James Bond films

‘An Evening With Richard Kiel’ scheduled for May 27th in London

April 27th, 2013 by

Richard Kiel, best known for his role as Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker alongside Roger Moore, is to appear at The Misty Moon Gallery in London on May 27th. “An Evening With Richard Kiel” includes a Q & A with the actor, autograph signings and a screening of The Spy Who […]

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Richard Kiel to visit Beaulieu in May

April 25th, 2013 by

American actor Richard Kiel , best known for his portrayal of Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker is to appear at the Beaulieu National Motor Museum on Sunday 26th May, according to 007.com. The museum is home to the Bond In Motion exhibition, the largest official collection of original James Bond vehicles and The actor will […]

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The Avro Vulcan bomber from Thunderball

April 3rd, 2013 by

Most readers should be familiar with the plotline of the fourth James Bond movie, Thunderball (1965), which centres around the theft of two atomic bombs following the hijacking of an RAF Vulcan bomber on a training exercise. Of course, in the book the aircraft was a Villiers Vindicator, a fictional experimental plane and later, when […]

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More awards for Skyfall

March 26th, 2013 by

Skyfall picked up more awards on Sunday night when the red carpet was laid for the Jameson Empire Awards on Sunday night at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. As well as picking up the award for best picture Sam Mendes was named best director and also picked up the Empire Inspiration award. Source: Empire […]

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A profile of Bernard Lee, the original M

March 8th, 2013 by

With Ralph Fiennes introduced as the new M at the end of Skyfall following in the long-serving footsteps of Dame Judi Dench, we take a look at the career of the first actor to play the MI6 boss, Bernard Lee. Bernard Lee was a respected English actor who starred in over seventy different movies during his […]

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Ian Fleming recycled: literary Bond moments in Skyfall

February 28th, 2013 by

In a previous article I discussed how the screenwriters for the James Bond series have, particularly in recent years, sometimes plundered Ian Fleming’s books for ideas that have been integrated into original stories.

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Unboxing the Skyfall Steelbook Edition Blu-Ray and DVD

February 21st, 2013 by

A video showing the unboxing of Skyfall Steelbook Edition Blu-Ray/DVD after delivery by Amazon.co.uk

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Daniel Craig triple pack James Bond Blu-Ray collection available in February

January 10th, 2013 by

Daniel Craig’s three James Bond films are to be released in the UK as a Blu-Ray triple pack collection on February 18th, according to information on Amazon.co.uk.

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New book from Len Deighton examines Bond’s arrival on the big screen

January 8th, 2013 by

Amazon recently recommended to me a new book by The Ipcress File author Len Deighton, writing about the James Bond phenomenon from his own personal experince of knowing both Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory, which was a little bit of a surprise since its publication doesn’t seem to have been announced at all. The book, […]

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Skyfall hits $1 billion worldwide

December 30th, 2012 by

Skyfall has finally exceeded the one billion dollar mark at the box office this weekend, according to a tweet by the official 007 twitter account. While I am not personally a huge fan of the film, it has certainly been a hit with the majority of 007 fans and the wider cinema going public, and […]

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