BAFTA nominations
The BAFTA nominations are an oddity, acknowledging films yet to be released in the UK in a desperate attempt to seem relevant. A few years ago they moved the nominations and awards to a date preceeding the Oscars, traditionally viewed as the end point to award season, as they struggled to attract stars to attend [...]
Read more‘Quantum of Solace’
Mild Spoilers
Suitably suave in black tie, an event to launch a global media network, escorted to a backroom by henchmen, Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, disposed mercilessly of the last man standing with a single sharp blow to his head using a nearby glass ash tray.
There are the slick lunacies of the plans of Bond [...]
Top 6 Friday: Simpsons Bond References
So no quickly cobbled together Halloween trivia or the like for todays list, we come close to the end of ‘James Bond’ week and offer up 6 references to Bond from Simpsons episodes. There are countless choices that could be included, from entire episodes to coy one liners. Bond at its best demands a willing [...]
Read moreJames Bond Week: The Unofficial Bond Movie
A long lasting bitter feud emerged during Sean Connery’s term as 007, so that he continues to be on bad terms with the series producers. The most obvious statement of this was the 1983 movie ‘Never Say Never Again’, a movie often considered part of the Bond canon, which is however an unofficial entry, with [...]
Read moreJames Bond Week: The Music
First up, we have 3 Bond movie themes as selected by us Dossing Times boys, then John Barrys classic James Bond theme, followed by Mobys remix, released with ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’
Simon’s choice, ‘All the Time in the World’, from ‘On Her Majestys Secret Service’
I think the OHMSS opening titles deserve a look, watch them here
Tuathals’ [...]
James Bond Week: Bond and Me
I remember standing in Madame Tussaud’s in London shortly after ‘Goldeneye’ was released and of course was in my element in the movie/actor section – on one side was Pierce Brosnan surrounded by the ‘Opening Sequence’ roving gun barrel, with Tina Turner belting out ‘Goldeneye’ (the last good Bond theme in this writers opinion) – [...]
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