• Now pay attention, 007. The UK's ITV and ITVX television channels are holding a James Bond movie bonanza during March. All 25 official 007 films are being screened on ITV during this month, starting on Monday, 4th March, with Goldfinger [...]

    By Published On: March 3rd, 2024
  • 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 [...]

    By Published On: November 16th, 2023
  • The JBIFC were very sad to learn of the death of singer Tina Turner, who passed away at her home near Zurich in Switzerland at the age of 83 after a long period of illness. Tina's many hit songs included [...]

    By Published On: May 26th, 2023
  • 007 and Counting... It has been a frustrating few months, but as we eagerly await the release of the new James Bond movie in 2021, there are still plenty of things to tease our appetites in the meantime. The new [...]

    By Published On: October 26th, 2020
  • In many ways the year 1995 was a watershed moment for the James Bond franchise. A number of critics had written off the series and questioned the need for a post-Cold War spy hero. But 'Cubby' Broccoli was determined to [...]

    By Published On: October 15th, 2020
  • Former 007 Pierce Brosnan, who played Ian Fleming's iconic creation in four James Bond movies for EON, has spoken in detail about love, loss, 007 and life after Bond. In an interview given to Chris Godfrey via 'zoom' for the [...]

    By Published On: July 1st, 2020
  • Twenty-five years ago this month, in April, 1995, the Main Unit of the James Bond franchise spent two busy days shooting at the Nene Valley Railway, near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, for Pierce Brosnan's debut 007 adventure Goldeneye. The production's Second [...]

    By Published On: April 29th, 2020
  • Ian Fleming was once called the Man with the Golden Pen, and he was certainly a prolific letter writer, as well as a highly successful journalist and thriller-writer. This is confirmed again in new revelations about the author, which provide [...]

    By Published On: November 13th, 2019
  • As the late Ian Fleming might say, 'Welcome to Jamaica, Mr. Craig. I've been expecting you'. According to our man at Station 'K' in Kingston, Jamaica, 007 star Daniel Craig and the B25 crew have now landed on the beautiful Caribbean [...]

    By Published On: April 23rd, 2019
  • To Bond or not to Bond? The acclaimed Shakespearean stage actress and British film star Dame Judi Dench, who very briefly reprised her role as 007's MI6 boss 'M' in Spectre, spent 60 minutes being interviewed before an audience at The [...]

    By Published On: June 13th, 2017
  • Bond was back at the Nene Valley Railway in early June. Fond memories of the late Sir Roger Moore (1927-2017), together with various accounts of the role played by former Bond star Pierce Brosnan, were very much in people's minds [...]

    By Published On: June 6th, 2017
  • Golden high! The latest issue of the popular British movie magazine Total Film carries an interview with former four-times James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, in which he offers some interesting reflections on his 007 films, as well as his thoughts [...]

    By Published On: April 19th, 2017
  • A new documentary about Judi Dench, to be screened on the UK's BBC-2 TV channel on December 30th, will have contributions from 007s past and present, together with comments from Sam Mendes. The new programme, entitled All the World's Her [...]

    By Published On: December 12th, 2016
  • How time flies, Mr. Bond! It is amazing to think that Daniel Craig's first 007 movie, Casino Royale, celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Principal photography on the smash-hit film commenced in the Czech Republic in January, 2006, under the watchful eye of director [...]

    By Published On: July 31st, 2016
  • Dame Judi Dench, who very briefly reprised her role as 007's MI6 boss 'M' in Spectre, is going to reign again as Queen Victoria, two decades after she first portrayed Britain's nineteenth century monarch in the movie Mrs. Brown (1997). Her [...]

    By Published On: June 22nd, 2016
  • The first BMW in a James Bond film took place in a chase scene in 1983's Octopussy. On the Berlin Avus, the Police, who had 5 Series BMWs cars and a BMW motorcycle, are in pursuit of James Bond, who [...]

    By Published On: May 7th, 2012
  • Date of Release World Premiere 13th November 1995, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, USA. Running Time 130 minutes James Bond Pierce Brosnan Plot Former agent oo6, Alec [...]

    By Published On: April 18th, 2012