Subject: Pierce Brosnan

• Undeserving Heir

  This Thomas Crown can't match the sizzle of the original

  August 5, 1999

• Still Smilin'?

  Part Disney, part Barnum, the man who saved comics is all Stan Lee

  July 10, 2003

• Balls...Hair Balls: The Top Five Bond Girl Names

  November 10, 2008

• Good-bye to Summer

  September 5, 1996

• It's Topps!

  December 12, 1996

• Missing the Marx

  May 8, 1997

• 007 By the Numbers

  December 18, 1997

• Rotation

  April 16, 1998

• For Good Friday: The Five Best Torture Scenes

  Today is Good Friday, so named because it's the day they finally offed that pompous windbag from Nazareth who would just not shut up about all his "Love your brother" crap. Have you met any of my brothers?Of course, the powers-that-be decided they wouldn't just kill Jesus, they had to torture him a bit first. (For details, consult the Gospel of St. John the Yoo.) This was demonstrated most clearly in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, which we haven't seen but are reliably informed makes th

  April 10, 2009

• Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA

  Thank you for the music, but your movie's kinda drab.

  July 17, 2008

• Married Life Is Far from Heaven

  March 20, 2008

• The Hunting Party

  Two hardened journalists and a newbie go after a war criminal in this dark and dirty winner

  September 20, 2007

• Royale Flush

  The Bond franchise takes a gamble on a new guy, and comes up aces

  November 16, 2006

• Bond in a Bikini

  July 6, 2006

• Glorious Sea

  Brosnan's narration can't mar Deep Blue's gorgeous ocean footage

  July 14, 2005

• Redemption Thong

  Salma's shorts get top billing in an otherwise unwatchable caper

  November 11, 2004

• Feels Like 80 Days

  Jackie Chan takes a long trip without going anyplace new

  June 17, 2004

• Do the Indie Thing

  WorldFest celebrates the obscure

  April 15, 2004

• The Year of Living Dangerously

  Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world

  January 2, 2003

• 'Tis a Foine, Foine Loife

  In the holiday insta-classic Evelyn, Pierce Brosnan forms a family bond

  December 19, 2002

• Thunderbald

  Bond is reincarnated -- sort of -- as a shaved-head punk in xXx

  August 8, 2002

• Crazy from the Heat

  Boorman and Le Carré lose touch with their thrill-seeking personae in Panama

  April 19, 2001

• Enough Is Enough

  Even a first-rate Brosnan can't save this World

  November 18, 1999