007/Hawaii Five-O part III (the end, we hope)

OK, we’ve milked this for all it’s worth. But how in heaven’s name could we have forgotten this one? Harold Sakata 007: Played Oddjob, Goldfinger’s lead henchman in the 1964 movie with the villain’s name as the title (and just to be clear it was called Goldfinger not Oddjob). Five-O: Played a thug in a [...]

Quentin Tarantino: ‘Daniel Craig shouldn’t be James Bond’

http://www.showbizspy.com/article/189759/quentin-tarantino-daniel-craig-shouldnt-be-james-bond.html Daniel Craig wouldn’t be playing James Bond — if director Quentin Tarantino had his way. The eccentric movie maker said he would like to have directed Casino Royale — but with Pierce Brosnan as the suave British spy. “The reason they did Casino Royale all comes down to me,” Quentin said. “I made it [...]

007/Hawaii Five-O part II

A few connections we forgot with the previous post: Anthony Zerbe 007: Played Milton Krest, lead henchman to villain Franz Sanchez in 1989′s License to Kill. The character was actually taken from an Ian Fleming short story. Five-O: Played a vigilante who wants to “assist” Five-O in the sixth-season episode “Mother’s Deadly Helper.” Don Stroud [...]

The Huffington Post celebrates Goldfinger!

We’re not sure how many of our readers are also readers of the politically-left website The Huffington Post, but political analyst William Bradley has posted a quite nice tribute to the James Bond film Goldfinger, on the occasion of its 45th anniversary. Mr. Bradley is clearly a long-standing and knowledgeable fan, and writes quite lovingly [...]

A James Bond museum near Chicago?

Dateline Momence, Illinois, as chronicled by www.mytimesweb.com: A former Momence auto dealership is being eyed by the Ian Fleming Foundation as a potential location for a James Bond museum that would display many vehicles used in the fictional British secret agent movies. Doug Redenius, a Momence post office employee and the vice president of the [...]

007/Hawaii Five-O connections

Some James Bond connections to television shows are natural. There are ties between 007 and The Avengers TV series because both were filmed in the U.K. There are a lot of ties between 007 and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. But there are surprising number of connections between James Bond movies and the Hawaii Five-O TV [...]

Casino Royale still influencing the masses

With Parkour, the whole world’s a playground – Fast growing extreme sport offers thrills, raises safety concerns By Jacqueline Stenson July 21, 2009 Chad Bowers didn’t learn about his favorite new workout at the gym or by reading an article about it. He watched videos on YouTube, where people have posted thousands of clips of [...]

“Young Bond” headed to the big screen?

According to the July 19 The Herald, a cinematic adaptation of the first “Young Bond” novel, Silverfin, might be in the works. As hopes — although were not sure whose — for a Devil May Care film slip over the event horizon, thoughts return to a parallel film series about the adventures of a teenaged [...]

Around the (Google) Earth with James Bond

Take a trip around the world using Google Earth to view some of the most famous locations of the James Bond film series. Just copy and paste the coordinates into the “Fly To” bar, and off you go! First off, we’ll start with, 007′s place of employment: MI6 Headquarters/SIS Building, London, UK 51° 29′ 8.33″N [...]

Salute to Luciana Paluzzi

One of our favorite 007 femme fatales, Luciana Paluzzi, turned 72 last month. So we figured that was as good an excuse to honor her here. Of course, most Bond fans remember her as Fiona, member of SPECTRE’s execution branch, in Thunderball. Here’s the trailer: Here she is in a similar role in To Trap [...]