Today’s Reviews: The Sound of 007
James Bond celebrates his 60th anniversary in cinemas today, 5th October 2022, and to mark the occasion there was a special concert at the Royal Albert Hall The evening continued […]
Let the Sky Fall on Bond’s 50th anniversary
Ten years ago we were approaching the release of 007’s 23rd official adventure, marking the 50th anniversary: Skyfall is, in many ways, a complex film. It plays around with the darkness […]
James Bond’s Greatest Mission?
Think there were only five missions featuring Daniel Craig’s Bond? No, there were six – and the third of them chronologically was the most important of all. A brief piece […]
Today’s Reviews: A new life for the 00 section
Our Bond reviews take a short sidestep back into print for our look at Kim Sherwood’s radical reinvention of the world created by Ian Fleming. Sherwood has a huge task […]
Bond returns to Prime Video
All 25 official James Bond movies will be available once more on Prime Video, following the conclusion of the cinema showings of the saga. From October 5, for an unspecified […]
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 […]
