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Mark O'Connell
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Writer. Author. Bond Fan.

CATCHING BULLETS - MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN

WATCHING SKIES - STAR WARS SPIELBERG & US

BOND, QUEER BOND - THE FABULOUS OTHER HISTORY OF A SPY

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#JamesBond #WatchingSkies #BondQueerBond
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Mark O'Connell @markoconnell.bsky.social · Mar 22
Welcome to a veritable Double-O show of 007 related missions, interviews, curios and exclusive insight. The best MI6 office for CATCHING BULLETS' video treats, insights and interviews is on YouTube so subscribe another day with love...

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#JamesBond #Bond26 #IanFleming
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The estimable @markoconnell.bsky.social has a new Bond book coming this May, and it’s sure to be an eye-opener. Can’t wait!
Cover art for BOND, QUEER BOND, depicting a multifaceted caricature of 007 that illustrates the queer history and influence that informed the James Bond character. As the world's eyes look to the next 007, Bond, Queer Bond - The Fabulous Other History of a Spy is an original, warm-witted and illuminating chronicle about the queer talents, beats and personalities that have shaped the James Bond phenomenon in all its forms. Blending historical insight with new observations and interviews, Bond, Queer Bond is a dynamic and entertaining James Bond compendium - full of new insight, imagery and an alternative timeline of 007 history few know exists. Bond, Queer Bond is not just the fascinating story about the LGBTQ creativity, temperaments, battles, and voices behind the openly straight James Bond. It is a distinctive, energetic, and original story about identity in pop culture, the difference between gay history and queer expression, and how the deceptively diverse Bond world has always operated alongside both.
January 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Thanks to the Bondesque magazine team for the great words and shrewd insight about this summer's BOND, QUEER BOND - THE FABULOUS OTHER HISTORY OF A SPY!

#BondQueerBond #JamesBond

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#BondQueerBond #JamesBond #MarkOConnell
Bond, Queer Bond: Mark O’Connells nieuwe visie - Bondesque Magazine
Ontdek in Bond, Queer Bond van Mark O’Connell hoe queer cultuur de iconische James Bond-films hebben beïnvloed en zijn erfgoed verrijken.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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NEW BOOK Mark O’Connell presents Bond, Queer Bond - The Fabulous Other History of a Spy. An original, warm-witted and illuminating chronicle about the queer talents, beats and personalities that have shaped the James Bond phenomenon in all its forms. @markoconnell.bsky.social 1/2
January 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Cheers Phil!
philnobilejr.bsky.social Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 2d
The estimable @markoconnell.bsky.social has a new Bond book coming this May, and it’s sure to be an eye-opener. Can’t wait!
Cover art for BOND, QUEER BOND, depicting a multifaceted caricature of 007 that illustrates the queer history and influence that informed the James Bond character. As the world's eyes look to the next 007, Bond, Queer Bond - The Fabulous Other History of a Spy is an original, warm-witted and illuminating chronicle about the queer talents, beats and personalities that have shaped the James Bond phenomenon in all its forms. Blending historical insight with new observations and interviews, Bond, Queer Bond is a dynamic and entertaining James Bond compendium - full of new insight, imagery and an alternative timeline of 007 history few know exists. Bond, Queer Bond is not just the fascinating story about the LGBTQ creativity, temperaments, battles, and voices behind the openly straight James Bond. It is a distinctive, energetic, and original story about identity in pop culture, the difference between gay history and queer expression, and how the deceptively diverse Bond world has always operated alongside both.
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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'The rest is silence.'

There will never be in any year enough Academy Awards to justify how genuinely magnificent, stunning & career defining Jessie Buckley is in HAMNET.

It is without doubt one of the greatest screen performances of all time.

#Hamnet #JessieBuckley
January 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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'A sort of ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW for elves, sprites, and all manner of eccentric imps.'

Ten years since The Goblin King left us, was LABYRINTH's Jareth possibly David Bowie's best movie role?

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#DavidBowie #Bowie #Labyrinth #Out
Jareth, The Wizard of Odd’s Greatest Movie Role?
Bowie slipped his own artistic leash and avant-garde comfort zones for a movie role that doesn’t go away.
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January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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En stor svensk kram to From Sweden With Love and Anders Frejdh for sharing the love and details about BOND, QUEER BOND and how to order your copy!

As at least one Swedish Bond icon is in the book, mycket uppskattat! 🇸🇪 x

#BondQueerBond #FromSwedenwithLove #JamesBond
January 8, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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I-Spy with my little eye...

On 007 January @ 1700 the silk sheets will finally slip back to reveal what game-changing adventure this bullet catcher has in store next...

