• Skyfall

    Skyfall

    Now that Moore, Roger Moore has declared that Craig, Daniel Craig has overtaken Connery, Sean Connery as the best Bond ever, it may be time to reflect upon the whole Bond enterprise and why it has endured for half-a-century. The evolution of Bond as a cultural icon calls attention to how its progress has paralleled…

  • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

    I have no doubt that, if compelled under pain of death and force of arms to watch Meryl Streep play Maggie – or, somewhat more willingly, to see Michelle Williams portray the pitch-perfect Marilyn – that I would still, if given a vote in the Oscar race, cast mine for Rooney Mara in THE GIRL…