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 […]
Daniel Craig, it’s okay if you let Bond go
Tony Black on Daniel Craig’s future as Bond…We all knew this was coming. By we, I mean the legion of James Bond fans and aficionados who have followed the bizarre media whirlwind that seems to forever cascade around 007 himself, Daniel Craig. The Daily Fail (sorry, Mail!) apparently claimed Craig is done – that soon […]
Dynamite expanding James Bond line, starting with Casino Royale adaptation
Dynamite Entertainment has announced that it is expanding its line of James Bond comics with adaptations of Ian Fleming’s original novels, starting – appropriately – with 007’s first adventure, Casino Royale. “When we first announced Warren Ellis’ breakout original James Bond series, we teased that this would only be the beginning of our relationship with […]
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. In […]
Flickering Myth Film Class: How to Open Strongly
In the latest instalment of Flickering Myth’s film class, Tom Jolliffe looks at how to open strongly…It takes a great deal to get an audience to succumb to your film. You need to keep their attention for the entirety of the film. The best way to hook them in of course is to open strong.Whether […]
