March 23rd, 2026
by Q-branch staff
The real MI6 headquarters at Vauxhall Cross became Bond’s definitive on-screen HQ before being destroyed in the Craig era. While it may not be on the list of top sightseeing attractions for most visitors to London, the real-world MI6 headquarters is located at Vauxhall Cross on the south bank of the River Thames. For James […]
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May 28th, 2024
by News desk
Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench reflects on her legendary career as she copes with sight loss due to macular degeneration. Judi Dench, renowned for her role as M in the James Bond series, is celebrating her six-decade-long film career amid personal challenges. At 89, Dench continues to dazzle the industry with her resilience and talent, even […]
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February 28th, 2022
by David Leigh
Both Skyfall and SPECTRE both feature real-life stolen artworks in a tongue-in-cheek nod to reality that began with Dr No. In Skyfall Severine shows Modigliani’s Woman With a Fan to an art collector in Shanghai, who Patrice is sent to kill. The painting was stolen in 2010 along with four other paintings and is yet to […]
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September 10th, 2021
by David Leigh
A look at the new documentary discussing the highs and lows of Daniel Craig’s time as 007. With the marketing cogs for No Time to Die once again back in motion Eon and MGM have treated fans with a documentary looking at Daniel Craig’s career as Bond. While the days to the premiere tick down […]
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April 19th, 2021
by David Leigh
The actress had been suffering from cancer. Last week we received the news of another actor who has died at a tragically young age. Her husband, fellow actor Damian Lewis, revealed that the 52 year old had been suffering from cancer. In Skyfall (2012) she played Clair Dowar MP, who chairs the Parliamentary inquiry hearing […]
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June 7th, 2020
by David Leigh
The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Join us as we watch 2012’s Skyfall together as a group experience. For this episode, don your leather gloves, grab some Union Jack bunting, and cue up your copy of Skyfall as the panel chats over the film in […]
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October 30th, 2019
by Javier E. Trujillo
Javier E Trujillo looks back at the teaser posters from the Daniel Craig era. 5 October 2019 once again commemorated Global James Bond Day. Whilst many fans were eager for EON to release a teaser trailer for the upcoming 25th film, No Time to Die, it was not meant to be. Instead, @007 revealed the […]
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February 9th, 2019
by David Leigh
The highly regarded actor’s career spanned more than fifty years. Yesterday it was announced that Albert Finney, who played Kincade in Skyfall, died after a short illness at the age of 82. While many Bond fans know him as the gamekeeper in Daniel Craig’s third Bond film, Finney’ s career spanned several decades. Initially working […]
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March 6th, 2018
by David Leigh
Roger Deakins awarded Oscar for his work on Blade Runner 2049. Sunday night saw the ninetieth Academy Awards, better known throughout the world as the Oscars. Among those shortlisted for an award was Roger Deakins for his work on Blade Runner 2049. It is the fourteenth time he has been nominated, but until his year […]
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January 25th, 2017
by David Leigh
Long-time Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade talked Bond in an interview about the forthcoming BBC drama SS-GB. The pair, who first joined the Bond family with Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and who were drafted in to address SPECTRE’s script problems, wrote the five-part mini-series based on Len Deighton’s 1976 novel. The book is […]
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