One of Roger Moore's Final Roles | 'A Princess for Christmas' | Film Review

[@spaceodds1985]

Ah Roger. Always wanted to keep his audience happy. Even starring in a Hallmark film. What a trooper

[@ProfessorEchoMedia]

I wrote to Roger Moore years ago asking what life was like now that he was an old man. He responded with a short, but lovely note about aging and the changes he felt. He even referred to me as “dear boy.” I love the guy.

[@davidjames579]

The more I hear about him, the better he sounds.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Pierce Brosnan appeared in 2015's 'A Christmas Star' which was narrated by Liam Neeson and features Kylie Minogue!

[@DafyddBrooks]

oooooo good one. he also narrated thomas the tnk engine too :)

[@davidjames579]

Does he say "I have a special set of skills........for delivering presents" ?

[@MatthewHarkin]

Omg you’ve finally taken the plunge and used copyright free Christmas music. You’ve just unlocked so many memories of me watching Christmas decoration vlogs fantasising about my dream home!

[@calvindyson]

It was either that or “Do you know how Christmas Trees Are Grown” on a loop for 15+ minutes 😂😂

[@MatthewHarkin]

You know when to stop 😭🤣

[@BenCol]

16:33 Timothy Dalton's first film (and the film that brought him to Cubby Broccoli's attention) The Lion in Winter takes place in Christmastime 1183. Though whether or not that's enough to call it a Christmas film is up for debate. Sure, they decorate a tree and drink mulled wine, but it's not a particularly Christmassy film. But your mileage may vary - the dysfunctional scheming, plotting and quarrelling of the House of Plantagenet might very well mirror how your family behaves when forced together around Christmas dinner.

[@calvindyson]

Great shout, BenCol! I’ve never seen it but I should certainly expand my knowledge of Dalton’s screen roles, definitely the Bond I’ve seen the least of on screen (after Lazenby of course…)

[@DafyddBrooks]

VERY GOOD indeed.

[@timelordvictorious]

aww seen that film is perfect for xmas

[@nekusakura6748]

​@calvindyson John Barry also did a magnificent Musical score for that film as well, earning him a Best Original Score Oscar.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@calvindyson I wonder if that's because Dalton is more of a 'character actor' so is rarely the lead in most of his 'non Bond' films as well as focusing more on theatre and TV [his last 'live action' film appearance was back in 2010 for example].

[@rhysalexander182]

Pierce Brosnan in “A Christmas Star” (he clearly filmed all his scenes in a day, but it still counts!)

[@calvindyson]

Excellent shout! Okay, that’s next years Christmas video sorted 😆😁 thanks, Rhys!

[@rhysalexander182]

@@calvindyson Amazing! I look forward to it!

[@davidjames579]

I hope its as committed a performance as Taffin

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I'm not really sure why [other than it was good pay] but Pierce did quite a few UK films around that time [including 'Final Score' with Bond alumni Bautista, filmed at West Ham's old ground].

[@davidjames579]

@@jamesatkinsonja yep! And Pierce plays a Russian in that one. Definitely worth a watch for the accent.

[@kuribayashi84]

Your Roger Moore-impression is low-key one of my favourite things. The "Can you _believe this _*_shit?"_* from your TSWLM-review lives rent-free in my head.

[@blinard1]

Ive been clean from drink and drugs now for just over 8 years. Like everyone i have good and bad days. And on bad days, i usually stick one of your videos on, even if its just in the background and it really makes me feel like i have a friend in the room. So, if you are every wondering if you make a difference, just remember that you, amongst others, really do save peoples lives. Thankyou and keep up the amazing work!! X

[@BenCol]

5:09 Having not seen this film, I'm assuming the looks the Duke and his son give are them going: "Did she say 'Dawn of the Living Dead'? Ha! Someone doesn't know their Romero films!" I take it it's established elsewhere in the film that they're both massive horror fans who would pick up on such an error, and that for whatever reason none of the other clips you picked convey that key bit of their characterisation.

[@ChrisCarra_]

Nice review! In 2012, as a trainee reporter, I interviewed Roger Moore for a local paper (via email, but still). He gave me some nice words about his former wife Dorothy Squires. Always my favourite Bond after Pierce Brosnan, although I didn't mention this.

