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With “Casino Royale,” the world was introduced to a very different iteration of James Bond than we’d met before. It wasn’t just the blond hair, but the vulnerability of Craig’s green 007.
Licensed to thrill. The James Bond movies have held that honor since “Dr. No” opened 60 years ago. They’ve survived different leading men, lawsuits and secret-agent rivals ranging… ...
Nobody expected Goldfinger to reshape cinema when it hit theaters in 1964, but that’s exactly what they got. Until then, ...
Barbara Broccoli has given her verdict on Denis Villeneuve after the director was chosen to helm the new James Bond movie.
Before Daniel Craig arrived, James Bond hadn’t made sense for years. That’s not just because the character’s original conception — a borderline sadist who used and discarded women while ...
On 7 October 1968, George Lazenby was officially announced as the new James Bond. He would star in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s ...
In the wake of Amazon’s surprise acquisition of creative control over the James Bond franchise from longtime stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the e-commerce giant faces a ...
James Bond: The Legacy 007 John Cork, Bruce Scivally. ABRAMS, $49.95 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-8109-3296-8. James Bond: women want him, and men want to be him.
When Connery originated the role of James Bond on the big screen, there was very little for him to measure up to. While the character was a literary sensation through Ian Fleming’s pen and ...
The James Bond franchise has remained one of the most consistently popular film series of all time ever since the 1962 release of “Dr. No.” And over the course of 20 films, consistency was ...