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Donald Clarke

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Sam Mendes Mendes turns down next Bond film. Is Mr Nolan available? Reygadas?

The Oscar-winning director of American Beauty is standing down from Bond duties. The fans will surely cry out for Chris Nolan. Maniacs want Carlos Reygadas.

The 10 best Bond films for the 50th Anniversary

Just under a decade ago I wrote a piece for the Irish Times Magazine on 50 years of James Bond. There were several theses competing for attention. The main gist was: ignore the films, read the books. Yes,  Ian Fleming‘s …

From Pinewood with Love

We have been transported to the English countryside to hang out with the cast and crew of the latest James Bond film. It’s called Skyfall for some reason. Chicken Little has not sued. A visit to Pinewood Studios is always …

The next Bond film is called Skyfall.

The Bond films are perhaps the only movies that can generate press conferences a whole year before release. Earler today, Daniel Craig (current 007), Judi Dench (ongoing M) and Sam Mendes (upmarket director) gathered in the Corinthia Hotel to announce …

Quantum of Solace is lousy says director of Green Lantern

Okay, let’s get the preliminaries out of the way first. You’re one to talk, Mr Martin Campbell. I mean it’s not as if The Green Lantern is ever going to be confused with The Dark Knight. Didn’t you also direct …