[@usernameinfo4therevenge]

Post Bond Moore took jobs where he liked the co-workers or location. In an interview he said his motivation for making this film was he liked the producer and Bucharest had some good restaurants. I'm not sure if it counts as a Christmas film but Ransom with Sean Connery has lots of snow and a decent Jerry Goldsmith score.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Ransom [filmed in Norway] also is noticeable for having a young Ian McShane as the villain. It was made in Connery's post Diamond's are Forever lull [including Zardoz] before films like 'Man who would be king' improved his station.

[@davidjames579]

Connery adds to his repertoire of nationalities by playing a Norwegian. Who's English Teacher must have come from Edinburgh.

[@liamhutchinson1987]

Thank you Calvin. This was tremendous fun.

[@JRS06]

I feel like we're getting closer and closer to your The World is not enough review.

[@DafyddBrooks]

Roger was my first action hero and as a kid i wanted him to be my father (sorry dad) and in my teens and 20s i wanted him to be my grand father 😊

[@adamlennon92]

“Raising an Eyebrow: My Life With Sir Roger Moore” goes into Rogers time on the set, including an accident with “hairy arse Bulgarians” falling on his leg after he tripped over a light, causing him to have a cast on for the rest of the filming so that’s why he sits down a lot with his legs not in shot. Overall, Roger said he enjoyed the film, apparently editing it only took a few weeks and he was worried over that but he liked it.

[@themadmanchannel9036]

Your Cali-girl falsetto at 7:49 made me do a spit-take. Great Moore impression, too.

[@obscureentertainment8303]

Imagine if Sam Heughan actually ends up being the next Bond and this becomes the only movie we see two EON Bonds together in.

[@davidjames579]

If only Charles Dance had played Bond.

[@spencerkindra8822]

There isn't a single other movie that has two Eon Bonds in it?

[@spencerkindra8822]

@@davidjames579 I can't imagine Eon ever recasting an actor who appeared in a prior Eon official Bond movie as Bond. Only way for an actor to appear in a movie alongside an official Bond actor is in a non-Bond movie and he gets cast as our favorite spy years later.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@spencerkindra8822 Yeah, I can't imagine doing re-casting now, especially for Bond himself as we're more aware of the older film than in the past thanks to home media [It's why suggestions like 'Bring back Dalton as M' would never happen]. It would be 'coincidence before they were cast as Bond' situation.

[@SerpentorTheEmperor]

Well, technically Toby Stephens was Bond in audio plays. ;)

[@PantsofVance]

I'm just here for the Dyson chest hair, and I was not disappointed

[@luketruscott2000]

She plays Morgana in the Merlin tv show which is my favourite tv show ever. She plays the likeable turned vengeful character really well

[@moomin7461]

Just started watching those again. Great series.

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

Ugh, I love BBC’s Merlin too! 🤭😁

[@MAGICMONKEY52]

She was good in the series but IMO they wrote her fall from grace badly. But Katie is a lovely individual. I've met her in real life.

[@Qualimar]

I went to school with Katie McGrath so always cool to see her very early work. I have to admit you can really hear her Irish accent coming through here but she's still awesome. I think she'd have been interesting in a proper Bond film.

[@nekusakura6748]

I say cast her as Anne Reilly/ 'Q'ute' from the John Gardner Continuation novels.

[@FilmNerdy]

Also the snow on the desk scene...I would like to think that IS cocaine and the actors just stumbled in someone's dressing room BUT it's actually Mkat, the poor man's cocaine... I mean, this is a Hallmark film right!?!?! The producers were not going to budget a actors an actual cocaine habit 🤣🤣🤣

[@menkomonty]

I'd like to see more Bond actors in Christmas films/ TV shows. I think the only one that I've actively seen is Timothy Dalton in the Doctor Who story, The End of Time.

[@mattiadenicolo]

You could create a video about "Sir Billi," a 2012 Scottish animated kids' movie. The main protagonist is voiced by none other than Sir Sean Connery, and the film's budget was 15 million GBP. However, it only grossed 15,000 dollars. The main theme was performed by Shirley Bassey, and the movie is full of cringe-worthy Bond references, including a poorly animated Aston Martin DB5. I hope you find my suggestion helpful!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I second this! Calvin has to tackle that trainwreck eventually. Makes 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' look like a fine farewell to acting in comparison. [Alan Cummings from Goldeneye also features!].

[@bouncingbluesoul5270]

Fucking hell, only 15,000 back from 15 million ?

