Mark O'Connell
@markoconnell.bsky.social
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
Rep'd by Vivienne Clore
#JamesBond #WatchingSkies #BondQueerBond
www.markoconnell.co.uk
CATCHING BULLETS - MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN
WATCHING SKIES - STAR WARS SPIELBERG & US
BOND, QUEER BOND - THE FABULOUS OTHER HISTORY OF A SPY
Rep'd by Vivienne Clore
#JamesBond #WatchingSkies #BondQueerBond
www.markoconnell.co.uk
'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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
When the snow falls, give your country pad a bespoke SKYFALL makeover and see your Bond house value shoot up!
#Skyfall #JamesBond
#Skyfall #JamesBond
January 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM
When the snow falls, give your country pad a bespoke SKYFALL makeover and see your Bond house value shoot up!
#Skyfall #JamesBond
#Skyfall #JamesBond
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
#Breakdown1975 #Jaws #DogDayAfternoon #Network #TaxiDriver
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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
#Breakdown1975 #Jaws #DogDayAfternoon #Network #TaxiDriver
A ten year project.
Five seasons.
A pop-cultural event.
Let's do this...
#StrangerThings #StrangerThings5 #WillByers #LGBTQ #WatchingSkies
Five seasons.
A pop-cultural event.
Let's do this...
#StrangerThings #StrangerThings5 #WillByers #LGBTQ #WatchingSkies
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
A ten year project.
Five seasons.
A pop-cultural event.
Let's do this...
#StrangerThings #StrangerThings5 #WillByers #LGBTQ #WatchingSkies
Five seasons.
A pop-cultural event.
Let's do this...
#StrangerThings #StrangerThings5 #WillByers #LGBTQ #WatchingSkies
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
Art by Ignacio AC
#RIPRobReiner
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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
Art by Ignacio AC
#RIPRobReiner
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
#RIPRobReiner #RobReiner
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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
#RIPRobReiner #RobReiner
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
#DiamondsareForever #SeanConnery
#JamesBond
December 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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
#DiamondsareForever #SeanConnery
#JamesBond
"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
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
"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
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
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
Rest in peace, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
#RIPCaryHiroyukiTagawa #LicencetoKill #JamesBond
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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
Rest in peace, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
#RIPCaryHiroyukiTagawa #LicencetoKill #JamesBond
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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!!
www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even...
#CasinoRoyale #CasinoRoyaleinConcert #JamesBond #RoyalAlbertHall
www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even...
#CasinoRoyale #CasinoRoyaleinConcert #JamesBond #RoyalAlbertHall
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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!!
www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even...
#CasinoRoyale #CasinoRoyaleinConcert #JamesBond #RoyalAlbertHall
www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even...
#CasinoRoyale #CasinoRoyaleinConcert #JamesBond #RoyalAlbertHall
"She's been murdered. And you think I did it."
Interning for the season at The Grand Budapest Hotel...
#WesAndersonTheArchives #TheGrandBudapestHotel 💜 #WesAnderson @designmuseum.bsky.social
Interning for the season at The Grand Budapest Hotel...
#WesAndersonTheArchives #TheGrandBudapestHotel 💜 #WesAnderson @designmuseum.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"She's been murdered. And you think I did it."
Interning for the season at The Grand Budapest Hotel...
#WesAndersonTheArchives #TheGrandBudapestHotel 💜 #WesAnderson @designmuseum.bsky.social
Interning for the season at The Grand Budapest Hotel...
#WesAndersonTheArchives #TheGrandBudapestHotel 💜 #WesAnderson @designmuseum.bsky.social
"It's your turkey against mine."
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all American Bond fans across the globe!
#Thanksgiving #JamesBond #Thunderball60
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all American Bond fans across the globe!
#Thanksgiving #JamesBond #Thunderball60
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"It's your turkey against mine."
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all American Bond fans across the globe!
#Thanksgiving #JamesBond #Thunderball60
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all American Bond fans across the globe!
