James Bond

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) Barbie can do just about anything - and now she's got her sights set on the world's top secret agent: Bond. James Bond! What better way to celebrate the long-running film franchise than with this series of dolls depicting the legendary "Bond Girls"! This set of 3 individually packaged doll...

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) PICTORIAL – Just a perfect day at Pinewood Studios…GRAHAM RYE focuses on a historical 1963 gathering of the movers and shakers of the Bond franchise-to-be on the set of From Russia With Love. PICTORIAL – Bond Bound: Ian Fleming and the Art of Cover Design GRAHAM RYE visits the private view o...

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) Since the theme of the blog this week has tened heavily toward spy girls, I thought I would bring to my weekly Forgotten Books post two little known spygirls/James Bond related novels in a series featuring James Bond’s lesbian twin sister, Jane Bond . . . What's the story on Bond?"

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) CINEMA RETRO MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES MOVIE MAGIC TOUR OF BRITISH FILM LOCATIONS, APRIL 23 – MAY 1, 2010! James Bond The original classic film version of The Haunting The legendary TV series The Prisoner The classic WWII movie The Eagle Has Landed The magnificence of Cinerama

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) Fully updated to include new information on Daniel Craig, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and the future of Bond himself, with over 1,000 amazing photographs—many never seen before—that take you right inside Bond’s world. A must-read for any fan.

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) Presented in celebration of the Cubby Broccoli centennial, this three-day festival will feature screenings, discussions and an exhibit examining the impact of the Bond series and the producer who brought it to the big screen. Film screenings will include at least one film starring eac...

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By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) JOSEPH WISEMAN /DR. NO ~ R.I.P. Joseph Wiseman, a longtime stage and screen actor most widely known for playing the villainous title character in “Dr. No,” the first feature film about James Bond, died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 91. FOR MORE CLICK HERE

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By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) BENSON: I grew up a Bond fan, having been a child of the 50s and 60s... Was fortunate to see the original Connery films in the theater... Started reading the books at the same time, so from the get-go I was heavily into Bond. But I became a normal person, finished high school, went to college in Austin,...

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) Making You Only Live Twice - an exhaustive account of the fifth EON production Author Charlie Higson talks about completing his fifth Young Bond book David Hedison reflects on playing Felix Leiter twice Flying With Commander Ken Wallis - Little Nellie's inventor and pilot

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) Danger Society: The Young Bond Dossier is the complete and definitive guide to the Young Bond series with in-depth character profiles, information on the cars, weapons and exotic locations, plus photographs, maps, and illustrations by artist Kev Walker.

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By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) BASSEY & BOND! The album, which is now titled The Performance, has been produced by five-time James Bond composer David Arnold and according to a new report from the BBC News, includes contributions from a few other very notable 007 regulars.

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) Aarons himself wrote all of the novels in the series until his death in 1975 (his last book being Assignment: Unicorn). With the series still enjoying popularity, it is accepted that Aarons’ brother Will(iam) and his nephew, Will(iam) Jr., took over the writing of the books. It is quite poss...

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) When Ian Fleming died, suddenly, in 1964, at age 56, the “James Bond Mania” that swept the world, after the screen performances of Sean Connery as 007 in “Dr. No,” “From Russia, With Love,” and “Goldfinger,” left a void in the literary world of James Bond.

By bish88@verizon.net (bish8) PER THE YOUNG BOND DANGER SOCIETY WEBSITE: Featuring a brand-new story by Charlie Higson, the Young Bond Dossier is the complete and definitive guide to the world and adventures of Young Bond.

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By bish8@aol.com (bish8) Aug. 12 is the 45th anniversary of the death of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. There’s a tendency to forget Fleming. His last Bond novel was published in 1965 and the movies long ago became the center of the 007 universe. While fleming lived to see two of his novels turned into movies (and...

By bish8@aol.com (bish8) PUPPET ON A CHAIN (1971, UK) What if Daniel Craig was James Bond in the 1970s? A brutal blond-haired tough guy using any means necessary to bring down heroin smugglers in Amsterdam. With a pistol, and brute force, he's actually an undercover agent working for the good guys, despite his dest...

By bish8@aol.com (bish8) Attention James Bond fans: 007 Magazine #51 is now available! These include: Cubby Broccoli Centenary Tribute Quantum of Craig Breakfest with Largo – John McLaughlin Interview From Russia, With Class! Never say never again… probably! And much more…

By bish8@aol.com (bish8) It’s easy to see why. First take a look at the cover. The Lampoon, which published Alligator in 1962, modeled it after the New American Library paperback versions of Fleming’s novels. The novel’s hero, J*mes B*nd consumes seemingly even more alcohol than Fleming’s Bond did.

By noreply@blogger.com (bish8) QUANTUM OF SOLACE – REVIEW (AND IT AIN'T PRETTY)! Anticipation was high for the new James Bond film with the awkward title, Quantum of Solace (QoS) to rival the excellence of 2006’s Casino Royale – the franchise reviving film and debut of Daniel Craig as Bond. Who?