NO TIME TO DIE

An excellent and emotional – if uneven and at pains to wrap up every single thread – end to Craig's tenure. Third favorite of his films, order being: CASINO ROYALE, SKYFALL, NO TIME TO DIE, QUANTUM OF SOLACE, SPECTRE (QUANTUM has grown in my estimation with each viewing). "We Have All the Time in the World" never fails to reduce me to a weeping puddle – that it was the centerpiece of my favorite Bond film of all time, ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (no it wouldn't have been better with Connery) makes me even more weepy. James Bond will return.

(Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga from a script by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Phobe Waller-Bridge. Starring Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas, Jeffrey Wright, Ben Winshaw, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, and Christoph Waltz. Released 08 October 2021.)