November 2008

Bond Reloaded

  • Title: Casino Royale
  • IMDb: link

Move over Pierce Brosnan, there’s a new Bond in town. Feeling some disconnect with James Bond and the movie going audience a new direction for the franchise was decided on.  Bond would be reborn.  The producers decided the series would relaunch the character in the present day still new to the game, snubbing their nose at 42 years of continuity and character development and removing him out of the crucible of the Cold War which formed him.

MI6 agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) is promoted to 00-status and given a license to kill, but gets in trouble on his first mission, which creates a PR nightmare.  M (Judi Dench) sends him on vacation only to discover Bond is continuing his mission in the Bahamas, tracking down a banker, Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), who launders money for many of the world’s terrorist organizations.

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007: Licence to Kill

After several years of threatening to leave the franchise Roger Moore finally bid farewell to Bond with A View to a Kill.  For the first time in over a decade the series needed a new actor for the role.  Sam Neill and Pierce Brosnan were two of the names on the list, but the role went to British stage actor Timothy Dalton.

Dalton had be offered the part twice, in 1968 and 1970, but turned the role down, not wanting to step into, and on, the legacy he felt was Connery’s alone.  After Moore retired however Dalton was approached again and this time he finally accepted.

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RF’s Top 13 Bond Girls

There are so many beautiful Bond Girls you would think it would be easy to make such a list, but whittling down to a number as small as 13 is a bit of a chore.  We’ve got both the very first Bond Girl and the latest to earn the honor, but our list has some notable absences of beautiful actresses (no Halle Berry or Denise Richards) and some beloved characters (no Pussy Galore or Holly Goodhead).

We cut the list down to 13 so not everyone’s favorite made the cut.  The Bond Girls are listed in chronological order of the Bond films.  Sit down with a vodka martini (preferably shaken, not stirred) and see if your favorite is included!

Honey Ryder

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Graphic Novel Goodness

Hey folks, you’ll find the latest comic releases in our Comic Rack, but if you’re just looking to pick up some graphic novels look no further than inside where you’ll find Batman: Ego and Other Tales, Civil War, Fables: Covers by James Jean, The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta Vol. 1, Hulk Vol. 1: Red Hulk, Justice League International Vol. 3, Marvel Illustrated: The Man in the Iron Mask, Punisher: Barbarian with a Gun, Youngblood Vol. 1, and much more!

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