Skyfall

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.

Since being released on DVD and Blu-Ray last week in the UK, Skyfall has sold nearly 2 million copies according to the Official Charts Company. A total of 1.986 million copies were sold in the first week, representing 45% of all DVD/Blu-Ray sales, of which 544,000 were sold on the high definition Blu-Ray format, giving […]

Skyfall had been nominated for the original song (Adele and Paul Epworth), cinematography (Roger Deakins), original score (Thomas Newman), sound editing (Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers), and sound mixing (Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson), but in the end  walked away with just two, and one of those was shared. Adele received […]

With Skyfall released on DVD and Blu-Ray recently the publicity machine is in overdrive to push as many units into our homes as possible despite most Bond fans not needing much encouragement anyway. Perhaps curiously, given that Skyfall was once again lacking the traditionally place gun barrel sequence, the home release is being promoted on […]

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

Adele won the award for Best British Single at the Brit Awards last night, although the singer was unable to attend in person due to being in Los Angeles to rehearse for the forthcoming Oscars and instead a video message was played. In the message she thanked her fans and, and jokingly referred to her […]

It seems like only yesterday that Skyfall opened on the big screen, but after being released last week in the United States on DVD, Blu-Ray and download it has now hit UK stores too. The home release of Skyfall has been huge, with a train painted up in the Skyfall livery used to promote the […]

One of James Bond’s steamiest encounters in Skyfall takes place when Eve arrives at 007’s hotel room and finds him about to use a cutthroat razor to remove the beard he has grown since going MIA in Turkey. After being interrupted by his visitor as they flirt he hands over the razor and lets her to shave […]

Skyfall picked up the award for Outstanding British Film at the 2013 BAFTA film awards, beating Les Miserables, which bookies were tipping to win the prize.

Skyfall was named Film of the Year last night at the London Evening Standard Film Awards, which took place at the London Film Museum, as well as picking up the award for best blockbuster. The award was made to producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Brocolli and comes ahead of the BAFTAs next Sunday, and […]