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 […]
Bond back in action: Week 8 – Live and Let Die
Sir Roger Moore ditched his halo and his ancestral stately home to take on the mantle of 007 for Live and Let Die, the latest Bond movie to hit the […]
Bond back in action: Week 7 – Diamonds are Forever
Sean Connery made two return movies as 007 – although people tend to forget that Diamonds are Forever was the first. It has some extremely silly moments, and the penchant […]
Bond back in action: Week 6 – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
This never happened to the other fellow – except it did, frequently in future, as Bond gains a change of face if not pace in OHMSS, this week’s big screen […]
Bond back in action – Week 4: Thunderball
This week’s James Bond movie on the big screen is the first take on Bond vs Largo – 1965’s Thunderball The amount of money that’s been thrown at this one […]
Bond back in action – Week 3: Goldfinger
The screenings of the entire official James Bond saga hits its third week, and the movie that did so much to establish the successful formula for the franchise – Goldfinger. […]
Bond back in action – Week 2: From Russia With Love
There’s been a lot of chatter online about the cinema showings of the Bond movies, with people discovering plenty in Dr. No they’d not expected. This week’s treat is the […]
Bond back in action – Week 1: Dr. No
To accompany the return of 007 to the big screen this weekend – with Odeon and Vue cinemas starting their run of the entire official James Bond canon – why […]
Bond back on the Big Screen
Odeon and Vue cinemas in the UK will be screening the entire official 007 canon. The films will be screening in stunning 4K and will screen chronologically at Vue and […]
Watch the Academy Awards pay tribute to 60 Years of Bond
2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the James Bond franchise, and the Academy Awards marked the occasion with a special two minute tribute video. All six of the cinematic Bonds […]
Scaring The Living Daylights out of 007
Our feature series on the James Bond movies is back after a short hiatus – with a 35th anniversary lookback at Timothy Dalton’s debut Dalton brings the role into the […]
A first 007 based TV show announced
Amazon has wasted no time in announcing a TV series based on James Bond, part of their recent acquisition of MGM. According to Variety, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli […]
RIP Bond writer John Pearson
John Pearson, who wrote biographies of both Ian Fleming and James Bond, has died aged 91. Fellow Bond author Raymond Benson confirmed the news on social media. Pearson wrote James […]
