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007 takes the world by storm as Spectre hits $300 million worldwide

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Having topped the UK box office with a record-breaking haul last weekend, EON Productions, MGM and Sony are celebrating a $200 million global haul for Spectre this weekend, including a $73 million bow in North America. Spectre expanded into an additional 72 territories, debuting in first place in all of the markets and pushing its […]

Spectre opens big in the US, but $15 million less than Skyfall

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James Bond’s 24th outing continues its dominance by opening to the number one position in the US box office, following on from its record breaking opening here in the UK. Opening on just under 4,000 theatres, Spectre brought in an estimated $73 million for Sony, which already makes it the eighth biggest Bond movie in the […]

Movie Review – Spectre (2015)

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Spectre, 2015. Directed by Sam Mendes Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott and Monica Bellucci. 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 alive, Bond peels […]

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 […]