• Now pay attention, 007. In the first EON James Bond film, it was not Sean Connery who appeared in the famous gunbarrel that opened the movie: that honour fell to stuntman Bob Simmons, who could also claim to be the [...]

    By Published On: April 9th, 2025
  • Eyes Only, 007: Priority Red: Both critics and Bond fans alike have regularly pointed to From Russia With Love, the second 007 adventure in the EON franchise, as one of the best in the series, combining a brooding Hitchcockian atmosphere [...]

    By Published On: February 9th, 2025
  • 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 [...]

    By Published On: January 19th, 2025
  • 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' [...]

    By Published On: December 8th, 2024
  • The JBIFC is very sad to report that the hugely talented guitar player Vic Flick has died, aged 87. With his exciting guitar riff, Vic helped to make the 'James Bond theme' one of the most famous and memorable short [...]

    By Published On: November 20th, 2024
  • 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 [...]

    By Published On: October 13th, 2024
  • 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 [...]

    By Published On: May 27th, 2024
  • Now pay attention, 007. Back in 2013 some new research by a British academic threw some intriguing new light on the close bond between 007 author Ian Fleming and Allen Dulles, who was the head of the Central Intelligence Agency [...]

    By Published On: April 21st, 2024
  • The major new biography of Ian Fleming by Nicholas Shakespeare contains plenty of new and exciting information about the early career of the 007 creator, and argues that the future Bond author was much more than a mere desk-bound pen-pusher [...]

    By Published On: October 25th, 2023
  • After the evident success of the first James Bond movie Dr. No and rising star Sean Connery, United Artists quickly greenlit the return of 007. The EON producers, Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, soon swung into action. They had [...]

    By Published On: October 10th, 2023
  • 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 [...]

    By Published On: May 13th, 2023
  • After the success of the first James Bond movie Dr. No and rising star Sean Connery, United Artists quickly greenlit the return of 007. The EON producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman soon swung into action. They had already [...]

    By Published On: January 14th, 2023
  • Bond author Ian Fleming was a big fan of hi-tech inventions and new gadgets, and some of his close associates shared his enthusiasm. In 2013, the year after Skyfall was released, a movie which sought to break away from 'gadgets' [...]

    By Published On: November 4th, 2022
  • Sir Sean (Tommy) Connery, the first man to play James Bond in the EON franchise of 007 movies, has celebrated an astonishing 90 years of age, and the JBIFC would like to wish the award-winning actor very many birthday wishes. [...]

    By Published On: August 25th, 2020
  • In the first EON James Bond film, it was not Sean Connery who appeared in the famous gunbarrel that opened the movie: that honour fell to stuntman Bob Simmons, who could also claim to be the very first Bond stunt [...]

    By Published On: July 24th, 2020
  • What was the impact of Dr. No and how did From Russia With Love build on this success? With the UK's ITV network now mounting a season of 'classic' James Bond movies, the JBIFC  takes the opportunity to look back [...]

    By Published On: July 6th, 2020
  • Young Bond author Charlie Higson gave a special talk on 'James Bond and the Cold War' on Thursday evening, 3rd October, and the JBIFC sent along a spy to listen to what was said. The talk took place as part [...]

    By Published On: October 5th, 2019
  • The JBIFC is very sad to report that actress Eunice Gayson, the first woman to appear opposite Sean Connery's James Bond in the first big-screen 007 movie Dr. No (1962), has passed away in Surrey, where she was born and also resided [...]

    By Published On: June 10th, 2018
  • 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. And with [...]

    By Published On: April 29th, 2018
  • With the UK's ITV-1 channel airing the second 007 adventure on Sunday 2nd April, the JBIFC takes a brief look at the key villains in the movie, a set of people who helped establish the iconic Bond film formula for those [...]

    By Published On: April 2nd, 2017
  • After the success of the first James Bond movie Dr. No and rising star Sean Connery, United Artists quickly greenlit the return of 007. The EON producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman soon swung into action. They chose Ian [...]

    By Published On: October 2nd, 2016