Today’s Reviews: Does 007’s cover story hold up?
The new album of cover versions of 007 themes is finally out from Decca – but was it worth the wait? The style, basically, largely consists of turning most of […]
A Quantum of Praise?
Daniel Craig’s second movie as 007 got a lot of slating at its release – not least from its star. But does it deserve reassessment? For many years, I have […]
Unique Bond items up for auction at Christie’s
The Christie’s Sixty years of James Bond auction features 60 iconic lots spanning the 25 Bond films, with proceeds from the live and online auctions to be donated to benefit […]
A new era begins for 007
The final five movies in the 007 saga released to date form a complete story in themselves – from James Bond’s first mission to gain a licence to kill to […]
The world changes for Brosnan’s Bond
There were a lot of changes in the real world in 2001/2 and Pierce Brosnan’s swangsong as 007 reflects at least some of them Elements of a fresh sort of […]
An inspirational family motto for 007
This week’s Bond movie – in the cinemas and on ITV tonight – is Pierce Brosnan’s third, The World Is Not Enough It’s a film so schizophrenic that between its […]
Tomorrow Never…
Is it Dies or Lies? It’s one of the Bond movies that has a lot of urban myths attached (and can recommend the book on its making which is indiscreet… […]
Rare Star Wars and 007 art coming from Propstore in September
Propstore is to hold its next poster auction this September, with the posters and artwork on offer expected to fetch in excess of £350,000. Over 530 rare, sought-after posters and […]
You know the name – you know the number
Pierce Brosnan’s delayed debut as James Bond came in November 1995 and marked another change in pace for the venerable franchise GoldenEye is a full fat reversion, trying to turn […]
A Bond out of time?
The Timothy Dalton era of Bond saw a much tougher agent – much nearer to Ian Fleming’s creation. Though it maintained several of the Bond tropes – title theme, pre […]
Don’t miss Q The Music’s final West End blast of Bond
Q The Music – whose renditions of the music from the James Bond series of movies has garnered consistent praise over the years – is coming to an end, and […]
Celebrating Bond at 60
This autumn will see three special events to mark 60 years of the James Bond franchise on screen. 007 returns to Christie’s in September for the Sixty Years of James […]
RIP Monty Norman
Monty Norman, who wrote The James Bond Theme that has appeared in every official James Bond movie since 1962, has died aged 94. Norman was best known as a musicals […]
Bond back in action: Week 12 – For Your Eyes Only
After the excesses of Moonraker, 007 came back down to Earth with a bump for the first Bond film of the 1980s, For Your Eyes Only For Your Eyes Only […]
EON reinventing Bond
As the 60th anniversary run of the James Bond movies continues to roll out, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have been honoured by the BFI and confirmed that they […]
Bond back in action: Week 11: Moonraker
After the highs of The Spy Who Loved Me, Bond tried to go beyond the Earth in 1979’s Moonraker, moved up to ride the wave of SF movies following Star […]
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