[@bouncingbluesoul5270]

It was Sir Sean's final role. What a way to end your career !

[@davidjames579]

​@@bouncingbluesoul5270with the exception of his voice role in the From Russia With Love video game. A more fitting end I believe.

[@spencerkindra8822]

I've only every seen a trailer for Sir Billi and dear god it's embarrassing. It's a drag that the last performance Sean Connery ever gave period was in that disaster. Had he fully called it quits after he provided his voice in the From Russia With Love video game, that would've been an acceptable way to end his career: he comes back to play Bond one last time (even if it's only doing voice work) in a video game adaptation of what many consider to be his best Bond movie. Sure it's not quite the same as winning the BAFTA for playing MacBeth or whatever but it's decent enough haha. Instead he provides his voice in this horribly animated movie few people have ever even heard of and even fewer people ever saw. What makes it even worse is that he was offered the role of Kinkaid in Skyfall which like Sir Billi came out in 2012 but turned it down. That would've been the best final performance for him: he's back in an official Eon James Bond movie, it comes out in the 50th anniversary year of Dr. No, and the third act is set in Scotland, Connery's home country. It's sucks but thankfully Albert Finney was really good as Kinkaid so it all worked out.

[@davidjames579]

Jules' boss really is a Basil Exposition.

[@henryhammond7393]

And so it comes to this… Calvin taking on Hallmark… an organization sinister as SPECTRE. 😅

[@davidjames579]

Reminds me of Alien: Resurrection where Welan-Yutani have been taken over by Walmart.

[@hjw1001]

The review I never knew I needed!

[@Mvoeikovjr]

Regarding accents, it’s not too much of a stretch. One could presume that english is not a native language there, so the locals speak with an accent. However, the nobility and royalty were possibly educated in Britain, might have some british relatives and probably spoke English since childhood. That happens sometimes, for example the Queen of Denmark speaks with the same RP as our late Queen.

[@davidjames579]

Not sure why Lady Arabella's brother speaks with a Southern European accent and his sister with RP. The recent Mission: Impossible's have a simular thing where The White Widow speaks with RP, but her brother speaks Cockney.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@davidjames579 Lol. If I was to try and explain it for a laugh, I'm guessing Max [Vanessa Redgrave] sent the Widow to private school [hence she's in charge and has a 'posh accent'] but thought it was a waste of time to send her less smart brother [hence he's the mussel and has a 'common accent'!].

[@Dohsoda]

Thank you, Calvin. This is may be your funniest video yet. Happy Holidays you, sir! 🎄☃🎁

[@drjwww]

You definitely know Katie McGrath from other things, most likely for playing Morgana through the entire run of MERLIN. She also had a run on the CW series SUPERGIRL. But she's one of those rare things: a Brit actor who has "gone American" by way of Canada, doing most of her recent work on shot-in-Canada productions, including SUPERGIRL and this. (Almost all Hallmark movies are shot in Canada., with many of them shot in my own neck of the woods.)

[@tritonk1759]

She's incredible in Supergirl.

[@davidjames579]

Just to note, she's Irish, not British. Cillian Murphy pulled up an interviewer when they called him a British actor.

[@Qualimar]

She's Irish not a 'Brit'.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

She was recently in the John Wick spin off 'The Continental' [wearing a mask most of the time as 'The Adjudicator'].

[@loonyleper]

One of your rib-ticklingest reviews yet, Calvin! Keep up the good end and all the best to you and yours over the festive season, sláinte!

[@jimmyboydonald6578]

Bond Movie Milestones in 2024: 60th Anniversary of Goldfinger, 55th Anniversary of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 50th Anniversary of The Man with the Golden Gun, 45th Anniversary of Moonraker, 35th Anniversary of Licence to Kill and 25th Anniversary of The World is Not Enough.

[@lionspawfilmandphoto]

This is one of the only channels I selected notifications for specifically because it's the Mrs. Bell icon.

[@JRS06]

Sam Heughan looks a bit too much like Gustav Graves in this. Shots like 13:21 bear an uncanny resemblance to Toby Stephens.

