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Daniel Craig

London photo of the day: James Bond points the way to the gents

Sat, Sep 03, 2011
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The door to the men’s toilet at the Enterprise pub in Holborn is indicated by a photo of Daniel Craig as James Bond.

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Cowboys & Aliens (review)

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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Holy shit, Indiana Jones and James Bond are fighting frickin’ aliens. This is a geekgasm. Or it should be. But it isn’t.

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Harrison Ford’s best performance in years

Thu, Jul 28, 2011
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Hairballs? Ewww.

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celebrity headlines I’d love to see

Sun, Jun 26, 2011
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The Guardian’s headline about the marriage of two movie stars somehow elevates it above the level of mere gossip and turns it into something nearly shocking…

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oh, WTF: “sexy” ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ poster misses the fucking point entirely

Fri, Jun 03, 2011
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You know, there’s a reason why the original, untranslated title of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is The Men Who Hate Women…

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watch it: “Equals”

Tue, Mar 08, 2011
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Today is International Women’s Day, and in honor of this, Daniel Craig and Judi Dench highlight the inequalities women still face, in a short film by Sam Taylor-Wood.

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question of the day: Is James Bond dead?

Fri, Aug 06, 2010
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*Entertainment Weekly* is suggesting, in its latest issue, that the Bond franchise may be dead…

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question of the day: Which movies are better than the books they’re based upon?

Tue, Jul 27, 2010
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It’s official: Daniel Craig has been cast as Mikael Blomkvist in the Hollywood English-language production of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I still kinda don’t see the point of remaking the movie so soon — the Swedish-language version is fantastic — but there’s no escaping it now. But it got me thinking about movies … more…

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question of the day: What if Christopher Nolan took over the James Bond franchise?

Tue, Jul 13, 2010
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I haven’t seen Inception yet — I’ll see it tonight — but I’m even more intrigued to hear writer-director Christopher Nolan say this about the film (to BBC News): The Bond influence on the film was very intentional because, for me, growing up with the Bond films – they’ve always stood for grand-scale action… for … more…

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question of the day: Is there any point in a Hollywood remake of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’?

Wed, Jul 07, 2010
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As it always does, the inevitable has come to pass. The Swedish film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is getting the Hollywood treatment. Never mind that the original film is a worldwide phenomenon that has earned more than $100 million worldwide, including more than $9 million in North America, which ranks it respectably as … more…

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