If you live in Dallas/Fort Worth area and consider yourself a James Bond fan, you may already know about the BONDTHOLOGY showings at the Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson, TX. If not, here’s the deal – every month (on the 7th) they’re showing (in order) the 007 films on the big screen, all leading up to the new Daniel Craig movie SPECTRE later this year – slight change starting this month, as now we’ll be presenting a 007 film on the 7th, the 17th, and the 27th of this month and next month. I took over hosting duties from our own Devin Pike with one of my personal favorites, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, back in March. This week we continue with the third Pierce Brosnan installment, one of the most action-packed of the 007 films, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. It co-stars Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Robert Carlyle, Judi Dench as M, and the late and great Desmond Llewelyn as Q.
Released in 1999 and continuing the successful run of Pierce Brosnan as 007 in GOLDENEYE and TOMORROW NEVER DIES, this outing makes things personal when a close friend of M is murdered, and Bond must protect the man’s daughter who now takes over her father’s oil business. Adding to the difficulty is a man named Renard, who thanks to a bullet now feels no pain. Highlights include a daring chase on The River Thames, an underground shootout in a Russian nuclear base, a ski-mobile chase, destruction of a caviar factory, and a battle within a nuclear submarine. It’s also features the introduction of a new Q (John Cleese assisting the great Desmond Llewellyn). As with most of the Brosnan films, this also feature a new BMW vehicle, one of the nicer ones seen in his run. And Robbie Coltrane returns from Goldeneye as one of Bond’s allies.
Please join us this Wednesday at 7:00pm to see this on the big screen, there’s still good seats available as of this writing. Tickets are $7, and we may just give away some Bond items through trivia, so know your 007 and you might win something. Info on the show and ticket purchasing particulars can be found RIGHT HERE. Spread the word to like-minded friends, and hopefully we’ll see you this Wednesday!
James Bond is back. An oil tycoon is murdered in MI6 and Bond is sent to protect his daughter. Renard, who has a bullet lodged in his brain from a previous agent, is secretly planning the destruction of a pipeline. Bond gains a hand from a research scientist, Dr. Christmas Jones who witnesses the action which happens when Bond meets up with Renard, but Bond becomes suspicious about Elektra King, especially when Bond’s boss, M goes missing. Bond must work quickly to prevent Renard from destroying Europe.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
