It’s no secret that I enjoy Another Way To Die as a title tune. It’s rollicking and clever and echoes Bond tunes from Goldfinger to Herb Alpert’s/Burt Bacharach’s Casino Royale ‘67…
Overall including the White/Keys title track, the Quantum of Solace soundtrack is a fine addition to the canon. I believe composer David Arnold has made up [...]

read more from this topic.....

I was just out walking my pet rat and i seemed to have got lost.
There really are people (and a pool) down there… you won’t believe this real world story!

read more from this topic.....

With only hints of a script in production now, and opportunities to return Moneypenny and Q to the big screen, there is some anticipation for Craig’s third outing as Oh-Oh-Seven.
Further excitment comes when you consider that Connery, Moore and Brosnan were in the heights of their Bond powers for their third films (Goldfinger, TSWLM, TWINE).
You [...]

read more from this topic.....

Whether you think it’s sick or sane, Twitter is here to stay. Somehow condensing comedy or action updates into 140 characters or less has caused a great craze worldwide.
For James Bond, consider how compactly you can describe his movies and books. For example, The Spy Who Loved Me becomes “The one with Jaws” and Moonraker, [...]

read more from this topic.....

If Pierce Brosnan was let out from his Remington Steele contract, he would have had a relationship with Cubby, the series would have been vastly different, and he would be filming his 7th or 8th (!) Bond film now.
Think about it.

read more from this topic.....

I was in Los Angeles last week, and visited the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where I took this shot:

The stars on the sidewalk, somehow they’re moving in a way you don’t expect. It was touching to see Cubby there.

read more from this topic.....

Zena Marshall has passed away at the age of 84. She was best known to Bond fans as the delightfully evil Miss Taro from Dr. No. We wish her family and friends comfort.

read more from this topic.....

Conceptual prints now available from Sylvan Whittingham-Mason, daughter of marvelous screenwritter Jack Whittingham. These represent the first artwork ever for a James Bond film.
Comments?

read more from this topic.....

Has Bond become a Mary Sue, Canon Sue or a Gary Stu or has CR/QOS redeemed the movie character? Has Devil May Care weakened or strengthed him?

You decide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue#Canon-Sue_.28in_fan_fiction.29

read more from this topic.....

It’s been a few since I had cruised with a boat full of Bond fans. The Jacksonville Princess II was chock full of aficionados, and “the wine was quite excellent” even with clarets… servers tended bar and circulated coconut shrimp and crab cakes (“Crab cakes scare me plenty. Friend of mine went up to Dr. No’s for seafood, only trouble was, he never came back…”) before we adjourned one deck below for prime rib and grilled chicken, greens, and a dessert bar filled with eclairs, cream cake and strawberry cake and more.

A pod of dolphins joined the boat on both sides as we cruised through the heart of the City. Tall ships were in town for a festival, so our ship docked before a water taxi brought us to Jacksonville Landing for the show.

The audience lent the orchestra multiple standing ovations following a robust 2-hour performance (1st Act, classic Bond-John Barry melodies; 2nd Act, ripping modern Bond tunes) and Davis & Co. treated everyone to two encores–Tomorrow Never Dies’ Surrender and Another Way To Die. Carewe sparkled on these tunes and especially on Diamonds Are Forever, The Man With The Golden Gun and other riproarers. She pranced, vogued and mugged on stage while belting out the songs.

read more from this topic.....