#Thanksgiving #JamesBond #Thunderball60
Spoiler from Hawkins! They've recast Hopper and Dustin for the final season and the Rift is already gaping (!).
#StrangerThings #Hawkins #StrangerThings5
#StrangerThings #Hawkins #StrangerThings5
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Spoiler from Hawkins! They've recast Hopper and Dustin for the final season and the Rift is already gaping (!).
#StrangerThings #Hawkins #StrangerThings5
#StrangerThings #Hawkins #StrangerThings5
A big Soviet well done to the agent of audio adventure and all round Bond sage, Mr. Mark Gatiss for winning Best Performance - Narrator for his narration for FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE at The Speakies!!
#FromRussiawithLove #MarkGatiss #TheSpeakies #IanFleming
#FromRussiawithLove #MarkGatiss #TheSpeakies #IanFleming
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A big Soviet well done to the agent of audio adventure and all round Bond sage, Mr. Mark Gatiss for winning Best Performance - Narrator for his narration for FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE at The Speakies!!
#FromRussiawithLove #MarkGatiss #TheSpeakies #IanFleming
#FromRussiawithLove #MarkGatiss #TheSpeakies #IanFleming
THUNDERPALL MALL as top Bond book SPY OCTANE: THE VEHICLES OF JAMES BOND - VOLUME ONE is privately celebrated by a bespoke and insightful evening at the RAC Club on London's Pall Mall...
markoconnell.co.uk/thunderpall-...
#SpyOctane #JamesBond #AstonMartin #DB5
markoconnell.co.uk/thunderpall-...
#SpyOctane #JamesBond #AstonMartin #DB5
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
THUNDERPALL MALL as top Bond book SPY OCTANE: THE VEHICLES OF JAMES BOND - VOLUME ONE is privately celebrated by a bespoke and insightful evening at the RAC Club on London's Pall Mall...
markoconnell.co.uk/thunderpall-...
#SpyOctane #JamesBond #AstonMartin #DB5
markoconnell.co.uk/thunderpall-...
#SpyOctane #JamesBond #AstonMartin #DB5
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Gram. Instagram.
This bullet catcher is bullet catching on IG and some new, big and shiny Bond shaped things are coming from this agent...
www.instagram.com/markoconnell...
#JamesBond #MarkOConnell #2026 #Bond26
This bullet catcher is bullet catching on IG and some new, big and shiny Bond shaped things are coming from this agent...
www.instagram.com/markoconnell...
#JamesBond #MarkOConnell #2026 #Bond26
November 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Gram. Instagram.
This bullet catcher is bullet catching on IG and some new, big and shiny Bond shaped things are coming from this agent...
www.instagram.com/markoconnell...
#JamesBond #MarkOConnell #2026 #Bond26
This bullet catcher is bullet catching on IG and some new, big and shiny Bond shaped things are coming from this agent...
www.instagram.com/markoconnell...
#JamesBond #MarkOConnell #2026 #Bond26
'Whilst CASINO ROYALE is regarded as the leaping Bond reboot of record, it is Brosnan’s debut that was the franchise’s real guarantor.'
As GOLDENEYE hits thirty years old today, I explore its successes and achievements...
uk.movies.yahoo.com/goldeneye-25...
#GoldenEye30 #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
As GOLDENEYE hits thirty years old today, I explore its successes and achievements...
uk.movies.yahoo.com/goldeneye-25...
#GoldenEye30 #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
'Whilst CASINO ROYALE is regarded as the leaping Bond reboot of record, it is Brosnan’s debut that was the franchise’s real guarantor.'
As GOLDENEYE hits thirty years old today, I explore its successes and achievements...
uk.movies.yahoo.com/goldeneye-25...
#GoldenEye30 #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
As GOLDENEYE hits thirty years old today, I explore its successes and achievements...
uk.movies.yahoo.com/goldeneye-25...
