two Bond films penned by Christopher Wood. Much of the movie's humour comes from Wood, who under a pseudonym wrote a long series of naughty sex comedy farce novels during the 70s and 80s. The second film he wrote was Moonraker, which succeded The Spy Who Loved Me.Graham, Terry and Gary analyse and celebrate this film. Its importance to the franchise and to ourselves. We also, hopefully, successfully, argue that the movie has relevance today in 2020.Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
As James Bond fans we wll have a special place in the heart for those films from it's half century run that we love but know deep down is a bit of a stinker. The Man With The Golden Gun is such a film.Roger Moore's second outing as 007 is also co-producer Harry Salzman's final Bond film and between the hokey, tacked on plot, dissappointing ticket reciepts and subsequent legal wranglings following Salzman's departure the film almost ended the franchise. Quite an achievement, given the stellar line-up, one of the most iconic Bond villains, memorable gadgets and some superb action set-pieces.In this episode of the Oddjob Pod, Gary, Graham & Terry celebrate the hot mess that is The Man With Golden Gun: its ups, its downs, it's magnificent abdomen and tin whistles.Some terrible sporting metaphors await plus we ask exactly when is the right time to wear a bikini?Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
Terry, Gary and Graham return for another podcast of James Bond chat.We begin with a quick reaction to the title song to No Time To Die by Grammy Award winner Billie Eilish. We attempt to place it among the oeuvre of Bond tunes and reflect on our own personal favourites.Then we turn to our main topic and ask what are the key elements that make up a classic James Bond film? Our discussion ranges from music to locations, to chases to hokey plane-car chases on snow.File this one under general Bond geekiness. Plus, not for the first time, a robust defence of that marvellous example of absurd theatre, Moonraker.Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
Is Never Say Never Again a proper James Bond film? This is the question at the centre of our latest episode of the Oddjob Pod.Irvin Kershner's 1983 rebel Bond film based on Kevin McLorey and Ian Fleming's original story for Thunderball was a hugely controversial outing at the time but it was also a critical and box office success. This was, of course, mainly thanks to in part thanks to the return of Sean Connery to the role of Bond but also due to the outstanding cast and crew that contributed to this remarkably polished film, given the challenges that it faced.Graham, Terry and Gary assess the merits and authenticity of this film and ask if it deserves more respect and recognition. We also put it up against the film it remade, Thunderball and it’s rival from the same year, Octopussy.And we ask what impact if any, the movie had on the official James Bond Franchise. Did Never Say Never Again leave a legacy and have an influence on later Eon Productions.Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
Drax' Space Station is the host of the second round, semi-final and final of the World Cup of Bond VillainsGary, Graham, and Terry are back for the second part of our World Cup of Bond Villains. In this episode, we play out the second round, semi-final and final... plus the third-place play-off.Did you miss Part 1? Fear not, just scroll back on your feed and select Part 1 or if you don't subscribe (and you should) click here.Download the MP3 or listen to this episode or on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
By way of an intermission during our epic World Cup of Bond Villains, Terry is joined by Rich Nelson of the outstanding Betamax Video club to discuss Tim Dalton's second and final outing as 007 in Licence To Kill.Betamax Video Club is a regular podcast that discusses and celebrates classic movies from the 1980s. Rich has published three excellent James Bond episodes: For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and A View To A Kill.Download the MP3 or listen on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is also on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
Blofeld's volcano air will host the group stages of the World Cup of Bond Villains.Finally, the moment has come. After six preliminary rounds, we are ready for the finals of the World Cup of James Bond Villains.Based upon the Football World Cup in 1982 format Graham, Terry, and your host Gary draw out the group stages and play out a full world cup all the way to the final.Such was the epic scale of this project that we have decided to split this podcasts into two parts with an interlude in between.If you are new to the Oddjob Pod and want to begin the whole World Cup of Bond Villains from scratch then go here to listen to our preliminaries.Download the MP3 or listen on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is also on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5-star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
Join us as we enter the final preliminary round of our World Cup of Bond Villains. Our mammoth qualification period comes to an end.In this final round we assess the effectiveness or otherwise of Alec Trevelyan, Elektra King, Gustav Graves and Dominic Green. Quite the farrago of felony I'm sure you'll agree.With the exception of Trevelyan in Goldeneye, the movies in which these characters appear are not among the most celebrated among critics and Bond fandom (although all these films have there defenders).Together, Gary, Graham and Terry get to the roots of these villains and tries to find the best of the parts of them, with varying degrees of success. We also take the time to pay homage to Robert Carlyle, relegated to the status of henchman in The World is Not Enough.Listen out for some blistering takes from Gary's washing machine.Download the MP3 or listen on the player below.As promised, the link to our World Cup of Bond Films is here.And the link to our commentary is here.The Oddjob Pod is also on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5 star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
The preliminaries of our World Cup of Bond Villains continues with our celebration of the villains of the Sean Connery period, namely Dr No, Rosa Klebb, Kronsteen, Emilio Largo and of course Auric Goldfinger. Through these characters we discuss the development of the Bond villain and in some cases, ask if some are relocatable today.There, also some side conversations about the quality of or indeed existence of these villain's secret lairs. We also wonder which is the better way to go: drowning in pool of acid or buried under a pile of shit.Download the MP3 or listen on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is also on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5 star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
Gary, Terry and Graham return for another scintillating Bondversation. In this edition we continue our Build Up to the World Cup of Bond Villains with an appreciation of those who strove to rule the world during the Roger Moore James Bond period.So get set for Kananga communion, an oration of Orlov, a conflab of Kristatos and a Scaramanga symposium and a kavalkade of Kamal Khan.Also, we reveal which Bond villains to do have their own Wikipedia page.Download the MP3 or listen on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is also on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5 star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
Gary, Graham and Terry are back with another edition of the most irregular James Bond podcast ever. In fact we are about as regular in our scheduling as the Bond films themselves.In this episode we continue our build up to the World Cup of Bond Villains with General Koskov, Le Chiffre, Silva and Sanchez. We'll swing by for some Brad Whitaker and General Koskov while we're here.Download the MP3 or listen on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is also on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5 star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
Our preliminary rounds of the World Cup of Bond Villains continue with what we call Ersatz Blofelds. That is characters who might have been Blofeld if Eon had been able to make use of him or at the very least owe a great deal to Blofeld.We've identified fours villains: Karl Stromberg (Spy Who Love Me), Hugo Drax (Moonraker), Max Zorin (A View To A Kill) and er Elliott Carver (Tomorrow Never Dies).Download the MP3 or listen on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is also on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5 star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
Gary, Graham and Terry are kicking off 2018 with a thorough examination of the world of James Bond villainy.Over the next few months we'll be dissecting all the Bond villains, before slowly lowering them into a shark tank, closing the doors and assuming the it all goes to plan.At the conclusion of our exhaustive dive into this cavalcade of fearsome fiends we will hold a World Cup of Bond Villains, deciding once and for all, who is the greatest of them all... in our opinion.We kick off our festival of villainy with the most notorious fiend: Ernst Stavro Blofeld in all his guises. Blofeld first appears in the Ian Fleming novels and the subsequent films. At first he appears only in the shadows before he is revealed in dramatic fashion in You Only Live Twice.We look at how differently this character has changed with the different actors that have portrayed 007's most infamous nemesis.Download the MP3 or listen on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is also on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5 star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod
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