When the Royal Navy’s ability to coordinate the Polaris submarine fleet is compromised, it becomes a race against time to find retrieve the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) in the Ionian Sea before the Russians get hold of it. When a marine biologist employed by the British to find the ATAC is murdered by a Cuban […]
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A couple of weeks ago I published an article on how I saw Skyfall shaping up following the release of the teaser trailer. However, since it didn’t cover all the ground I planned, I decided to write a follow up. Whatever my personal preferences, it’s highly unlikely that anyone involved at a senior level on Skyfall reads this […]
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When a Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked en-route to the UK James Bond is brought in to investigate. When Bond visits company owner Hugo Drax he is introduced to Dr Holly Goodhead and immediately the first of several attempts are made on his life. He does, however, recover the blueprints for a glass vial being […]
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The immediate reaction in the Bond-o-sphere when the Skyfall teaser trailer was released was one of unrepentant fanboy squee. The servers at 007.com went down and the world was atwitter with excitement at the beauty of the new trailer for the latest, as-yet unfinished film by director Sam Mendes. Everyone was happy. Well, as it […]
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Back in October I made 23 short videos about “Bond 23” as Skyfall was known back then. In the videos I discussed what I’d like to see in the new film and what I’d prefer for the filmmakers to avoid. Now that the first teaser trailer has been released and filming is approaching a close, […]
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When a British and submarine vanishes while on patrol, 007 is called back to London by M. James Bond travels to Cairo to follow up a lead where he encounters Major Anya Amasova from the KGB, also known as Agent XXX. The Russians have also lost a submarine and she too is working on finding out […]
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As part of our celebrations of 50 years of James Bond on the big screen we takes a look at the longest serving actor to play the role, Roger Moore.
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May is the month of the Kentucky Derby and so what could be a better choice for this month’s featured James Bond drink, but the Mint Julep? This mix of bourbon, mint and sugar doesn’t actually feature in the books, but it does appear in the film Goldfinger. Traditionally, this is the cocktail of Kentucky […]
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Why it doesn’t matter at all that 007 will be seen drinking Heineken in Skyfall. The recent announcement that James Bond would be seen drinking Heineken beer in Skyfall created headlines around the world, with much of the media reporting that was swapping his vodka martinis for beer. In fact, the most likely scenario is […]
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The world loves Bond but it can be argued that we love his gadgets slightly more. Over the years, movie goers have been thrilled by dozens of impressive gadgets and there are very few of these that are as memorable or as well loved as the Bell-Textron Jet pack. The Bell-Textron Jet pack – or […]
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