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The Week in Disappointment – Quentin Tarantino, 478, Warcraft, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four, Bond, The Girl on the Train

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Quentin Tarantino calls Police ‘murderers’” This story is both disappointing and ludicrous. It’s odd on so many levels, like a layer cake made of embarrassment and iced with awkwardness. You have Quentin Tarantino, The ultimate white-guy-who-thinks-he’s-black talking smack about the Police, as if he has […]

Movie Review – Spectre (2015)

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Spectre, 2015. Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Dave Bautista and Andrew Scott. SYNOPSIS: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service […]

Countdown to Spectre – Skyfall Review

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Ricky Church completes his countdown to Spectre with a review of Skyfall… 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise and the world’s greatest secret agent. Amid MGM’s financial troubles, they had to push the next Bond film back a bit, but this served to help them really celebrate Bond’s milestone. Skyfall is a […]

Daniel Craig clarifies infamous “slash wrists” comments and teases another James Bond film

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Daniel Craig has clarified his now infamous comments regarding his James Bond future after Spectre in an interview with Today, saying that he will “maybe do another one”. SEE ALSO: Daniel Craig: “I don’t really give a shit” who takes over as Bond SEE ALSO: Read our ★ ★ ★ review of Spectre At the […]

Movie Review – Quantum of Solace (2008)

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Quantum of Solace, 2008. Directed by Marc Foster. Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, and Gemma Arterton. SYNOPSIS: James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country’s most valuable resource. Though the James Bond series is over 20 films long, […]

William Hill slashes odds on Sam Riley to play James Bond after “substantially higher” than average bet

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British bookmaker William Hill has dramatically lowered the odds of Sam Riley (Maleficent) being cast as the new James Bond following an unusually large bet, according to a report in the Daily Mirror. SEE ALSO: Spectre shatters box office records with $80.4 million from six markets, including biggest ever UK debut The punter is said […]

Spectre shatters box office records with $80.4 million from six markets, including biggest ever UK debut

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James Bond’s 24th official adventure has been shattering box office records in its first week of release, with Spectre pulling in $80.4 million from six markets, including a historic performance in the UK. Released here on Monday, Spectre has amassed £41.7 million ($63.8 million) in its first seven days of release, eclipsing the previous seven-day opening record […]

How Spectre references all 23 previous James Bond films

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Simon Columb on Spectre’s nods to the previous James Bond movies… First and foremost, this article spoils Spectre in its entirety. Crucially, one of the main draws to the new film is the amount of references to the previous films in the James Bond series. Personally, as an enormous fan, I got a little worn out by […]

Bond at the Box Office

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With Spectre’s unprecedented opening day takings, Neil Calloway looks at how recent Bonds have fared at the box office… There is no bigger event in British cinema than a new Bond film. For a while the Harry Potter films may have eclipsed it, but every Bond film is an event surrounded by unprecedented media attention. […]