[@FilmNerdy]

How have I never heard of this!?! Roger Moore in a Hallmark Christmas film 🎄🎉🎅 I didn't even know Hallmark was pumping out stuff in the 90s (correction 2011)...is Hallmark part of new traditions of Christmas these days 🤔 Thanks Calvin for pulling this together for the Christmas month...I was actually thinking this week I wonder if you would have some kind of Christmas trivia episode and this was a delight. I guess Christmas does come more than once a year 😏😬😶🤣 This was brilliant again. Hope you have a great Christmas 🎄 😊

[@jamesatkinsonja]

This film was made in 2011

[@FilmNerdy]

@@jamesatkinsonja Oh, I don't know why it felt like it was in the 90s to me 😅

[@djtforever1414]

OHMSS has Christmas play a part in the plot - the angels are taking the virus to their respective countries for Christmas.

[@captainkail]

This was a lot of fun Calvin! Next do Spice World for 007-adjacent Roger films lol

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Merry Christmas Calvin. Really enjoyed your videos this year and all the best for 2024.

[@paulandrew6457]

The Calvin/Roger voice overs are always funny "She's fooking mental" I'm sure he thought that about Grace Jones in A View To A Kill. Seen most of Rogers films along with all episodes of The Saint and The Persuaders. Not seen this film it looks fun and better than I thought. Worth checking out. Thanks Calvin.

[@garybryant5946]

Tony Curtis should have turned up for a cameo that would have been nice

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Curtis saddly passed away in 2010, probably around the time this was filmed.

[@garybryant5946]

@@jamesatkinsonja thanks I thought it was couple years later boy time flies

[@HarrisonProductions]

Good review, this is by far your funniest video you made. Been chuckling non-stop

[@Savoy1984]

Roger Moore is always ace, his cameo in Val Kilmer’s The Saint always makes me smile.

[@davidjames579]

For all its faults I think that film is worthy of a review by Calvin. It has an interesting portrayal of being a spy (one who uses disguises, accents and character creation). And it's from the director of two of the Jack Ryan films. Plus Rade Serbedzija makes a great villain.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@davidjames579 The biggest issue with that film is that it hasn't got much to do with 'The Saint' but compared to the contemporary 'Avengers' film [who's 60's TV star also has a voice cameo] it's not bad at all. A review would be interesting.

[@davidjames579]

@@jamesatkinsonja yeah I agree it has a very little in common with the novels or Rodge's turn, but director Phillip Noyce had done some research on spy like thieves, who steal secrets for whoever employs them, and that was what he wanted to capture in a Post Soviet Russia.

[@chrisk5204]

I've heard Roger Moore only worked on "Boat Trip" for the money and vacation.

[@davidjames579]

Love how he fully embraces his character. With his natural, suarve campness, its actually a pity he didn't play more Gay characters.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

As Michael Caine said 'If your going to do a crap film, do it in a nice area for a lot of money'!

[@davidjames579]

@@jamesatkinsonja he should have added: and always enjoy yourself. In Steven Seagal's Directorial debut On Deadly Ground, Caine hams it up plenty complete with a terrible American accent and some OTT shouting. I'm guessing he had to direct himself or maybe he was rebelling against the script.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@davidjames579 I was surprised Caine said he found Seagal and the crew 'great to work with' in his autobiography given Segal's terrible reputation. He said he broke one of his rules given it was mostly filmed in Alaska but as you say he was clearly having fun. I'm guessing unlike 'The Quest' there wasn't a Peter MacDonald figure to steady the ship and Caine just did want he wanted with the terrible material.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Roger Moore's acting career certainly slows down a little post Bond [and especially post 2000] mainly as he as focusing on his UNICEF charity work [for which he received his knighthood] but unlike Connery he never 'retired' from acting [TV Tropes once ludicrously claimed 'View' was his final film role ever!]. His last released acting work [filmed in 2013 but only released after his passing] was a Pilot for a revival of 'The Saint' [featuring cameos from Moore and Ian Ogilvy] which wasn't picked up for a full series.

[@DafyddBrooks]

hes a good actor and i wish he did moore ;) the quest was good ahaha

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@DafyddBrooks His comments on the production are great to read [especially describing Van Damn and the producer as the only two people he really disliked in the film industry!]

