13 February
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“NO TIME TO DIE” by Billie Eilish Billie Eilish may just be the biggest name in music right now following her massive wins at the Grammys taking home five awards including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. She can now add herself to the elite list of artists including Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Adele, and Sam Smith to pen the theme song for a James Bond film. I’ve listened to it a few times, and it is certainly growing on me. Eilish has that smokey sound to her voice. The stakes feel real with a nice orchestral build that we often find inRead More →

04 December
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NO TIME TO DIE Director: Cary Joji FukunagaStarring: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright, Naomie Harris, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Ana de Armas Bond. James Bond. Agent 007 is back in theaters for a thrilling new mission. No Time to Die is the 25th Bond movie, and Daniel Craig is back again as Bond and looks more pissed off than ever before. There’s trailer is a perfect little tease as it keys us in on a few things. Léa Seydoux’s Bond girl Madeleine Swann from Spectre will have an active role in this film. Specter villain, Blofeld (Christoph Waltz),Read More →

26 November
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KNIVES OUT Writer/Director: Rian JohnsonStarring: Christopher Plummer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Ana de Armas, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield Christopher Plummer heads the cast as patriarch Harlan Thrombey who is described one of the best selling mystery writers of all time. He’s massively rich living a gorgeous palatial estate. His large family gathers to celebrate his 85th birthday, but the next morning Harlan is found dead in his study. Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc is suspicious and believes this was a murder. But who did it? Someone in his family, his caregiver, or what was it suicide? Here’s myRead More →

02 July
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KNIVES OUT Director: Rian JohnsonStarring: Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Katherine Langford, LaKeith Stanfield Rian Johnson may have received some uncalled for criticism for a little film called The Last Jedi, but I’d ignore those fanboys. I personally think he took the Star Wars franchise in an exciting new direction. His next film takes us back to the days of Agatha Christie, Clue, and Murder by Death with a good ol’ fashion murder mystery. If you ignore the lackluster Murder on the Orient Express remake, we haven’t had a good murder mystery in quite some time. It’sRead More →

24 August
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LOGAN LUCKY Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Katie Holmes, Farrah Mackenzie, Riley Keough, Seth MacFarlane, Brian Gleeson, Jack Quaid, Hilary Swank Cinephiles and movie critics alike were disappointed when Steven Soderbergh, the Oscar winning director of Traffic, Erin Brockovich, and the Ocean’s 11 trilogy, had announced his retirement a few years back. Thankfully that was a short-lived decision as he is back to his usual shenanigans with Logan Lucky, which reteams him with two of his Magic Mike actors Channing Tatum and Riley Keough. Tatum stars as Jimmy Logan who finds himself fired from his job working in a mineRead More →

06 November
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SPECTRE Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes, Rory Kinnear, Andrew Scott, Monica Bellucci, Alessandro Cremona Daniel Craig is back for his fourth outing as James Bond, Agent 007. Back at MI6, the 00 program is at risk of being shut down after a new global surveillance initiative is being launched by the ruthless Max Denbigh, aka C (Scott). Bond causes a massive scene of destruction in Mexico City without being given the proper authority, which only fuels the move to terminate the 00 program. The current M (Fiennes) removes him from official 00Read More →

05 November
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You may remember that before the release of 2012’s Skyfall I watched the entire James Bond franchise and wrote about them for “The Bond, James Bond Challenge”. Here is my definitive ranking of Bond’s missions as written back in 2012 after seeing Skyfall. As I look back at this list after having re-watched the franchise again recently, I will admit that some of these ratings are still too high, especially for those at the bottom of the list. 1. Skyfall (2012) Daniel Craig 5 out of 5 TICKET STUBS  It may feel like a cliché to have that at the top of my list, but itRead More →

27 September
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YOUR FIRST LISTEN: “WRITING’S ON THE WALL ” By SAM SMITH FROM SPECTRE Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Monica Bellucci, Dave Bautista, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw The latest James Bond theme, “Writing’s On the Wall”, has finally been released weeks after it was announced that Grammy winner Sam Smith won the coveted position. He follows in the footsteps of Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, and Adele who all lent their vocals to a James Bond theme song. Adele even won the Oscar and Grammy for the theme to the last Bond film, Skyfall. Smith brings out his high falsettoRead More →

28 March
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SPECTRE Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Wihshaw, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci Every time I hear that iconic James Bond theme, I get those little goosebumps of excitement. Daniel Craig is back to play the iconic Ian Fleming character under the direction of Skyfall director Sam Mendes. I absolutely loved the last James Bond film and am really looking forward to see what direction they take the series. Skyfall saw the return of Q now played by Ben Whishaw and Ralph Fiennes was appointed the new M at the end of that film. I blogged myRead More →

11 November
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SKYFALL Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe Every great Bond movie starts with an action packed opening before the credits start. If it is exquisitely executed, it should give you a taste of what the rest of the movie is going to be like. Sometimes it involves the rest of the plot, and sometimes it stands on its own. Skyfall may have the best opening sequence to date. Bond (Craig) discovers a coveted hard drive has been stolen and a fellow MI6 agent has been shot. He informs M (Dench) overRead More →