You know it’s the holiday season when there are James Bond marathons on every cable network except Oxygen. Caught one I hadn’t seen in years – THUNDERBALL from 1965. I saw it originally at...
If you're looking for something to watch after you've cleaned that kitchen, EW has some suggestions . (The only one I'd follow would be the Gold Girls.) Here’s our guide to the best marathon programming for Friday, Nov. 27. *Bravo is running The Real Housewives of New Jersey all day long. I don’t know why exactly this qualifies as “special” holiday programming since they pretty...
Upcoming Spy Screenings: More Big Screen Bond In Los Angeles Hot on the heels of this month's big Bond event at USC, Los Angelenos will have another chance to see 007 on the big screen this January when the American Cinematheque screens six James Bond films at my favorite movie theater in the world, Hollywood's famous Egyptian Theatre , over New Year's weekend--including two rarely screened Roger Moore...
A 2010 New Year's Eve party with a License to Thrill! Gentlemen, you are "Bond, James Bond." Ladies, you are an iconic Bond Girl. Male and female Bond villains, be prepared to be 'shaken and stirred' at this All Inclusive 007 Thunderball. (PRWeb Nov 25, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010NewYearsEveParties/WashingtonDC/prweb3193164.htm
As it seems to get right up everyone’s nose I've done another list with one or two sentences summing up my opinion. This time it's about Bond films. Copy and paste the following to give your own opinions. Dr. No (1962) From Russia with Love (1963) Goldfinger (1964) Thunderball (1965) You Only Live Twice (1967) Casino Royale (1967) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Diamonds Are Forever (1971)...
This 6 Bluray boxset contains the James Bond classics Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Die Another Day, Live and Let Die, and Thunderball. Only 1p more from HMV Online, but then the next cheapest on find-dvd is over £89 so this would seem to be a great price (do let us [...]
Via Instapundit comes this Hotair/Ed Morrissey vid and transcript of Hardball host Chris Matthews musing about someone "jam[ming] a CO2 pellet into [Limbaugh's] head and he’s going to explode like a giant blimp." You know, just like Yaphet Kotto at the end of the Roger Moore Bond flick Live And Let Die . Seriously. Morrissey notes: No surprise here from the classiest cable network to...
At the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the best secret societies in literature.One group on his list:SpectreThe organisation against which James Bond fights is a rough sort of acronym: the Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion. Its leader is Ernst Stavro Blofeld, and first appears in Thunderball. A grand amalgamation of other evil groups (including Smersh
In today's Gold Box Deal of the Day, Amazon is offering all three James Bond Blu-Ray Collection Three-Packs for $29.99 each, 57% off the MSRP of $69.99 Volume One includes Dr. No, Die Another Day, and Live and Let Die. Volume Two includes For Your Eyes Only, From Russia with Love, and Thunderball. Volume Three includes Moonraker, The World is Not Enough, and Goldfinger. As you know, Amazon's Gold Box...
The Casino Royale actor's body has a licence to thrill, according to Lovefilm voters, who placed his pecs above those of Gerard Butler, Sacha Baron Cohen and Russell BrandDaniel Craig made a splash in his debut as James Bond in Casino Royale , by emerging from the waves in a skimpy swimsuit. That turn has now earned him top spot in an online poll of top movie star torsos. Craig took 34% of votes...
The embarrassment caused to British naval intelligence by the 'Arctic Sea' incident makes one wonder just what titles Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, would have to give his books if he were writing them today. 'Dr. No' would presumably become 'Dr. Yes, Sir, Go Right On Through'. 'The Man With The Golden Gun' would be 'The Man With The Golden Checklist Of Health & Safety Do's And Don'ts'....
Titan Books has put together an omnibus collection of some of James Bond newspapers strips they originally released in shorter albums. On sale next month, The James Bond Omnibus Vol.1 collects the first time eleven of the Bond strips first published in the Daily Express , which were adapted from Fleming’s novels, before the film adaptations were made. The first bumper volume of its kind from...
By Mildred I Bailey You don't have to look far to see the most booming English language silver screen franchise in times past. It is the James Bond 007 films. James Bond is a imagined individual brought to life by the English writer Ian Fleming back in 1953. James Bond was the main character in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have also been 22 films to date beginning with "Dr....
“Look up. Look down. Look out.” Words used on the originalThunderball movie poster. Just asGoldfinger set certain things in motion, Thunderball does the same being the first big budget James Bond. Massive sets, exotic places, and a complete underwater battle truly make this one of the best James Bond films. All Bond films to follow trying [...]