To honour the memory of the late Sir Sean Connery, Southern FM will feature a full hour of music from some of the great JAMES BOND movies this Thursday morning. From the original soundtrack themes to songs written about the legendary 007, don’t miss our Bond Special at 9 AM on Thursday 5 November 2020.
Read moreThe last James Bond movie, Sam Mendes’ Skyfall was, for the most part, an exciting and clever re-imagining of Bond mythology that drew on both the Bourne movies and the Christopher Nolan’s Batman films for its visceral action, genuinely menacing villain and creepy noir atmosphere. It’s departure from the more frivolous and hedonistic style of the older Bond films didn’t
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’, James Bond is back! We take a look at the latest Bond film Spectre, we talk about our favourite and least favourite Bond films and play our favourite Bond theme songs. For something a little different we also review low-budget Indian drama The Crow’s Egg. There’s also plenty of fine indie and classic rock
Read moreThe plots of James Bond films are usually confusing to the point of being irrelevant and just an excuse for bond to go shagging and shooting his way around the globe. Skyfall has its fair share of bedroom gymnastics and killings but it also has greater psychological depth and emotional complexity than just about any Bond film as it forces
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we look at one of the biggest films of the year, the latest James Bond movie Skyfall. We’ll give you our opinion of this latest instalment in the Bond saga and tell you all about our favourite Bond films from the past. We also take a look at the intriguing cult drama The Sound of
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