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Speaking of things worth celebrating, it's the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise…
If you enjoy The Scarf & Goggles Social Club then it's highly likely that you enjoy the books of Ian Fleming. Of course, since the first four movies - Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball - Fleming's 007 has existed in a separate universe from his cinematic namesake. More's the pity.
Fleming ensured that the literary Bond drives Bentleys, and although his pre-war car was written off in the novel…
Dominic Cooper, who played Howard Stark in "Captain America: The First Avenger", is set to play Ian Fleming in a four-part miniseries. It will chronicle Fleming's days in WWII, where he worked for the British Naval Intelligence, and helped inspire him to write a little novel called "Casino Royale" with a character named James Bond.
Annabelle Wallis ("Snow White and the Huntsman") will play Muriel Wright, a woman that he had a love affair with and is said to be the inspiration for the "Bond girl".
Casino Royale is the first of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. And if you've seen the Daniel Craig film, then you'll be familiar with the story's premise. Bond must play a high-stakes card game to bankrupt the corrupt Le Chiffre. The novel also sets up the character of Bond for Fleming's future stories. The fundamentals behind his classic traits and belief systems are grounded in the events that happen in Royale.
Director: Sam Mendes
Writer: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan, Ian Fleming
Starring: Daniel Craig, Judy Dench, Javier Bardem
Certificate: 12A
"England... Mi6... so old-fashioned!"
Bond used to be simple. You either loved it or were entirely indifferent to it. Only now there are those who love classic Bond but hate the new dark and edgy incarnation, and so we end up with the odd chimera which is Skyfall - something of a compromise between the two era's which potentially could please both groups, or alienate everybody.
Want to know what happened to those great James Bond boy toys -- the cars? How many were demolished in making the films? Find out in "James Bond FAQ All That's Left to Know About Everyone's Favorite Superspy" by Tom Demichael, $22.99 paper. Production secrets, Bond heroes, villains, Bond girls, Bond pals, Bond gadgits, Bond composers, aborted Bond movies, the tv Bond.
You may have seen her on your TV screen supporting the new Bond hit Skyfall this autumn, but Kiwi singer Gin Wigmore is sure to be a star in her own right in 2013. Virginia Claire Wigmore appeared this October in the Heineken/ James Bond advert featuring Daniel Craig and Bond girl Berenice Marlohe. This may be her first appearance in the UK, but with a five times platinum album at home in New Zealand and full collection of awards under her belt, she is certainly no stranger to fame.
James Bond is one of the most favorite onscreen spies of all time. There are quite a few actors who have essayed him on silver screen. Among most notable of them are Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan, just to name a few. Some of my favorites are -
Sean Connery- He played the character in the first five…
DAN KEOHANE’S TOP 10 FILMS OF 2012
By Dan Keohane
Ok, so, though you haven't seen much of me in these webbie, wobbly... thingies we call Cinema Knife Fight, that doesn't mean I haven't seen my share of movies this year. In fact, I was pretty amazed how many 2012 releases I'd seen (still nowhere near enough, however). There are a number of movies I did not, or have not yet been able to see (DJANGO UNCHAINED, CLOUD ATLAS, LIFE OF PI and HITCHCOCK to name only a few), but of the films I did manage to see, here are my FAVORITE FILMS OF 2012:
Over the past weekend, Skyfall returned to the top of the box office and became the biggest hit in Sony Pictures' history in the process. After five weekends, the Sam Mendes-directed action film had earned a franchise-high $261.8 million domestically. (For reference, the previous high-point was 2008's Quantum of Solace, which grossed $168.4 million.)
It's not often that a franchise this deep into its existence -- 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the British spy's first appearance on the silver screen -- peaks at the box office.
