Movie Reviews4.9/10
Thirty Years On, DragonHeart’s Knight and Dragon Still Outshine Its Wobbly Script
A knight and a dragon form an unlikely alliance against a cruel king in this tale of honor and corruption.
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Tag: Sean Connery
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Entrapment Review: Connery and Zeta-Jones Carry a Competent Heist Thriller
A heist thriller wherein two thieves, one old and one young, fall in love whilst trapped within a palace and a bank.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Connery’s Final Bond Sends 007 From Amsterdam to Las Vegas in Diamonds Are Forever
Sean Connery's final turn as 007 in Diamonds Are Forever, a smuggling chase across Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Amsterdam.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Thunderball Review: Connery’s Best Bond Yet, Held Back by a Draggy Middle
A tale of stolen bombs and a villain's vengeance in the sunlit waters of the Bahamas.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Connery’s Intelligence Carries an Ambitious Medieval Mystery Through Its Longest Sequences
A monk and his novice enter a forbidden library to solve a labyrinth of murders in a medieval abbey.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
The Hunt for Red October Review: A Solid, Uneven Chase Across the Atlantic
A submarine tale wherein a vessel of secret engines defies detection, and a solitary analyst must prove a captain's treason ere the navy sinks him.
Movie Reviews9.9/10
Why Goldfinger Still Sets the Template for Every Bond Film Since
Goldfinger at 60: how Sean Connery's third Bond film built the franchise formula, from the Aston Martin DB5 to Fort Knox and Pussy Galore.
Movie Reviews9.5/10
The First James Bond Film Kills a Man Before It Shows You Its Star
Dr. No, the first James Bond film, opened with a murder and launched a genre. A review of the 1962 classic starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress.
Movie Reviews1.6/10
Sean Connery’s comic-book misfire still can’t assemble a team worth watching
A 1.6/10 review of 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: seven Victorian heroes, a $17M Sean Connery paycheck, and a plot that ignores the comic.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
The Rock Is a Good Movie With a Long Second Half
A retro review of Michael Bay's 1996 action thriller The Rock, starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, and what still holds up.
Movie Reviews7.9/10
De Niro’s Capone Steals a Movie That Belongs to Connery and Costner
Brian De Palma's The Untouchables, released June 2, 1987: Costner, De Niro, Connery, the baseball bat scene, the Oscar, and why the middle sags.