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Entries from Londonist tagged with 'bond'

November 1, 2008

The weekly round up of film reviews continues, courtesy of James Bryan... This week the chosen one returns as James Bond in Quantum of Solace. Although you probably already knew that having endured the mountain of media coverage, special supplements and product placement that accompanies any new Bond film. Give that marketing team an Oscar! Bond is as critically bullet-proof as a film can be and the actual reviews of the film have an air......

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October 30, 2008

Go on you Spurs: a 4-4 draw against the Gunners, and now a new stadium. Bond is back. An equi-philiac in Feltham gets off with a caution. Camden council are debating as to whether they should have Christmas this year… …although on the plus side they’ve managed an impressive drugs crackdown. A London drum-maker has contracted anthrax from the skins he uses. Hampstead is about to lose its red phone boxes. Maison Bertaux from......

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May 20, 2008

While we're waiting for details of the new Bond film to start leaking, The Barbican are celebrating what would be author Ian Fleming's 100th birthday with a weekend dedicated to the suave legend. The full list of Bond films was voted down to 4 by Barbican website users and they've just announced that the winning films are 'Goldfinger', 'From Russia With Love', 'Casino Royale' and 'Dr No'. Showing on the weekend of 7/8 June,......

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April 22, 2008

Londonist sent in good friend and Flemingophile, Chris Roberts (he of the Londonist walks and One Eye Grey fame), to spy on the new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. As a kid I loved James Bond books, so much so that as an adult I tried to write one. This was before I discovered that Ian Fleming Estates come at you with a, well pick your favourite Bond villain weapon, if you so......

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