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The box office from 2008 was just a bit better than ‘07
Monday, January 05, 2009
Now that the holidays are over, the post-mortem for 2008’s box office is also being offered. The clear winner last year was Warner Bros. who had the runaway success of The Dark Knight behind them. With global ticket sales of $997 million dollars, Dark Knight didn’t just prove to be the biggest superhero movie of all-time, it also became the second highest-grossing film ever. Thanks to the Batman movie as well as Sex in the City and Four Christmases, WB enjoyed revenue of $1.77 billion dollars, the biggest haul of cash ever for a movie studio. Continue reading…
Posted at 11:13AM by Patrick
It’s about time that 007’s villains got their own watches
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
There’s so many items that are movie tie-ins that it’s hard to get excited about seeing the next action figure, Star Wars hoodie design or special edition DVD case, but today I saw something that got me feeling like a kid on Christmas morning. Swatch unveiled their latest special line-up of watches: 22 watches all inspired by the villains from the James Bond film series. Each 007 movie bad guy/gal gets his own her own watch. I’ve gone through all 22 different designs and they all have their own kind of awesome. Continue reading…
Posted at 4:13PM by Patrick
Bourne to go on like 007
Friday, November 21, 2008
It didn’t come as any surprise to me when word crept out from Universal that the studio has signed Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass to do another Jason Bourne movie. The existing trilogy of Bourne-mania — The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum — have earned $525 million dollars at the box office domestically and have also been loved by movie critics. In fact, it’s likely that the reason Daniel Craig has to thank for his job as the current 007. And there hasn’t been any shortage of suggestions that Jason Bourne could continue to star in more movies, giving Uni its own James Bond-ish spy franchise that could extend for decades. And today comes the proof that the suits in their Black Tower have been thinking of doing just that. Continue reading…
Posted at 2:01PM by Patrick
Bond’s new song already on the net
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Every new Bond film guarantees us another theme song performed (and usually written) by an A-list musical talent. Shirley Basset gave us the memorable tune for Goldfinger, Duran Duran sold us on From a View to a Kill but Madonna’s Die Another Day flatlined on the record charts. Just merely being a James Bond tune doesn’t automatically mean that the song will be memorable. So what’s the buzz on the next Quantum of Solace tune, the duet by Jack White of The White Stripes and Alicia Keys called “Another Way to Die”? Listen for yourself and find out.
The song is now on the internet and can be heard in its entirety. In my opinion it’s got a good start that grabs you but then it loses its momentum and becomes forgetful pretty fast.
So there it is and I’m meh about it. What’s your take on the tune? Think that it could be a hit or will it sink faster than George Lazenby’s film career after he made On Her Majesty’s Secret Service?
Posted at 6:07PM by admin
James Bond, the Quantum of Solace and MovieSet
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Daniel Craig returns for his second mission as the world’s most suave secret agent in Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond movie set for release on November 7. For the first time ever in the Bond franchise Quantum is a direct sequel to the previous 007 film, Casino Royale. After being betrayed by Vesper Lynd, watching her die and then learning that she was blackmailed by a terrorist organization with tentacles across the globe, Bond goes after the bad guys and doesn’t pull any punches. Crossing the globe in search of his quarry, 007 allies with a beautiful woman (Olga Kurylenko) who is also on a mission of vengeance against the same people he’s hunting.
MovieSet’s sitelet for Quantum of Solace is now up and we’ve got plenty for you to download. Take a look at nearly three dozen stills from the movie, watch the film’s trailer and then see the behind-the-scenes interviews with Daniel Craig about what’s new for his character in the latest adventure. We’ll also be adding more behind-the-scenes videos to our Quantum site in the days ahead.
And here’s a little trivia fact about the title of the flick: Quantum of Solace was selected by producer Michael Wilson only a few days before it was officially announced to the world. Wilson took the title from a short story that Bond creator Ian Fleming wrote in his “For Your Eyes Only” compilation.
Posted at 11:11PM by admin