[@DafyddBrooks]

@@jamesatkinsonja hahahaha oh yeah :) have you seen that Graham Norton interview when he disscussed Van Damn breifley on that show. its great

[@davidjames579]

Apparently Legendary Assistant Director (and onetime director of Rambo 3) Peter McDonald handled a lot of the actual direction on The Quest. Roger kept an office at Pinewood up to his death. There he apparently developed projects. He also while there was given a tour of the Mililenium Falcon by his onetime Alias director J.J. Abrams during The Force Awakens. Rodge was actually a Star Wars fan. But then he had himself visited Drax's Deathstar and used The Force to shoot down the last Poison Globe.

[@andrewb5429]

Merry Christmas, Calvin!

[@calvindyson]

Same to you! 🎄:)

[@andrewb5429]

Thanks!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

0:18 OHMSS was years before Die Hard as was many other action films set at Xmas [such as Lethal Weapon and First Blood]! Die Hard didn't invent the trope!

[@Gnumanfan101]

Finally! Finally, the best Bond adventure! I love this movie - it’s one I usually watch each Christmas.

[@thomsboys77]

Hey Calvin, do you have any plans to review Curse of the Pink Panther? Since that movie features a bizarre appearance by Roger Moore as Inspector Clouseau, who had undergone plastic surgery as an in-universe explanation for the change of actor from Peter Sellers

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Moore was a friend of Sellers and said two of his wives [Miranda Quarry and Lynne Fredrick] were complaining to him that the production was grave robbery which Moore said he felt too embarrassed to tell either of them he was in it! He said he was offered a lot of money per day...and they filmed all this bits in just one day!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

If Curse gets a look, throwing in 'Strikes Again' would fit given that is pretty much a James Bond parody!

[@Dead_Hitori]

One of the decent hallmark movies, but im also bias to Katie McGrath bc she's just fucking gorgeous

[@davidjames579]

In a way she's miscast here as the ordinary girl. I kept thinking Sam Heugan is punching above his weight.

[@MrSuperphil]

Haven’t heard of this film. Will have to check it out. Roger is always fun to watch.

[@DabionFreedom]

A fun & entertaining Bond related film review. especially a hallmark christmas film. featuring a great cast. I will definitely try & track it down. :)

[@jakedebruin2246]

This probably the best hallmark Christmas movies, not that that’s saying much… at least this one has some decent drama.

[@Theminifootballer-qv4qr]

Where did you get your hard stack, for your Ian Fleming books? My dad is trying to get some for his collection.

[@magnusprime962]

So if you’re doing stuff outside of Bond that has Bond actors, is there any chance we’ll see a review of Roger Moore’s appearance on The Muppet Show? If nothing else it was a funny bit of TV

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Don't forget Pierce doing 'Muppets Tonight'!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

These sort of films with stock sentimental scripts are two a penny [they fill up a lot of Channel 5's schedule in the UK at this time of year!] but your remarks were very funny! Odd to see Roger pop up in this sort of film but maybe the cheque was just the right size!

[@davidjames579]

Easy work for an ageing gentleman as well.

[@spencerkindra8822]

I had never even heard of this movie but it's probably the single best Hallmark Christmas movie ever made solely based on the fact that Roger Moore was in it haha. It's good to know that even in his eighties, Moore was still capable of turning in a decent performance, as cheesy as the movie may have been.

[@jimbL200]

9:42 oh Calvin you’re just wonderful 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bluediamonddirector]

Funny, my wife was just watching this movie a couple of weeks ago. I of course was talking about Roger Moore as the film played

[@PoseidonSon44]

Love your channel!

[@beatrixmiller9396]

I love Katie McGrath’s Irish, English, Australian American

[@SUK2293]

A Princess is not just for Christmas.

[@sannakarppinen4163]

Could it be that in his final years Sir Roger Moore waas listing the genres he has been in like "tv role : check, spy movies: check, voice acting :check, Hallmark movies : i has not done one of those before, well let's do this.."

[@davidjames579]

It's the actors equivalent of a Saturday job stocking shelfs in Tesco. Not very demanding, doesn't take long, and you just get to sit down in one location.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

​@@davidjames579 At least this had more dignity than those infamous 'Geezer Teasers'.

[@davidjames579]

@@jamesatkinsonja Oh heck yeah. But they're outright con jobs. With their use of doubles and impressionists. And in addition poor Bruce Willis was not treated with a duty of care during them. At least we can be thankful Roger didn't get so hard up he had to do life insurance commercials.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@davidjames579 They were already pretty wretched [with the 'bait and switch' nature] before the details of Bruce Willis' condition came out which showed they were beyond the pale [to the extent cast and crew were outright disgusted by what was going on]. True-it never got that desperate for Roger!

