After a six year hiatus, the James Bond series got its first reboot in 1995 with "GoldenEye," starring Pierce Brosnan as Bond. The historical context of the film deals not just with the end of the ...

M, being a woman and calling Bond a "sexist" to his face, was an important moment for the franchise, and it played into the larger theme of the movie: Does 007 have a job now that the Cold War is over ...