George Chrysostomou on audiences gravitating towards genre subversions… This month marks the release of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the sequel to the surprise hit Kingsman: The Secret Service and it is of course just as genre bending as its predecessor. The franchise clearly plays off of some of the silliness of the Bond movies, with their own versions of […]
Losing A Grip On Greatness: Dropping the Ball with Logan
Tom Jolliffe on Logan’s final third and losing a grip on greatness. Warning. Major spoilers follow… So there you are. You’re bowling a near perfect game. You’ve had the odd spare here and there but largely you’ve had strikes. Then you hit a gutter ball and your game starts falling apart. Sometimes it can end […]
Marvel’s Continuity Problem: Will we accept a reboot?
Tony Black on Marvel’s continuity problem, and whether fans will accept a reboot… What seems like a ton of new quotes and interviews with various major Marvel players have been floating around this week as Captain America: Civil War opens in the US, and head honcho Kevin Feige has been particularly vocal. After admitting they […]
The Rise and Rise of London as a film location
This week, Neil Calloway argues that tax, language and excellent locations mean London is currently the best place to make films… With the release this week of the trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, eagle-eyed viewers noticed that Canary Wharf Underground Station was standing in for the Death Star in some shots. Now, […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens overtakes Skyfall to become the UK’s biggest movie of all time
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has overtaken Skyfall to become the UK’s highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing the 23rd Bond movie’s £103.2 million haul in just 20 days, compared to the 66 days it took Skyfall to reach that amount. The new record coincides with today’s announcement that BAFTA has nominated The Force Awakens […]
Countdown to Spectre – Skyfall Review
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 […]
Bond at the Box Office
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. […]
Sam Mendes says “Bond has been rebooted” for Spectre
Following on from the latest featurette focussing on the women of Spectre [watch it here], Entertainment Weekly caught up with director Sam Mendes, who suggested that Bond “has been rebooted” with Skyfall, and the upcoming 24th adventure will explore 007’s origin story. “Bond has been rebooted at the end of the movie,” states Mendes. “This […]
Spectre: Time to worry about the future of James Bond?
Ozzy Armstrong on whether it’s time to worry about the future of James Bond… After the announcements on Thursday regarding Bond 24, now known as Spectre, Bond fans took to the internet to announce their excitement for what’s in store. At the same time, there was also me. I’m not excited for Spectre, I’m nervous. […]
Bond 24: What can we exSPECTRE?
Martin Deer on what we can expect from Spectre… I’m sure by now there is nary a soul among us who isn’t aware of the announcement today by Sony Pictures that the next and 24th film in the Bond franchise is titled Spectre. Which, of course, for any self respecting fan of 007 you know […]
