Category: Studios and Franchises
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The Giant James Bond Rewatch – The Living Daylights (1987)
Whenever a new Bond film is released there’s always a fair amount of kerfuffle and The Living Daylights was no different. That amount increases exponentially when a new Bond actor is also unveiled. The audience is usually divided between those who think the new guy is a great choice, the ones who think that there couldn’t possibly…
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Movie Review – No Time to Die
I’ve already gone on record here at RunPee about how I have enjoyed Daniel Craig’s tenure as Bond, how I’ve liked the story arc throughout the films, and how much I’ve been looking forward to seeing No Time To Die. I may as well tell you at the start about my disappointment… there wasn’t any!…
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The Giant James Bond Rewatch – Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Of all the things that Tomorrow Never Dies has going for it something that, perhaps, doesn’t spring immediately to mind is the sheer weight of originality. This is the first film in the franchise to have no relationship with anything written by Ian Fleming outside of the character names. Licence To Kill was a virtual pick and mix…
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The Giant James Bond Rewatch – Quantum of Solace (2008)
I think it’s fair to say that Quantum Of Solace came in for a fair bit of stick. To be brutally frank it started getting stick before it had even been seen. The cat started peeping out of the bag in September 2007 as people noticed that Sony had registered the domain name quantumofsolacemovie.com. When the title…
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The Giant James Bond Rewatch – Spectre (2015)
Spectre was the last Bond film released in theaters. It’s hard to believe it’s been six years. For those wanting a refresher before No Time To Die, I recommend going back to Casino Royale (2006) and watching all four Daniel Craig films. Be sure to pay attention to Mr. White. He becomes a crucial character…
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Eternals runtime leaked
A leaked report reveals that Marvel’s upcoming release of Eternals on November 5th, 2021, will be the second-longest Marvel movie to date. Avengers: Endgame (3 hours, 2 minutes) Eternals (2 hours, 36 minutes) Avengers: Infinity War (2 hours, 29 minutes) Captain America: Civil War (2 hours, 27 minutes) The Avengers (2 hours, 22 minutes) Avengers:…
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What we know/ What we want from Marvel’s Hawkeye
Jeremy Renner taking down superpowered baddies with nothing more than a bow, an arrow, and a little bit of aim is nothing new, but his character Hawkeye having the starring role in a Marvel-made masterpiece is. Renner is set to star in Hawkeye, the next Disney+ streamed miniseries set to push phase 4 of the…
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No… Time To Die?
This weekend it’ll all be over. No, I haven’t got an appointment with Dignitas and a one-way ticket to Switzerland. What I mean is that I have my tickets booked for Daniel Craig’s last outing as James Bond in No Time To Die and by this time next week I’ll have watched it, written the…
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The Giant James Bond Rewatch – Skyfall (2012)
I’m doing this review last of all despite it being my first pick… Skyfall is definitely my favourite Bond film, just edging out Casino Royale. I’ll admit that in this regard I’m at odds with the voters of IMDb.com… they have Casino Royale at 8.0/10 with Skyfall and Goldfinger tying for second on 7.7/10. I haven’t hidden my…
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The Giant James Bond Rewatch – Die Another Day (2002)
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Die Another Day has one of my favorite Bond openings. Bond fails to win the day and gets captured. We’ve never seen Bond held captive for so long before. (The opening credits compress time and show us some of the torture and interrogation Bond endures.) At that point in my life, I don’t think I…
