Whichever way one looks at it, it is undoubtedly the most dramatic development in the Bond 'universe' for ages, and the news took many 007 fans by surprise. On 20th February, 2025, at 14:21 GMT, the news broke that the [...]
Now pay attention, 007. Back in 2022, when the re-release of all the James Bond movies took place as part of the 60th Anniversary of the 007 movie franchise, Bond fans both old and new were provided with the fantastic [...]
Now pay close attention, 007. Look up, look down, look out! Sixty years ago, shortly before the latest EON James Bond movie Thunderball was released starring Sean Connery again as Ian Fleming's secret agent, there was already a huge thirst [...]
Miss Taro, Rosa Klebb, Fiona Volpe, Helga Brandt, Irma Bunt, Bambi and Thumper, Rosie Carver, Xenia Onatopp, Elektra King, Miranda Frost... The EON James Bond franchise has certainly had its fair share of strong and dastardly female characters over the [...]
As the world waited for the dawn of a new Century back in December, 1999, Bond was back - with a Bang! The World Is Not Enough (1999), Pierce Brosnan's third adventure as Ian Fleming's secret agent, hit cinemas [...]
In a recent interview former James Bond Daniel Craig recalled being highly frustrated over Quantum of Solace, a movie that started filming while there was no firm script yet in place, but he looked back more fondly on Skyfall. As [...]
Now, pay attention 007. If you believe some of the critics, James Bond is now a character of the past and will never return. Don't believe a word of this. If there is one thing that will always remain 'forever' [...]
Now pay attention, 007. The latest edition of Infinity, the UK's popular nostalgia, sci-fi and cult films and TV magazine, has a great article on the various interpretations on the big screen of James Bond's close CIA ally, Felix Leiter. [...]
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Now pay attention, 007. On Wednesday, 13th November, the UK’s press carried detailed reports from The Associated Press (AP) of an interview AP had conducted with the James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson on the eve of [...]
(A special guest article for the JBIFC by Michael Preston) “Point the gun at my groin.” The fourth actor to play James Bond for EON only needed to be told once. He lowered his Walther PPK pistol and took careful [...]
It contained some of the most memorable 007 movie moments of the 1960s, including one of the biggest sets yet seen in the James Bond franchise, thanks to the late, great Ken Adam. Moreover, audiences were finally given their first [...]
How do you like your Bond viewings - on the big or small screen? The James Bond franchise has epitomized all the larger-than-life thrills and visual glamour we often associate with big-screen cinema, but it is important to remember that [...]
What does 007 represent to most fans? Entertainment, excitement, thrills, escapism, glamour, exotic locations, fantastic stunts, wonderful music... we could go on. It is no exaggeration to say that Ian Fleming's fictional creation James Bond has become one of [...]
The year 2024 marks an astonishing 60 years since the third smash-hit James Bond movie, Goldfinger, was premiered in 1964. Still regarded by many critics as one of the best entries in the 007 series, the film embodied a hugely [...]
By the time Moonraker (1979), Roger Moore's fourth smash-hit James Bond Movie, hit the big screen, producer Cubby Broccoli had decided that the sheer size and fantastical feel to the latest entry in the EON series had been pushed to [...]
The second actor to play James Bond in the official EON series, George Lazenby, has announced his retirement. George, 84, made the announcement on 'X' (formerly Twitter), where he explained: 'It's been a fun ride but getting older is no [...]
It is an incredible 51 years since the release of Live and Let Die, which had its UK opening at the Odeon Leicester Square on 5th July, 1973. It was the film, of course, that introduced the world to a [...]
It is now an astonishing 35 years since Timothy Dalton's second, and final, James Bond movie, Licence to Kill, hit the big screens. It was premiered on 13th June, 1989, at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London, and 007 fans [...]
In the pre-credits to Sean Connery's final EON James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever (1971), 007 thinks he has disposed of SPECTRE head Ernst Stavro Blofeld by pushing him headfirst into a large pool of boiling mud: 'Welcome to hell, Blofeld'. It was [...]
What makes a good Bond villain? This is a question the JBIFC has posed on a number of occasions before and there are numerous candidates. The early 007 films were adept at putting Ian Fleming's villainous and highly memorable creations [...]
One of the pleasures of watching the James Bond films is finding out what devious plans the latest arch-villain has, and how 007 will find resourceful ways to thwart those evil ambitions before it is too late. In Roger Moore's [...]
There is no doubt that the impact of Dr. No on cinema audiences was a watershed moment in big screen history, but how did From Russia With Love build on this success? With the UK's ITV network rescreening these two [...]
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Ten years ago, in 2014, former two-times James Bond star Timothy Dalton, who at the time was promoting his role in the gothic horror TV series Penny Dreadful, gave some detailed reflections on his general screen career in a new [...]
In many ways the year 1995 was a watershed moment for the EON James Bond franchise. A number of critics had written off the series and questioned the need for a post-Cold War spy hero. But Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli was [...]
It is the James Bond film that pushed mid-1960s Bond frenzy to new levels of interest and gained huge amounts of media publicity, especially during its location shooting in the sunny Bahamas. One of the main teaser posters for Thunderball [...]
Whoever becomes the new EON James Bond will rapidly find that their success will be very dependent on, and ultimately shaped by, the nature of the Bond 26 storyline. It has always been a huge challenge for the various screenwriters [...]
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Loosely based upon Ian Fleming's third best-selling novel, the James Bond film Moonraker (1979), the eleventh EON 007 production, was a spectacular movie in every meaning of the word. While the late Sir Roger Moore often named The Spy Who [...]
Although former James Bond Daniel Craig held his licence to kill for a longer period than any other Bond actor, and made five smash-hit 007 films, it is easy to overlook the fact that the late Sir Roger Moore starred [...]
Now pay attention, 007. The latest issue of the popular and glossy UK sci-fi and cult nostalgia magazine Infinity, which has just been published, will be a must-buy for James Bond fans as it celebrates 60 years of [...]
After the spectacular success of Skyfall (2012), many observers and Bond aficionados wondered how the next Bond film could match Daniel Craig's third 007 adventure. There was also intense interest in whether director Sam Mendes could be tempted to [...]
After Roger Moore's successful debut in Live and Let Die (1973), his second 007 adventure was quickly put into production. And, fifty years ago, on 18 December 1974, Roger's James Bond movie The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) was [...]
As Bond fans across the globe continue to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the EON James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964), many critics still point to the third smash-hit 007 movie as the film that embodied everything audiences came to love [...]
The 'alternative' versions of Bond history have always proved beguiling to 007 fans. In a fascinating article for a British newspaper, best-selling author and James Bond expert Jeremy Duns has described the events that led to him gaining access to [...]
When Sir Ken Adam (1921-2016) passed away a few years ago, he was seen by many film experts and cultural commentators as a 'designer extraordinaire'. His influence on the James Bond movies of the 1960s and 1970s was instrumental in [...]
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The year 2024 marks an astonishing 60 years since the third smash-hit James Bond movie, Goldfinger, was premiered in 1964. Still regarded by many critics as one of the best entries in the 007 series, the film embodied a hugely [...]
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In many ways the year 1995 was a watershed moment for the James Bond franchise. The last Bond film had appeared in 1989 and it seemed the long gap would drag on due to legal disputes in the main studios [...]