#JamesBond #MarkOConnell
January 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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When the snow falls, give your country pad a bespoke SKYFALL makeover and see your Bond house value shoot up!

#Skyfall #JamesBond
January 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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With insightful echoes of HYPERNORMALISATION BREAKDOWN: 1975 is a rich, clever, prescient and intuitive study of how a fractured and lost America found a voice, fight and opinion through the US new wave of 70s cinema.

#Breakdown1975 #Jaws #DogDayAfternoon #Network #TaxiDriver
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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A ten year project.
Five seasons.
A pop-cultural event.

Let's do this...

#StrangerThings #StrangerThings5 #WillByers #LGBTQ #WatchingSkies
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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New Year.
New Bond.
New Bullets.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This bullet catcher promises to both shake and stir 2026, and I cannot wait to pull the silk sheets off a few new adventures and finally reveal all!

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#JamesBond #HappyNewYear #MarkOConnell #2026
New Year. New Bond. New Bullets.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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WHERE EAGLES BANG!

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is basically WHERE EAGLES DARE meets a bit of INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM with songs and I am here for it!

#ChittyChittyBangBang
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December 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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AGES 007 AND UP – Catching THUNDERBALL @ 60

As the jet-set caper THUNDERBALL dives into its sixtieth anniversary, this bullet catcher celebrates one of the gamechanging sidebars of EON Productions’ fourth Bond bullet – its merchandise...
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#Thunderball60 #Thunderball #JamesBond
FOR AGES 007 AND UP - Catching THUNDERBALL @ 60
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December 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Tube. YouTube.

Welcome to a veritable Double-O show of 007 related missions, interviews, curios and exclusive insight from this bullet catcher.

SUBSCRIBE here:
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#JamesBond #IanFleming #Bond26
CATCHING BULLETS & James Bond with Mark O'Connell
Welcome to a Double-O show of James Bond related missions, interviews, curios and exclusive insight from the author, film journalist and pop-culture commentator Mark O'Connell (CATCHING BULLETS - MEMO...
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December 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Journalist & Bond fan Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier pens great ink looking at the efforts of James Bond Down Under and James Roberts to turn retro Bond fandom into cinema attendance and popular fixtures...
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Melbourne indie cinemas have found their secret weapon in a Bond superfan
One lifelong James Bond fan is helping steer the course for the indie cinemas landscape in Melbourne, followed by 32k fans.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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The raw beauty of how STAND BY ME ends and voices its friendships lays bare a director who cared about people, outcasts, friendships & decency. Reiner was a substantial LGBTQ ally and stood by queer folk's equality and social standing longer than most.

Art by Ignacio AC
#RIPRobReiner
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Rob Reiner told stories, protected stories and supported stories. His films are the stitching of our movie childhoods and his sense of fight off camera supported and protected even more stories. The emotions are on 11 today.

#RIPRobReiner #RobReiner
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Raising a Vegas glass of Whyte House fizz for the anniversary of a gem of a Bond film that first premiered on this day in 1971 - the shimmering, brilliantly sadistic and stylish midnight bullet delight that is DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER!

#DiamondsareForever #SeanConnery
#JamesBond
December 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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"You can watch it all on TV."

With what could be quite the week for Netflix already, they've just announced a new streaming package deal with Amazon MGM to screen all the Bond movies in 2026.

#Netflix #JamesBond #AmazonMGMStudios
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I-SPY WITH MY 2026 EYE...

New Bond.
New mission.
New adventures.

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#2026 #JamesBond #MarkOConnell #excited #JamesBondWillReturn
I-SPY WITH MY 2026 EYE...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Bond's Oscar star Billie Eilish has collaborated with James Cameron on a new concert film. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT saw Eilish regularly perform NO TIME TO DIE - so will we we see how Cameron treats the Bond franchise?!
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#BillieEilish #JamesCameron #HitMeHardandSoft
BILLIE EILISH - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (LIVE IN 3D) | Official Trailer
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December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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A quiet brilliance of Bond are the layers of espionage hinted at in the foreground. There is a whole fascinating character world revolving around LICENCE TO KILL's Kwang and the trick was to keep it brief.

Rest in peace, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

#RIPCaryHiroyukiTagawa #LicencetoKill #JamesBond
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Knew it!

#Spotify #listeningage #JamesBond #SpotifyWrapped
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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To mark the 20th anniversary of the game-changing bullet, CASINO ROYALE IN CONCERT returns to the Royal Albert Hall for two live performances on 30 December 2026! Very recommended!!

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#CasinoRoyale #CasinoRoyaleinConcert #JamesBond #RoyalAlbertHall
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM