Commander Bond has a great breakdown. It looks like 8 documentaries, only 2 of which were on the original CR release, plus an enormous amount of other stuff, and bonuses for Blu-Ray purchasers. Very exciting.

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It is heart-wrenchingly cool.
I love how it refers back to Casino Royale, how it develops real plot; it’s action-oriented and exciting, but we do know what the movie’s about. The scenes with Mr. White thrill me.

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Oh, man. Don’t you want Daniel Craig’s trunks?

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Robert Davi, the magnificent Sanchez from Licence to Kill, turns 57 today. Today is also the birthday of the late Peter Lorre, who was the very first Bond villain. He played LeChiffre in the 1954 Climax! teleplay of Casino Royale.

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A fundraising gala for Britain’s National Film and Television School on June 17 features Daniel Craig’s Casino Royale tuxedo–it’s fitted (!)–and a proof of the first Harry Potter novel signed by author JK Rowling and more.

Celebrities expected to attend the auction include Hugh “Almost Bond Before He Blew It” Grant, Stephen “Should Be A Darn Funny Villain” Fry, Rowan “Did You See Me In NSNA?” Atkinson and more.

The question is, what would you most likely do with Craig’s tux?

1) Wear it

2) Closet it

3) Be buried in it

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I had planned a post on this topic today, and by coincidence I find that FelixLeiter.com has posted a screenshot and some speculation about Felix Leiter in Quantum of Solace.
Who is Felix Leiter? In the novels, he serves some very useful literary purposes. He is Bond’s representative of America; introducing American lingo and culture [...]

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Carlos Lopez, mayor of Chilean town Sierra Gorda, was arrested for trespassing on the set of Quantum of Solace. The incredibly stupid part of this story is the number of headlines claiming Daniel Craig “fled in terror.” Because seriously, you’re charged at by a trespasser in a speeding car, and stalkers, y’know, kill people sometimes, [...]

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Today MSNBC discusses the great card games in great movies. Casino Royale ranks #3 after The Cincinatti Kid and Rounders. Since I haven’t seen the other two movies, I can’t fairly assess the ranking.

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Premiere Magazine was kind enough to contact me and let me know about their fascinating interview with Mathieu Amalric.
A lot of the “reveals” are already known to the Bond fan who follows every scrap of news: Quantum of Solace picks up 30 minutes after Casino Royale ends. Camille (Olga Kurylenko) has a personal grudge [...]

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Today’s birthday boy is Oscar-winner Paul Haggis. He is the only Bond screenplay writer to have won a Best Screenplay Oscar (for Crash—he was also nominated for Letters From Iwo Jima and Million Dollar Baby).
Haggis, of course, co-wrote Casino Royale with Purvis & Wade. But if you know the Bond films well, you know [...]

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