Bond has been Back on the Box in March. With the UK's TV channels ITV4 and ITVX currently engaged in a special Bond film season (the latest being Skyfall, screened on Friday 15th March, followed by an 'edited for violence' [...]
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 [...]
The year 2023 has certainly witnessed plenty of coverage of famous Bond villains or their henchmen. Part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for Live and Let Die (1973), for example, has included numerous clips of the actor and acclaimed dancer [...]
It was a key moment in the big-screen movie version of Ian Fleming's famous novel. Auric Goldfinger, explaining his villainous career to James Bond, told 007: 'This is gold, Mr. Bond. All my life I've been in love with its [...]
It was surely a case of Double-O Heaven on 4th October when Sir Roger Moore: The Personal Collection saw a large number of items from the late 007 actor's personal collection go before the auction hammer at Bonhams in central [...]
007 and counting. The weeks will be ticking down to October 4th, which is the date for a very special auction that will take place at Bonhams in central London. James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore's personal collection of memorabilia [...]
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Bond. The year 2023 has now marked an incredible 50 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, [...]
Live and let bite? As part of the celebrations this year of an astonishing 50 years of Live and Let Die (1973), the JBIFC revisits the crocodile sequence from Roger's debut 007 film. Interestingly, one of the most popular images [...]
With speculation mounting in various quarters about the nature of the next James Bond movie (Bond 26), and who the new 007 will possibly be, it is worth remembering that new actors in the role have often benefited from continuity [...]
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The year 2023 will mark an incredible 50 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 [...]
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It was a key moment in the big-screen movie version of Ian Fleming's famous novel. Auric Goldfinger, explaining his villainous career to James Bond, told 007: 'This is gold, Mr. Bond. All my life I've been in love with its [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report that the acclaimed actor Yaphet Kotto, best known to 007 fans as the larger-than-life villain 'Mr. Big' (AKA 'Dr. Kananga') in Roger Moore's debut Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973), passed [...]
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 [...]
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The UK's main ITV channel has been continuing with its short summer season of Daniel Craig Bond films and, as Spectre is rolled out as part of this, the JBIFC takes the opportunity to look back on Craig's fourth [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report that the American actor David Hedison, who played 007's CIA buddy Felix Leiter twice on the big screen, has passed away. He died on July 18, aged 92, in Los Angeles, California. Both [...]
The Bank Holiday weekend in Britain has a nicely 'Bondian' and Jamaican feel to it. Not only has production commenced on the latest EON 007 movie in Jamaica, but actor Toby Stephens is back as Ian Fleming's James Bond in [...]
It is an incredible 45 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 new [...]
Bond is Back! The fourth and most recent Daniel Craig 007 movie, Spectre, will receive its UK terrestrial TV premiere on the ITV-1 network on News Year's Day, 2018, at 8.00pm GMT. It is two years since the film, which [...]
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There is some very good news for fans of the late Sir Roger Moore's interpretation of James Bond. The daily diary that he kept while filming his debut 007 adventure Live and Let Die (1973), first published in 1973 but long [...]
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The very sad loss of Sir Roger Moore (1927-2017) has been keenly felt across the movie world and especially amongst Bond fans. His passing has led to a number of tribute articles in the media on his Bond films, including serialisation in the [...]
A number of beautiful and talented women worked with Sir Roger Moore on his seven smash-hit James Bond films, and three of his leading ladies have shared their thoughts about him in tribute. What comes across very strongly is the [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report that actor Clifton James, who played Sheriff J.W. Pepper in two James Bond movies during the 1970s, has passed away, aged 96. He died on Saturday, 15th April, in Gladstone, Oregon, USA, due [...]
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The James Bond films were created, of course, for the big screen and have often served as the ultimate cinematic experience, but we should not forget the fact that the 007 movies have also had a television presence in Britain [...]
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The very sad loss of four-times Bond director Guy Hamilton on Wednesday, 20th April, 2016, was keenly felt across the Bond world, especially by Sir Roger Moore. Guy Hamilton directed Roger in his first 007 adventure Live and Let Die in [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report that the man with the golden touch, director Guy Hamilton, who helmed four 007 movies - including the iconic and much-loved Goldfinger (1964) - has died. He passed away on Wednesday, April 20th, 2016, aged [...]
The JBIFC were very sad to learn of the death, at the age of 90, of the distinguished music producer and composer Sir George Martin, who was often known as the 'Fifth' Beatle. Sir George passed away on Tuesday, 8th [...]
Roger Moore Born 14th October 1927 The longest serving actor in the role to date – and a record which is unlikely to be equalled? Born in Stockwell, South London, in 1927, the son of a policeman. He [...]
Date of Release World Premiere 5th July 1973 at the Odeon Leicester Square, London. Running Time 116 minutes James Bond Roger Moore Plot Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big and his [...]