[@StevenFlounders]

Hi Calvin, are you still planning to complete your trilogy of videos of ranking the Bond actors? Really enjoyed the first two! Thanks

[@dcflake5645]

Merry Christmas Clavin. Do you know how christmas trees are grown?

[@richardvinsen2385]

They need sunshine and raindrops Friendship and kindness And most of all they need love

[@davidjames579]

As Halle Berry said "the same way all trees are grown".

[@Makoto03]

I hate to admit but i'm a sucker for cheesy Hallmark christmas movies. I enjoy watching them around this time every year. I had seen this one with Roger Moore before and enjoyed it. lol

[@RobHeitorReviews]

14:43 oh no

[@gmg9010]

My mom made me watch this movie back in the day.

[@samuelstephens6163]

Wait her name is Jaws?

[@JRS06]

I heard Jules.

[@derekmcintosh6925]

Couldn't stop laughing at your stiff dancing reaction. 🤣

[@laugenbrezel_]

When Spice World Movie?

[@davidjames579]

Ah yes! Since he plays the film's Blofeld I'd imagine Roger said. "I only agreed to do it for the Pussy".

[@joeberryman3563]

All fur coat and no knickers? Now I'm feeling a little stiff.

[@tonywilliams6428]

Looking it up, it was co-written and directed by 80's singer/actor Michael Damian?!?!?!?

[@calvindyson]

He also has a small role as Jules’ boss in the antiques shop at the start of the film!

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

Is it weird that this is technically the second movie you’ve reviewed that has a Bond of sorts with a son Because it seems weird

[@jamesatkinsonja]

It's certainly a different beast to Connery in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'!

[@bensneb360]

All you have to say to say is “Katie McGrath”, and I’m in

[@usernameinfo4therevenge]

A Roger Moore film which has nothing to do with Christmas but might make an interesting review is Bullseye (1990) which he made with Michael Caine. The general consensus is the cast are enjoying themselves a lot more than the audience but I have a soft spot for it. Also features Deborah Moore and Billy J. Mitchell who was in both NSNA and GE.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

John Cleese also pops up in a cameo [as he was a friend of the director] so that's another Bond link!

[@davidjames579]

Micheal Winner would host dinner parties to which Caine, Moore and Cleese were guests. As he often shot his films in Kensington where he lived, it was easy for actors to say yes. Which explains his last film the ironically named Parting Shots. Which features Bond alumus Cleese, Diana Rigg and Joanna Lumeley. Connery and Caine made The Man Who Would Be King together, and appeared in A Bridge Too Far, although not sharing any scenes. Apparently Moore, Caine, and Connery who were all friends wanted to make a movie together. Sadly it never happened and the closest we got was some pretty good comedy banter by the trio at The Oscars prior to presenting an award.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

​@@davidjames579 It is a shame that the proposed Caine-Moore-Connery film never happened.

[@timelordvictorious]

guess the hunt for red October could count as a xmas bond film.

[@Mostirrelevant]

But a beginning of true emotional journey

[@timelordvictorious]

is that the Irish girl from sherlock who plays the main lady in this

[@nekusakura6748]

She played Morgana in Merlin.

[@thomasanderson2757]

The only reason to watch this film is because of Roger Moore

[@samuelstephens6163]

Can we do something from Dalton's filmography? Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Lion in Winter, Cromwell, Sextette, The King's....Whore?!

[@lifeschool]

