Richard Maibaum

This archive collects the films written by Richard Maibaum reviewed at Master of Worlds — 13 titles spanning “A View to a Kill (1985)”, “Diamonds Are Forever (1971)”, “Dr. No (1962)”, “For Your Eyes Only (1981)”, “From Russia with Love (1963)”, “Goldfinger (1964)”, “Licence to Kill (1989)”, “Octopussy (1983)”, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)”, “The Living Daylights (1987)”, “The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)”, “The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)”, and “Thunderball (1965)”. Together they form a substantial cross-section of the work, and the reviews approach them as storytelling first. The questions stay consistent across the collection — what the screenplay asks of the audience, how it serves the structure of each film, and what holds up on a second or third viewing. Seeing one name across this many films makes the craft legible in a way a single title cannot: the recurring instincts, the range, the choices that mark the work. The collection is curated rather than exhaustive, built from films reviewed in depth at Master of Worlds, and it grows as further titles are added.

Octopussy 1983 review

Octopussy (1983)

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1983 John Glen Bond film with Moore in India. Maud Adams as Octopussy, jewel-smuggling circus train, Soviet nuclear plot.

Licence to kill 1989 review

Licence to Kill (1989)

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1989 John Glen Bond film with Dalton’s final outing. Bond’s personal revenge against drug lord Sanchez. Darkest Bond to date.

Thunderball 1965 review

Thunderball (1965)

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1965 Terence Young Bond film with Connery in Bahamas. SPECTRE steals NATO nuclear weapons. Extended underwater action sequences.

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