C’Mon Hollywood: Learn from the success of Bond!

Posted 14 years ago

This week the 23rd James Bond film, SKYFALL, will open nationwide (after already making a killing overseas) and we will finally be able to witness what is shaping up to be one of the best Bond films ever made. Certainly...

Skyfall director and screenwriter to team up for a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-style vampire hunter TV series?

Posted 14 years ago

Things seem to have worked out rather well indeed for SKYFALL scribe John Logan (CORIOLANUS, HUGO, GLADIATOR) – besides being drafted to write the next two Bond films, word now comes that he and director Sam Mendes may have found...

Interview with Skyfall’s baddie Javier Bardem

Posted 14 years ago

November 9th sees the release of the 23rd James Band adventure, SKYFALL, produced by MGM and Columbia Pictures and directed by Sam Mendes. If you haven’t already heard, the movie is fantastic entertainment, without a doubt one of the finest...

Review: Skyfall

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: After being badly wounded on an assignment and presumed dead, James Bond (Daniel Craig) is living a quiet life in exile- spending most of his time hanging out on the beach, sleeping with the local ladies, and drinking himself...

Bond breaks multiple records as Skyfall secures a $77.7 million international opening

Posted 14 years ago

This news should come as little surprise to anyone who read the review from our resident Bond fanatic Chris Bumbray, but the weekend is over and SKYFALL has done incredibly well for itself.  So well, in fact, that not only...

UPDATE: Bond 24 and 25 to be two-movie arc! Bond 24 with Daniel Craig and screenwriter John Logan is on course for a 2014 release

Posted 14 years ago

UPDATE:  Well, not only is screenwriter John Logan writing Bond 24, but apparently he’s writing 25 as well, which he pitched to the producers while working on SKYFALL to be a two-movie arc for the series.  You could argue that...

Should you see Skyfall in IMAX? Only if you want 26% more footage

Posted 14 years ago

I’m sure you’ve seen comparisons between full screen and widescreen presentations of your favorite movies on DVD – this is something kind of like that, but for the cinematic presentation of SKYFALL.  See, in the same way that the widescreen...

James Bond meets the new Q in this clip from Skyfall with Daniel Craig and Ben Whishaw

Posted 14 years ago

We’ve seen a bevy of action sequences and ass-kickery clips from the new Bond film, SKYFALL, but very few where things are settled and calm.  This clip, where Daniel Craig’s 007 meets the new Quartermaster, or “Q”, played by Ben...

In what way was The Dark Knight a direct inspiration for Skyfall? Sam Mendes tells all

Posted 14 years ago

I know, I know, you’re probably tired of hearing how THE DARK KNIGHT influenced this or influences that and inspired some property that didn’t need it to be more gritty and dark and disturbing or realistic or what have you. ...

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