February 29th, 2016
by David Leigh
As the first of its kind, the non-commercial charity James Bond Fan-documentary A Bond For Life portrays the devoted fan-love of director Benjamin Lind that began almost exactly twenty years ago. When he saw his first Bond film GoldenEye in cinema in 1996, it was love at first sight. From then on, the films accompanied him […]
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February 29th, 2016
by David Leigh
Last night SPECTRE became only the second James Bond film to pick up an Oscar for best original song. Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes won the Academy Award gong for Writing’s on the Wall three years after Adele won the award for Skyfall. The song is also the first ever Bond theme to make the number 1 spot […]
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February 25th, 2016
by David Leigh
To celebrate the release to the small screen of SPECTRE N Peal are showcasing their fabulous sweaters that were designed for James Bond. As a special winter treat, place your order before the 28th February 2016, quoting code BOND1 and they will deliver your items for FREE in complimentary gift wrap. As featured in the official […]
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February 24th, 2016
by David Leigh
To celebrate the release of the 24th 007 film SPECTRE on Digital HD, Blu-ray and DVD, Eaglemoss Ltd, EON Productions and Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd are making their 1:8 scale replica of the Goldfinger Aston Martin DB5 available for purchase as a completed model. The replica DB5 was originally released as a build-up kit that was […]
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February 19th, 2016
by David Leigh
An auction of props used in the filming of SPECTRE raised a total of £2.78 million from a charity auction at Christie’s last night. Starting with a pair of JB monogrammed cufflinks that sold for £30,000, ten lots that included the Day of the Dead costume worn by Daniel Craig during the opening shot, an Omega watch and Tom Ford dinner suit raised […]
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February 18th, 2016
by David Leigh
October saw the publication of The Man With The Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters edited by the author’s nephew, Fergus. Here we take a look at what to expect from the book. Buy from Amazon UK | Amazon.com During the last few years there have been a number of books about Ian Fleming, each […]
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February 16th, 2016
by David Leigh
The British tabloids had a field day on Monday claiming Daniel Craig has quit as James Bond following the news that he has signed to do a US television series. The Sun, the Mail and a whole host of other media outlets jumped on the bandwagon of announcing Craig has definitely quit as 007 after Variety […]
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February 2nd, 2016
by David Leigh
Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall is the first ever Bond theme song to make the number 1 spot in the UK charts and so far picked up the Golden Globe for the best original song. Presumably as part of Sony’s campaign for the song to pick up an Oscar the title sequence of SPECTRE has […]
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