James Bond (fictional character)

Dan Brown's 'Inferno' has heat but no warmth

2013-05-18 08:00:00

Some years ago, I was on a book reviewing panel when someone in the audience asked what we, the panelists, thought of "The Bridges of Madison County," which was then a fixture on bestseller lists. We hemmed and hawed, tried to talk around the question,...

‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ and the art of the opening title sequence

2013-03-21 14:22:39

Hong Kong Film Festival: A film that deals with memory (and Macau)

2013-03-20 07:30:00

HONG KONG -- There is a moment in “The Last Time I Saw Macau” -- which plays Wednesday at the Hong Kong International Film Festival and is being distributed in the United States this summer by Cinema Guild -- in which the camera captures the...

‘Halo 4,’ ‘Assassin’s Creed III’ up for WGA video game award

2013-01-16 14:44:23

Oscars 2013: An 'Argo' night at Academy Awards

2013-02-25 04:00:00

For the second straight year, the movie business fell for itself. "Argo" — in which a Hollywood producer and makeup artist help engineer the rescue of six Americans from Iran — won the top prize at the 85th Academy Awards, one year after the...

'Skyfall's' Sam Mendes won't direct next Bond movie

2013-03-06 11:00:00

Sam Mendes wasn’t exactly quoting a James Bond title — “Never Say Never Again” — but it does appear that the filmmaker behind the highest-grossing 007 movie won’t be back in the Bond director’s chair any time...

‘Oz the Great and Powerful’: Michelle Williams on Glinda inspiration

2013-03-04 14:33:01

Adele to sing for James Bond again?

2013-03-04 15:08:00

Call him the spy who (really) loved her. A week after Adele's "Skyfall" became the first James Bond theme to win the Academy Award for original song, producers for the spy-film franchise have drafted Adele to sing for the next Bond movie, as well,...

Oscars 2013: James Bond overshadowed by Adele, Bassey

2013-02-25 10:42:33

Oscars 2013: James Bond's not-so-secret life on the charts

2013-02-23 11:00:00

This post has been updated. See note below for details. With the motion picture academy’s salute to James Bond coming up at the Oscars on Sunday, here are seven factoids about films and music that have sprung up in service of the world’s...

‘Avengers,’ ‘Dark Knight,’ ‘Hobbit’: 2012, the year in awesome

2012-12-20 05:03:01

James Bond tribute: No Bonds, but Berry and Bassey

2013-02-25 12:30:00

There were no Bonds, but there was Bassey and Berry, making the Academy Awards telecast's tribute to the James Bond movies one of the more memorable (tolerable?) moments of this year's show. Halle Berry, who played Bond girl Jinx opposite Pierce Brosnan...

Though the James Bond Academy Awards tribute might have been a bit short, the homage to the beloved film series continued when Adele took to the Oscars stage to perform "Skyfall." Like Shirley Bassey before her, Adele reminded audiences why she is so beloved as a 007 singer.

2013-02-24 20:00:06

Shirley Bassey performs "Goldfinger" during a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise.

2013-02-24 18:46:48

When is a James Bond tribute not much of a James Bond tribute? When there are no James Bonds to be seen.

2013-02-24 00:00:00