Obviously I’ve been following the production of No Time to Die much closer than most people. Sometimes following 007 so closely leads to learning more than I should before seeing a particular film for the first time. But this time I just was not at all prepared for what the filmmakers delivered. I’m still pretty […]
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The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Full spoiler discussion of No Time To Die. Now that the 25th James Bond film is out in most of the world, we take the gloves off and discuss the good, bad, and the ugly of No Time To […]
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All eyes on new Bond’s box office after 18 months of misery for cinema. No Time to Die has earned £4.5 to £5 million at the UK box office on its first day of release, according a statement issued by Eon Productions, MGM, Universal Pictures International and United Artists Releasing. The opening figure beats SPECTRE […]
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Special Agent Jof Gurd’s spoiler-free review of the new Bond film. Note from editor: we make every effort to avoid spoilers. However, if you really want to know nothing of the film then don’t read this (or any other) review until you have seen it. So, after 15 years, this is the end of the […]
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The first crop of reviews of No Time to Die appear to be overwhelmingly positive. It’s been a long wait. But the reviews for No Time to Die appear to be overwhelmingly positive. Unusually, there were no press screenings prior to the premiere. Instead the film received simultaneous screenings across the world and the first […]
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Jof Gurd reports on last night’s premiere of No Time to Die. It all came down to this: a rainswept evening at the Royal Albert Hall as a new James Bond film, Daniel Craig’s last, was finally revealed to audiences after a tortuous journey beset by behind-the-scenes indecision, changes of personnel, on-set injury and, of […]
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The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Note: Having not yet seen No Time to Die I wasn’t involved in this podcast and haven’t listened to it. It is a no-spoilers first impressions of the film – but listen at your own risk. We return from […]
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After 18 months of delay due to the pandemic, last night finally saw No Time to Die premiere at London’s Royal Albert Hall. That’s not to say it was a normal premiere by any stretch of the imagination. Covid-19 meant that premiere attendees had to provide a negative covid test and were requested, although not […]
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OK, so today is the premiere of No Time to Die. But one thing you don’t attend a premiere for is a great cinematic experience, at least not at the Royal Albert Hall. Casino Royale was a triple premiere in Leicester Square, which would be my choice if I were organising them. But for SPECTRE […]
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