| From Russia with Love (1963),
				Director: Terence Young, rated PG 
						The 
						world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to 
						destroy Agent 007! 
				
				  Starring: 
				Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, 
				Bernard Lee, Daniela Bianchi, Eunice Gayson, Lois Maxwell 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 
				- good 
				"There's a saying in 
				England: Where there's smoke, there's fire." – James Bond 
				Why watch this? Off 
				to Istanbul, where Bond will face dangerous SPECTRE agents. 
				Plot Summary: 
				James Bond is dispatched to Istanbul to retrieve a Lektor 
				decoding device from a Soviet cipher clerk, Tatiana Romanova, 
				who claims to be defecting and has fallen in love with him. This 
				tempting offer, however, is a carefully orchestrated trap 
				devised by the criminal organization SPECTRE, seeking revenge 
				for Bond's previous actions. Dad's Preview: 
				This Bond entry, which is an immediate sequel to 
				Dr. No (1962), 
				focuses more on 007's spy skills. There is a complex plot 
				revolving around SPECTRE's attempt to trap Bond for killing Dr. 
				No. The lure is a cryptography code-breaking device. Though a 
				trap is suspected, Bond is sent in anyway, because, well, he's 
				James Bond. He will encounter the beautiful Tatiana, and two of 
				the best Bond baddies ever: The murderous snake Rosa Klebb, and 
				the quiet, tough Donald Grant, portrayed perfectly by the stern Robert 
				Shaw. This film does not strictly follow the Bond-formula we'd 
				grow used to, and that makes it all the more interesting. 
						 Eon 
						Productions; United Artists
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