From the 1960s goofiness of “Dr. No” and “Goldfinger” to the darker realism of the Daniel Craig era, the James Bond franchise has taken on many tones over the years. Each new actor puts their own spin ...

Michael Lonsdale, who starred as the mad villain Hugo Drax in the Bond film Moonraker and the dogged detective in the Fred Zinnemann-directed crime thriller The Day of the Jackal, has died. He was 89.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “We are very sad to learn of the passing of Michael Lonsdale, who played Hugo Drax in Moonraker,” ...

Moonraker was the eleventh James Bond movie and was released in 1979. When the Moonraker shuttle gets hijacked in mid-flight, M16 sends James Bond (Roger Moore) to investigate. Moonraker was directed ...

When it comes to Bond, maybe the world is enough. In “Moonraker,” a madman named Hugo Drax hatches an elaborate plan to launch into space, poison every living thing on earth and then return with a ...

The treatment is the James Bond author's only attempt at writing a movie. From the 1960s goofiness of “Dr. No” and “Goldfinger” to the darker realism of the Daniel Craig era, the James Bond franchise ...