Posts Tagged ‘Quantum of Solace (2008)’
Author: James
Boldly going…again
Reboots – they’re all at it. Following the very successful relaunch of the James Bond franchise with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008), and some 43 years after Captain James T. Kirk first boarded the USS Enterprise, he’s back!
Author: James
Quantum leaps
So, that’s it then. With this movie review, Picturenose lays its cards on the table. Long live the new king – Daniel Craig, in just two portrayals, has wrested the ‘Best James Bond Ever’ title from one Sir Sean Connery (remember him?) and, in Quantum of Solace (2008), director Marc Forster and writers Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have delivered the first direct Bond sequel. Boy, have they delivered…
Author: James
It’s that magical time again – since star Daniel Craig and director Martin Campbell blew their genuinely Ian Fleming-style Bond into the 21st century, with the simply marvellous franchise reboot that was Casino Royale (2006), 007-ites the world over have been waiting, with expectations understandably heightened, for Quantum of Solace (2008), the first Bond sequel ever (and it’s also the shortest film in the series to date, at a mere one hour 46 minutes).
Author: James
Stay
Staying power
Marc Forster’s Vanilla Sky-esque vision of what dreams may come, Stay, is worth coming back to. Forster is very much the man of the moment – the German-born director has given the world critically acclaimed hits such as Monster’s Ball (2001) (Halle Berry’s gong-grabber, oo-er missus), Finding Neverland (2004), Stranger Than Fiction (2006) and, best of all, he’s at the helm of the next Bond, Quantum of Solace, due for release in November 2008. Much as I’d like to discuss (at length) the life-affirming joy that is the prospect of a new 007 flick, we were talking about Stay, weren’t we? Oh well, duty calls…
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