This was a year with enough terrible movies to make one fear for the future of cinema, but looking back at 2012, there was also plenty to like.

The release of any new James Bond film is cause for looking back on the series to date. Here’s what our staff thinks of the many adventures of MI6’s Agent 007.

James Bond’s 23rd big-screen adventure rocks hard, somberly and even mournfully. It doesn’t celebrate the glamorous lifestyle of a dashing spy so much as it makes you worry about him and his Ma’am.