Bond is back. Here’s the first teaser for Skyfall in which Bond (Daniel Craig) is tasked with eliminating a threat to MI6 and England stemming from secrets of M’s (Judi Dench) past. Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Javier Bardem, Bérénice Marlohe, Helen McCrory, Naomie Harris, Ola Rapace, and Ben Whishaw (as the new version of Q) also star. Bond returns to theaters on November 9th.
Like Bond? James Bond? Want all 22 “official” Bond flicks on Blu-ray in one handy dandy collection? Now’s your chance. For the franchise’s 50th Anniversary MGM and 20th Century Fox are releasing a new box set with all the films plus 130 hours of bonus materials. You can find the full press release after the jump.
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“There is something horribly deficient about you.”
One word summarizes the latest Bond film – disappointment. If Casino Royale was a step in the right direction in rebooting the franchise Quantum of Solace takes at least three steps back. In the hands of a director who had never helmed an action picture, with a script not based on a Fleming story, and with few (almost none) of the Bond trademarks, Quantum of Solace fails to impress. And the real tragedy is they should have known better…
The film picks up immeadiately after the events of Casino Royale (read that review). After the worst car chase montage ever shown in a Bond film, more on that later, 007 (Daniel Craig) delivers Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) to M (Judi Dench) for interrogation.
Before escaping, with relative ease (and a confusing moment where no one, including the director or the four screenwriters it seems, are sure if M is shot), White informs MI:6 that they are hopelessly outmatched by his secret origination with its hands in intelligence organizations worldwide.
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The year was 2002 and the 20th Bond film Die Another Day was a hit at theaters 40 years after Bond first picked up his Walther PPK in Dr. No.
There was much discussion about where to take the character. Many were in favor of bringing back Pierce Brosnan who had some early misgivings about returning for another Bond film, but instead the franchise decided to move in a new direction by allowing Die Another Day (which had paid homage to several of the previous films) to be the swan song of the old Bond flicks and reboot the entire franchise with a new rougher and less sophisticated Bond.
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As part of Bond Week we offer up this fun little James Bond Medley from the 30-Second Bunnies, courtesy of Angry Alien Productions, which condenses the entire Bond library into a half-minute of bunny goodness. Enjoy, and to check out other videos from the Bunny Library click here.
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