James Bond

By Todd Gilchrist While the majority of Cinematical's "Shelf Life" columns thus far have targeted specific releases that relate to new films, the truth is that we came up with this series so that we could go back and watch movies we wanted to see, whether it was to experience them for the first time after an eo...

By Jeffrey M. Anderson As a kid I remember reading in either CRACKED or MAD magazine a parody about movie heroes and villains. The story pointed out how, very often, heroes are much ruder and less well behaved than villains. For example, James Bond will burst into an enemy hideout; the villain will remark, "ah... Mr. Bo...

By Elisabeth Rappe Ellis is penning the initial draft of the screenplay and will be executive producer on the project. No director is attached, but I'm keen to see this one take shape. I'd like to see a trend towards supernatural comic adaptations, as it would certainly help balance out the vampires.

By Elisabeth Rappe Some jackass decided to do the latter. Perhaps he or she had a death wish to be ripped apart by the bulging muscles that make up Craig and Jackman, or maybe they thought no one would notice if it kept ringing, and ringing, and ringing. Luckily for the idiot, Jackman was a class act. Luckily for the...

By Elisabeth Rappe It's been nearly two months since Leonardo DiCaprio optioned a new project, and he must have thought we would start calling him lazy. In August, Monika reported that he had 25 projects in various stages of pre-production, and now you can add a 26th, as Variety says he's attached to star in Th...

By Elisabeth Rappe Continued below the jump Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, Executive shifts, MGM, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, DIY/Filmmaking, Peter Jackson, Politics, James Bond, Remakes and Sequels, Daniel Craig

By Kevin Kelly Did you like Quantum of Solace? Neither did I. Despite all the bombast and the film being billed as "The first direct James Bond sequel EVAR!" I just found myself bored throughout it, except maybe during that opening car chase. Otherwise, it was snoozeville. I lay part of that blame on the fact...

By Cinematical staff Filed under: Action, Fandom, Cinematical Seven, James Bond, Lists In anticipation of Quantum of Solace, we're rerunning some of our favorite Bond posts alongside a few new ones. Enjoy!) 7. Casino Royale Continue reading Cinematical (Double-O) Seven: The 007 Best Bond Flicks

By James Rocchi What does Daniel Craig get right in his new outing as James Bond? What does Quantum of Solace get wrong? Can Marc Forster really direct action? Is Olga Kurylenko really the "hottest Bond girl ever?" Which directors could and should take on Bond's 23rd outing? And above and beyond all these...

By Scott Weinberg Remove all proper nouns from the equation and Quantum of Solace isn't a B+ action flick. It's brisk and shiny, partially smart and frequently flashy; it's got loads of chases, escapes, fights, and explosions, as well as a game cast and a leading man who really sells the physical stuff. The pl...

By James Rocchi At this point, the most dangerous threat James Bond faces does not shoot from the barrel of a gun or glimmer from the lens of a laser but instead springs from the tightly-coiled engine of the audience's expectations. Any new Bond film has to not only compete with the films that have come befor...

By Scott Weinberg After taking a lot of finger-wagging from the mommies of the world, series creators George Lucas and Steven Spielberg decided to lose the nasty edge that was so prevalent in the previous film (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) and hearken back to the old-fashioned charms found (every...

By Ryan Stewart Shortly after I first saw Casino Royale, someone asked me what I thought about it and I blurted out "B-." How could I, a Bond fan, give the movie such a low rating, they wanted to know, to which I replied that it seemed more like a movie-movie than a Bond movie and it should have gone further in its...

By Patrick Walsh Filed under: Action, Casting, Fandom, Scripts, James Bond, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Daniel CraigComing Soon has a new interview with Daniel Craig, and he's talking Bond 22. The script is done, and filming is expected to start very soon to avoid conflict with a possib...

By Jessica Barnes Filed under: MGM, RumorMonger, James Bond, Remakes and Sequels, Daniel CraigAfter the girls, James Bond theme songs are probably one of the hallmarks of the franchise. Yahoo! music is reporting that the Finnish metal band, H.I.M are the front runners to record the theme for Bond 22. Accordi...

By Patrick Walsh First-time director Gerald McMorrow wrote the screenplay and will direct the film. According to IMDb, John Hurt is in the Franklyn cast as well, but since that's not part of the Variety announcement, take that with a grain of salt for now. The movie has undergone a lot of casting changes, it s...

By James Rocchi The Bond films at the end of the Brosnan run felt less like spy movies and more like idiotic variations on Saturday morning TV -- Die Another Day's plot of gene-spliced villains wearing electricity-shooting exoskeletons felt less like Ian Fleming and more like Stan Lee. And it's hard to im...

By Erik Davis Filed under: Action & Adventure, Casting, RumorMonger, Fandom, James Bond, Remakes and Sequels, Daniel Craig Bonus trivia question: Name the last film that featured a blonde Bond girl?Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Kevin Kelly Filed under: Action & Adventure, Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense, MGM, James Bond, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Bondcast, ComicCon, Daniel Craig Click image for the big and right side up version of this photo.

By Christopher Campbell Filed under: Action & Adventure, Foreign Language, Casting, MGM, Sony, RumorMonger, James Bond, Remakes and Sequels, War, Daniel CraigAbout two months ago, when we at Cinematical and Moviefone were asked to name our celebrity crush, I had picked a long-time favorite, Emily Wats...

By Kevin Kelly Bondcast returns! Although sadly, both on the bondcast and here, we have to mourn the passing of Barry Nelson, the first actor to ever play James Bond. Oddly enough, he was an American actor, and they made James Bond an American secret agent in the adaptation of Casino Royale that he was in. He...

By Kevin Kelly We're back! James Bond touches land, air and sea in this episode as we talk about our favorite Bond cars, the Spy-Fi Archives exhibit coming to the Queen Mary, and the re-opening of the 007 Stage in London. We also talk to a special guest in this episode, screenwriter and Young Bond Dossier ex...

By Kevin Kelly Filed under: Action & Adventure, James Bond, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Bondcast, Daniel Craig Update! We had some problems with our RSS feed and iTunes subscription links below. All has been fixed. Happy listening!]

By Kevin Kelly Bondcast is back! This episode Athena Stamos of CommanderBond.net and I talk about the aftermath of the Casino Royale DVD release and head to a screening party. We also cover our favorite Bond girls, although we both learned that it is very hard to choose just one. Athena takes us through the l...

By Kevin Kelly With Casino Royale coming out on DVD next week, rumors abounding about Bond 22 everywhere, and a general love (on our part) for all things having to do with that certain British secret agent, we're bringing you our very first Bondcast. Filled with news, rumors, speculations, stories ... and c...

By James Rocchi Now that there's been a matter of, you know, 72 hours since the release of Casino Royale, enough time has passed for an assessment of the canon -- out of the James Bond films, which are the best? Well, it's easy to name the best seven -- and in doing so, draw our week of Bond pop-culture coverage...

By Ryan Stewart What's been delivered is a movie not only exciting and sharp-eyed, but also weirdly respectful of the character Ian Fleming first dreamed up at his Goldeneye resort in Jamaica. Casino Royale, the origin tale, is unfortunately saddled with one of the series' least evocative titles. A bett...

By James Rocchi It's time for another editon of Coming Distractions -- Cinematical's weekly podcast. This time around, I'm joined by Cinematical contributor Kevin Kelly. On the agenda this week? Bond and Borat, plus Spider-Man III trailer news, DVD picks and pans and Fast Food Nation -- plus the upcomin...