March 8th, 2025
by David Leigh
Special guest Kyle Barbeau joins Javi Trujillo, Bill Koenig, and David Leigh as we continue our deep dive into The World Is Not Enough for its 25th anniversary. Apple | Spotify In this episode, we examine the lasting influence of screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, whose contributions have shaped the Bond series for over […]
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July 15th, 2020
by David Leigh
The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Join us as we watch 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies together as a group experience. For this episode, don your HALO suit, grab a heavy motorcycle, and cue up your copy of Tomorrow Never Dies as the panel chats […]
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June 29th, 2020
by David Leigh
The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Join us as we watch 1999’s The World Is Not Enough together as a group experience. For this episode, don your x-ray specs, grab some sour cream, and cue up your copy of The World Is Not Enough as […]
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May 22nd, 2020
by David Leigh
The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Join us as we watch 1995’s GoldenEye together as a group experience. For this episode, don your Brioni suit, grab a sandwich (not that one!), and cue up your copy of GoldenEye as the panel chats over the […]
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April 15th, 2020
by David Leigh
The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Join us as we watch 2002’s Die Another Die together as a group experience. For this episode, strap yourself in and cue up your copy of Die Another Day as the panel chats over the film in real-time with […]
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November 13th, 2015
by David Leigh
Released in 1995, Goldeneye proved to be a key entry in the James Bond series. Among the various reasons for its importance, not least was ensuring 007’s survival. The film heralded many changes for the James Bond series. First of all Goldeneye introduced a new James Bond in the shape of Pierce Brosnan. It also introduced a female […]
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February 1st, 2013
by David Leigh
This 30 second promo for the Oscars shows Pierce Brosnan as James Bond trying to order a martini.
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November 14th, 2012
by David Leigh
On Sunday night I was lucky enough to see the new documentary “Everything Or Nothing”, commissioned as part of the celebrations for the fifthieth anniversary of cinematic James Bond. While it received a cinema release in the UK, albeit on a limited number of screens, and was shown on cable in the US I had […]
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February 17th, 2012
by Q-branch staff
When Pierce Brosnan was dropped from the role of James Bond the producers took a big risk in moving away from the established 007 formula and rather than keep the existing timeline of the Bond franchise, they followed the Batman movies to revisit Bond’s early years, long before he had become the smooth secret agent with a licence to kill with a taste for tuxedoes and Martinis.
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September 6th, 2011
by Nick Parkhouse
Now firmly established as the James Bond franchise composer after his excellent scores for Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough, David Arnold returned for this third Bond outing on what would become Pierce Brosnan’s final appearance as 007. Initially, Arnold turned once again to lyricist Don Black with whom he had collaborated […]
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