Casino Royale: This Never Happened to the Other Fellas
When Sean Connery strolled onto the screen in 1962’s Dr No, James Bond was already a popular fictional character. Behind the scenes, Fleming had been unconvinced by the casting, but […]
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Casino Royale: The Adaptation
It’s a while since I read the book, and I’d always thought they couldn’t do that scene (with the chair with the cutout seat) apart from anything else. It’s also […]
Casino Royale: First Impressions
Bond has rebooted. All I will say for now is that this is, in my opinion, the best Bond film for 25 years. Visit Little Storping over the next few […]
May Contain Traces of a Chris Cornell Recording
I now have in my possession a copy of the Casino Royale soundtrack album (although I haven’t yet listened all the way through). In small letters on the reverse, in […]
Casino Royale Soundtrack
I find all the different releases of “You Know My Name” make it difficult to work out if I still hate is as much as before but I think I […]
“You Know My Name”: Worse Than “Die Another Day”?
Could this be the worst Bond song ever? I’m trying to remember just how much I hated “Die Another Day” when it first came out (I mellowed after I saw […]
James Bond Actually
There’s a splendidly way out rumour over at MI6.co.uk suggesting that Bond 22 (now titled Four Beddings and an Assassination, presumably) will be written by Richard Curtis of Blackadder and […]
007 Stage Destroyed by Fire
The BBC are just reporting the sound stage used for Casino Royale has been completely destroyed in a fire. But is this the work of SMERSH or SPECTRE? A replica […]
You Know My Name
After rumours that Goldfrapp and Tina Turner were to record the title song for Casino Royale it has finally been confirmed that the song will be written (with David Arnold) […]
Bond 22: Risico?
EON have announced that Bond 22 will be released on May 2nd 2008, ending speculation that they were going for a 45th Anniversary “007 in 2007” follow up to Casino […]
Felix Leiter
I’ve long been a fan of Felix Leiter, James Bond’s best friend. Despite my admiration for Joe Don Baker especially his performance in Edge of Darkness, and even Brad Whittaker […]
It’s Craig. Daniel Craig.
So Daniel Craig is the sixth official James Bond. I’m excited. I loved Craig in Our Friends in the North. Furthermore, it seems Q won’t appear. M may not be […]