Merry X-mas Calvin, thanks for the barrel of laughts this channel brings to everyone. Here's another part of my story to warm you up a bit. [Scene 8] Bond slumps, exhausted and in tatters, towards the broken car wreck; still lying in two halves by the side of the road in Alexandria. Inside of the remaining carcass, he is almost in tears as he leans over and takes Holland's brown wide-brimmed hat, still lying forlorn in the foot well. A pack of thin brown Turkish cigarettes is recovered from the glovebox. "Abdullah.. and they smell like dunga!" he says to himself. Searching the trunk, he finds a large greenish blanket with a square-tooth pattern on it, which he wraps around himself, lights a dark cigarette, and puts on the hat - whistling to himself slowly. There is no traffic on the road that morning, or any morning, due to the war. So Bond begins the 48 mile journey back to Cairo on foot, travelling by night, and sleeping in sand dug-outs during the day; with the pit entrance covered by his blanket. For four days and nights Bond walks back, eventually turning from the barren roadway, to walk along a high rocky ridge, in the hope of finding a high vantage point. During the day, dead lizards are sucked to sustain some moisture, and then roasted over a fire at night - the skins eventually making a sun-reflecting headband. For the next three days, the sky seemed like sand, and the shimmering horizon seemed like the sky- or the sea. Waves of salty blue water melted away with each step forward, leaving only footsteps in the parched sand. On the seventh day of his journey, Bond moves even further away from the road, and to his surprise finds a small oasis. Thirstily, he takes a small sip, his eyes permanently crushed with sand, and then spits it out. The water had been poisoned by petroleum. Cresting a rise on the final day, the wind-blown smell of freshly baked bread and hot spicy bean soup assaulted his stomach like a machine gun, Bond doubles over in hunger. Two officers sit outside of an eating house no larger than a shack. Seeing a ragged mess slowly dragging itself towards them like a zombie, one of the officers breaks off some bread, dips it into his soup, and hands it over. "Good Day, Sir. What outfit are you with?" Bond quickly jams all of the bread into his mouth and mumbles "Muh huh muh". They point him towards a dispatch horse, and he slowly canters off towards town. Cairo is a bustle of disorientating sounds and shouting, on top of Bond's headache and thirst, exhaustion, hallucinations, and shivers from sun stroke. Finding a 'British friendly' hotel, he swaps his wristwatch for the price of a room - and is very glad that he had bought an expensive watch. The room felt like ice compared to the baking sun. Bond pours water into a bowl, and wallows his head in it like a Hippo, then put's it on the floor for his feet. With water dripping down, he looks into a dressing mirror. The wide brim falls from his hat, so Bond puts the rest on like a Fez. He looks more like Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer. "I'd walk a million miles, for one of your smiles.....!" he sings exhausted and ironically to himself, just as there is a knock on the door. [Video Game: Get lost in the desert, die, and try again. Get the 'Man With No Name' card.]

[@SUK2293]

I've always wanted to stuff Christmas in Turkey.

[@raygorf735]

16:28 For some inexplicable, unfathomable, unknown reason... no. Sadly, life never awarded me this singular pleasure. 🤭

[@FairladyZ2005]

It's a fun movie for what it is. One of the better ones imho simply for the cast.

[@paulschneider9286]

My favourite Bond - and a gentleman

[@chrisbellon3739]

I watch this movie once or twice

[@derekmcintosh6925]

Not a Christmas film but a Roger Moore Comedy, Im a bit surprised you've never reviewed 2002s Boat Trip. Granted Roger Moore is more a side character. It's about 2 straight guys who get tricked into going on a gay boat cruise. One of the main characters runs into Moore and Moore becomes infatuated with him, much to the characters displeasure. Aside from Bond, it's honestly one of my favorite rolls of Moores.

[@JoeWritesThis]

Moore-y Christmas!

[@PurushaDesa]

Bloody hell. He looks like he's been embalmed.

[@Materminds187]

HOLY SHIT. IT’S KATIE.

[@lifelines9729]

I find all Pierce Brosnans Bonds super Christmassy - bring back wonderful memories of those Christmases too

[@davidjames579]

Tomorrow Never Dies was so late in production that its one of the few recent Bond films to actually be released in December. This used to be a recurring feature in the 60's and 70's where Bond films were released at Xmas and then the next one in the Summer after next. Then Xmas after next for the next one.

[@spencerkindra8822]

Makes sense. All four have a scene with Bond in a snowy environment (particularly TWINE and DAD) and all four came out NEAR Christmas time.

[@spencerkindra8822]

@@davidjames579 The early movies varied as to what time of year they were released, then every movie LALD until LTK came out in the summer, but starting with GoldenEye they've almost all been released in November, the exception being TND.

[@jamesgoring4980]

I love Roger Moore, the best James Bond in my opinion, I just wish he had better movie roles after his 007 tenure ended.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Roger said in his autobiography he spent several years after View to a kill trying to get a film off the ground [I can't remember what it was off the top of my head sorry] but it never happened so by the time he took another acting job, 5 years had passed [to the extent Roger said the press said he was 'coming out of retirement'!] and his star power had diminished considerably. In fairness he wasn't bitter about it and acting became much more of a sideline once he started doing charity work for UNICEF [hence his acting CV being fairly thin post 1996's 'The Quest'].

