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At a scant 106min, QUANTUM OF SOLACE is the shortest Bond film of the official Eon Production line, and the shortest in history after the made-for-television Casino Royale in 1954. Not that length matters (!), but it is a testament to the extent that series producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are willing to [...]

For most people, their favorite Bond films (and Bond actor for that matter) depend largely on where (or more precisely, when) in a person’s life they happen to fall. MOONRAKER, released in 1979, was our first Bond film seen in a theater – an experience that burned both the film and its star, Roger Moore, into [...]

Daniel Craig as James Bond
Over at MotherJones.com, political analyst Kevin Drum makes one of his occasional forays into the world of film commentary, and as is often the case, it leaves you wishing that he would keep his lens focused on politics (a subject he knows better than I could ever hope to). Responding to [...]

With QUANTUM OF SOLACE, the next generation of James Bond films continue in the satisfying mold established by 2006’s CASINO ROYALE. In other words, the familiar franchise elements are on display (cars, guns, women, martinis), but they are treated seriously, instead of tongue-in-cheek. The truly amazing achievement is that – after all these years and all [...]

The new James Bond film opens on Friday. The story continues where CASINO ROYALE left off, with 007 tracking down the mysterious organization that banrolled Le Chifre (and blackmailed Vesper Lynd into helping them, ultimately resulting in her death). Check out the trailer.

His tenure as James Bond may have been cut off before he achieved his ultimate goal – surpassing Sean Connery as cinema’s greatest super spy – but Pierce Brosnan did something very important: he helped bring the character back to life. The films had gone through a phase of self-parody during Roger Moore’s tenure, reaching [...]

The man perhaps most responsible for overseeing the James Bond franchise (along with his half-sister, Barbara Broccoli) is Michael G. Wilson. Wilson has been a part of the 007 series since with THE SPY WHO LOVED ME in 1977. Not only has he produced ten of the films; he also contributed to the scripts for [...]

The James Bond films have not been `films` since FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Or, to put it more precisely, they have become `James Bond films,` a sort of genre unto itself with a well-established formula and a level of audience expectation that cannot be ignored without peril. Elements like credibility and drama take a back [...]

With QUANTUM OF SOLACE opening on Friday, I thought it would be fun to take a nostalgic trip back to 2004, when we were first learning that a new actor would be selected to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. I was not writing for Cinefantastique at that time: I had recently started a new [...]

In 007 On-Set Car Attack, The Mirror.co.uk reports that Carlos Lopez drove a 4×4 at Daniel Craig on the set of the new Bond film. The mayor of Seirra Gorda, where A QUANTUM OF SOLACE is being filmed, Lopez was supposedly angry that his town was being used to portray neighboring Bolivia.
The story sounds a bit [...]

Bond is back in action! The new film is titled QUANTUM OF SOLACE.
The 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, has begun production at Pinewood Studio’s near London and picks up just one hour from where Casino Royale left off.
The movie continues to star ‘blonde Bond’ Daniel Craig as 007 and despite initial doubts about [...]

SMH.Com.Au has an interview with Daniel Craig regarding THE GOLDEN COMPASS.
“I’ve read the books four times,” Craig says proudly. “I read Tolkien when I was a child. I like good fantasy novels and Philip Pullman is a fantastic writer. I don’t think he set out to write these as children’s stories but that’s how they [...]

Lois Maxwell, known to millions of fans for playing Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond films, died in a hospital in Australia on Saturday. She was 80.
Maxwell was one of those busy British thespians who goes from role to role, earning a living without ever becoming a star. Her appearances as the secretary of M division, who has a [...]