#GoldenEye30 #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
The year is 30 years ago. Mothers would give their student offspring BT GOLDENEYE 'phonecards' hoping they'd walk to a glass box in the street, step inside & insert a Brosnan card into a machine, lift a plastic receiver & make a phone call to mother
#GoldenEye30 #GoldenEye #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
#GoldenEye30 #GoldenEye #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The year is 30 years ago. Mothers would give their student offspring BT GOLDENEYE 'phonecards' hoping they'd walk to a glass box in the street, step inside & insert a Brosnan card into a machine, lift a plastic receiver & make a phone call to mother
#GoldenEye30 #GoldenEye #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
#GoldenEye30 #GoldenEye #PierceBrosnan #JamesBond
With Ian Fleming Publications enjoying a great new era of Bond world stories, publications & merch glories, IPF have just given a slick makeover to their own cyber 'hurricane room' - and all bullet catchers should report for duty immediately...
ianfleming.com
#IanFleming #JamesBond
ianfleming.com
#IanFleming #JamesBond
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
With Ian Fleming Publications enjoying a great new era of Bond world stories, publications & merch glories, IPF have just given a slick makeover to their own cyber 'hurricane room' - and all bullet catchers should report for duty immediately...
ianfleming.com
#IanFleming #JamesBond
ianfleming.com
#IanFleming #JamesBond
SPINRAKER as the expanded soundtrack to BOND '79 gets a vinyl overhaul! A year since @lalalandrecords.bsky.social published their great MOONRAKER soundtrack release they've now issued a limited vinyl release!
lalalandrecords.com/moonraker-or...
#Moonraker #JohnBarry #JamesBond #ShirleyBassey #vinyl
lalalandrecords.com/moonraker-or...
#Moonraker #JohnBarry #JamesBond #ShirleyBassey #vinyl
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
SPINRAKER as the expanded soundtrack to BOND '79 gets a vinyl overhaul! A year since @lalalandrecords.bsky.social published their great MOONRAKER soundtrack release they've now issued a limited vinyl release!
lalalandrecords.com/moonraker-or...
#Moonraker #JohnBarry #JamesBond #ShirleyBassey #vinyl
lalalandrecords.com/moonraker-or...
#Moonraker #JohnBarry #JamesBond #ShirleyBassey #vinyl
'Always be original. Never duplicate what you’ve seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you’ve been given, and the rest will come easy.’
ONCE A BOND WARRIOR - RIP Lee Tamahori...
markoconnell.co.uk/once-a-bond-...
#RIPLeeTamahori #JamesBond #DieAnotherDay
ONCE A BOND WARRIOR - RIP Lee Tamahori...
markoconnell.co.uk/once-a-bond-...
#RIPLeeTamahori #JamesBond #DieAnotherDay
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
'Always be original. Never duplicate what you’ve seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you’ve been given, and the rest will come easy.’
ONCE A BOND WARRIOR - RIP Lee Tamahori...
markoconnell.co.uk/once-a-bond-...
#RIPLeeTamahori #JamesBond #DieAnotherDay
ONCE A BOND WARRIOR - RIP Lee Tamahori...
markoconnell.co.uk/once-a-bond-...
#RIPLeeTamahori #JamesBond #DieAnotherDay
This GREMLINS obsessed sky kid promises to now never eat after midnight or turn on a bright light until Nov 19th 2027, but the real news of GREMLINS 3 directed by Chris Columbus & produced by Spielberg does get me a bit wet...
www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-Ski...
#Gremlins #Gremlins3 #WatchingSkies
www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-Ski...
#Gremlins #Gremlins3 #WatchingSkies
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This GREMLINS obsessed sky kid promises to now never eat after midnight or turn on a bright light until Nov 19th 2027, but the real news of GREMLINS 3 directed by Chris Columbus & produced by Spielberg does get me a bit wet...
www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-Ski...
#Gremlins #Gremlins3 #WatchingSkies
www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-Ski...
#Gremlins #Gremlins3 #WatchingSkies