Tag Archives: James Bond

No Time To Die. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malik, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomi Harris, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Billy Magnussen, Christoph Waltz, David Dencik, Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, Lisa-Dorah Sonnet, Coline Defaud, Mathilde Bourbin, Hugh Dennis, Priyanga Burford.

Debates will rage on long after his replacement in the franchise is announced, a new favourite taking in the mantle as Ian Fleming’s suave, and sometimes brutal, hero, but as the final moments of No Time To Die roll, as the memories re-emerge of intricately drawn characters, of timely antagonists capturing the era with sublime fierceness, and of a screen hero facing arguably his own mortality, what we should arguably be recognising is that Daniel Craig as 007 is the greatest version of super British spy, James Bond, we might ever be treated to.

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James Bond Night, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It only takes a second for the iconic theme tune to get underway before you realise just how much music from the James Bond series of films means to the collective conscious of the enormous crowd at the Philharmonic Hall and the wider world.

Whether you watch the films in the privacy of your own home or in amongst the massed thrall at your local cinema, one of the key ingredients that makes the film such a blistering event is the score, the musical prelude that heightens up the tension and gives the audience the prickly sensation of what is in store for M.I.5’s greatest ever spy.

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Skyfall, Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Rory Kinnear, Helen McCrory, Ola Rapace, Ben Whishaw.

There will be detractors of Skyfall, there always is and always will be when it comes to the James Bond film series. There will be those that call them archaic, a remnant of an era that no longer exists. They give it disparaging names and in less than polite circles pat themselves on the back for being able to condemn a film for representing certain social stereotypes and they will point to America at leading the way in how these types of films should be presented. Never mind the film, forget everything you have seen on the screen. It is easier to denounce both film and main actor when there is an axe to grinds somewhere.

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Television And Radio Host Bob Holness Dies Aged 83.

Originally published by L.S. Media. January 6th 2012.

The world of radio and television was in mourning today with the news that game show host and B.B.C. Radio 2 presenter Bob Holness has died aged 83.

There can’t be too many game show hosts who had the genuine people touch who also had the distinction of being one of a handful of people to have played the iconic and suave British spy James Bond. If that wasn’t enough for one life,  to be the subject of one of the greatest urban myths of all time is just outrageously phenomenal for 10 life times, let alone just one.

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