[@jamesgoring4980]

@@jamesatkinsonja 1990's Bullseye is a guity pleasure of mine 😁

[@jamesgoring4980]

Calvin, you need to seriously review Bullseye!! 😁

[@alexdas2000]

Roger Moore should have played Henry Jones in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

[@jamesatkinsonja]

It's Connery or nothing sorry! Maybe he should have been the new Dean instead of Jim Broadbent.

[@alexdas2000]

@@jamesatkinsonja if he can be replaced as Bond he can be replaced as Henry Jones Sr

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@alexdas2000 They did re-cast Henry Jones for the 'Young Indiana Jones' TV series [with Alex Hyde-White] but like Indy himself [Sean Patrick Flanery] it wasn't the same, plus you lose the great chemistry with Harrison Ford [which was probably the reason why Jim Broadbent's Dean was a new character instead of a re-cast Marcus]. Ford never worked with Roger Moore or [the now pretty much retired] Lazenby but has worked with Connery, Craig [Cowboy's and Alien's] and Dalton [1923] so he's still got the chance to work with Brosnan!

[@LynnHermione]

I wish theyd stop making Bond a super white blond dude when canonically he is neither

[@mavromatis]

I think we got everything there is to get from that movie. Great review and thanks for the effort. Otherwise who's going to watch these?

[@nothingtoseehere2336]

Did anyone else get slight Toby Stephens vibes from the prince?

[@nekusakura6748]

"OF COURSE I WANT TO BLOODY CONTINUE!!!!"

[@DafyddBrooks]

I often associate BOAT TRIP as Rogers final movie as thats the one i clearly remember posters with his name on it and so . Roger certanly was as he calls him self "a bad a** mother f**cker" in that movie ;)

[@calvindyson]

I’m going to HAVE to get to that one on the channel someday! Along with Bullseye

[@spaceodds1985]

@@calvindysonMate, good luck with Bullseye. It’s on YT. Just keep telling youself that this is what Moore did after Bond and what Caine did after Jaws The Revenge😂

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I remember at the time thinking 'why the hell is Roger doing this' about Boat Trip but Moore said he had fun doing it so fair enough. 'Bullseye was so bad even director Michael Winner didn't like it [which says a lot]. Certainly not a patch on Caine's previous film with a Bond, 'The man who would be king'!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

@@calvindyson Bullseye does have an interesting production background including it being written to feature the orient express...but ending up in Scotland due to budget restrictions! It also features John Cleese [so that's another Bond link] and Roger's daughter Deborah.

[@DafyddBrooks]

yaaaaaaay do it@@calvindyson

[@thomaspacull9056]

Watch Fire Ice and Dynamite with Roger Moore

[@jamesatkinsonja]

The poster on Wiki made me laugh! Given Willy Bogner directed it, I guess Roger felt he owed him for all the work Bogner did on his Bond films.

[@davidjames579]

Roger's son Geoffrey is also in it. Since we never got a Sean and Jason Connery team up.

[@jogordon1530]

I’m sure the Hallmark Channel has a very low budget when it comes to shooting on location anywhere!

[@jamesatkinsonja]

Shooting in either South Africa or Romania/Easter Europe was where a lot of 'direct to video'/TV films were shot as it was so cheap [such as Steven Seagal films]. It's like how 'London has Fallen' was mostly filmed in Bulgaria despite the title!

[@ProfessorEchoMedia]

Your reviews are so perceptive, engaging and funny, why don’t you start a second KZbin channel with videos just reviewing movies? And all types of films, not just Bond adjacent ones. I think it would be very successful, to wit at least I would enjoy it very much. 😊

[@jamesatkinsonja]

If your not aware of it, Calvin appeared on the 'diminishing returns' movie review podcast for years. He's also got a Letterboxd page which is a great read. Both are well worth checking out but I wouldn't be adverse to a 'non Bond' film review sister channel from him.

[@ProfessorEchoMedia]

@@jamesatkinsonja A lot would be missing without the visual cutaways and asides, but thanks for the additional info, James.

[@Alex_DC413]

I'm not gonna front: I've watched this on the occasional Christmas as an excuse to ogle Katie McGrath... but as you pointed out, it's watchable enough as a film to do that.