January 18th, 2013
by David Leigh
Sky Atlantic is planning a drama based on the life of Ian Fleming, according to the Radio Times and other media sources. The series, titled simply Fleming, will be in four parts and star Dominic Cooper as the author and journalist who worked in Naval Intelligence during the second world war and spent every winter […]
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January 18th, 2013
by David Leigh
In this video we take a look at The Book of Bond, written by Kingsley Amis and published in 1965 under the pseudonym Lt-Col William Tanner.
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January 17th, 2013
by News desk
Skyfall finally premiered in China on Wednesday, the last major territory for it to conquer. According to a report in Hollywood Reporter the film has a number of cuts, including – for some reason – the removal of the scene that shows Ola Rapace’s character shooting a security guard in the lobby of a Shanghai […]
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January 16th, 2013
by News desk
Thomas Newman deserves to win an Oscar for his Skyfall score, according to Slate. I’d argue that David Arnold is the sound of the modern Bond films and Newman was a mistake for Skyfall; just listen to the sweeping theme of Casino Royale, while Arnold’s score for Quantum of Solace is one of the few […]
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January 16th, 2013
by News desk
Skyfall has been nominated Film of the Year in the Evening Standard British Film Awards. The lack of nominations in any major category at the Oscars and other awards has disappointed many commentators, so this may make up for some of that. The latest Bond film is up against independent films Sightseers and Berberian Sound […]
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January 15th, 2013
by David Leigh
Judi Dench’s role in Skyfall was her biggest of all her Bond appearances and she seems to have relished her action scenes including using a firearm for the first time ever judging by a report appearing on the Mail Online. Although Skyfall will be her last Bond film she kept the shell casings she fired in […]
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January 15th, 2013
by David Leigh
Sit down with the drink of your choice and watch this 37 minute interview with Greg Russell who has been nominated, along with Scott Millan and Stuart Wilson, for the sound mixing Oscar. He discusses hearing about the nomination and working on Skyfall, his first Bond movie.
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January 14th, 2013
by David Leigh
Adele was last night awarded the Golden Globe trophy for Best Original Song for Skyfall at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Expressing surprise at the award, she thanked a whole list of people including Sam Mendes, Daniel Craig and boyfriend Simon Konecki. You can watch a video of Adele’s acceptance speach on MTV by clicking […]
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January 14th, 2013
by David Leigh
Skyfall closed the weekend just short of $300 million in the US market, with a worldwide box office of $1,032,863,000, according to figures from Box Office Mojo. The film is coming to the end of its big screen run as the DVD and Blu-Ray release date of February 18th approaches, and worldwide the only major market remaining […]
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January 11th, 2013
by David Leigh
Here are the week’s top picks we’ve shared on our social media channels, judged by response from followers or own personal interest. This week much of the talk was about the Oscars and other showbiz awards: Oscars ceremony to pay tribute to 50 years of James Bond films A special sequence will be shown during […]
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