I suppose everyone will be expecting me to say something about the news that Amazon now hold the rights to James Bond. Frankly, I’m not sure I can: As far as I can tell, nobody knows what this actually. means, although this rather speculative video by Calvin Dyson is pretty insightful. Nobody knows what Amazon is planning or how they intend to treat their new acquisition. Bond films are cinema’s longest running, most venerated tradition; the rights to produce them have now been bought by a massive American company apparently intent on mining it for all it’s worth. To be honest, as hard as I try to be upbeat and open minded, I can’t help but feel a deep sense of sadness and dread.