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James Bond
Slow Horses returns: ‘Readers know by now I’m capable of killing off whoever is in danger,’ says creator Mick Herron
Mick Herron knows every character he jettisons spells the end for an actor too. That’s life, he says, as the Apple TV+ series returns and a new Slough House novel arrives
The Movie Quiz: On which streaming service will you see the next Bond film?
Plus: Who has not been the title character in a Stephen King adaptation?
Pierce Brosnan interview: ‘John Huston said I was too handsome. It can get in the way’
The Irish actor, star of The Thursday Murder Club, on losing a John Huston role because of his face, the James Bond years and the state of the US
Dame Stella Rimington, first female director general of MI5, dies aged 90
Rimington was credited as the model for Dame Judi Dench’s M in the James Bond films
Pierce Brosnan’s 11 most memorable movie roles – in reverse order
The common reduction of Brosnan to ‘Bond actor’ distracts from a busier and better CV than the casual observer might guess
How much did a Bono self-portrait sell for? – and the growing trend of investing in wristwatches
Demand for luxury wristwatches remains high, despite ubiquity of time-telling electronic devices
James Bond: Denis Villeneuve to direct new 007 film for Amazon
Oscar-nominated Canadian film-maker most recently directed the blockbusters Dune and Dune: Part Two
James Bond franchise owners seek more time to defend control of 007 spy’s name
With four years since the last James Bond installment, a legal challenge has been launched arguing intellectual property rights have lapsed
First Look: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: Tom Cruise gets all sentimental amid some suave mayhem
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at Cannes film festival: the closing film in the Tom Cruise series takes itself far too seriously
No, I didn’t watch Sinners all the way through before giving it five stars
Ryan Coogler’s terrific film has a post-credits sequence that adds important plot points. What the hell’s going on?
Pierce Brosnan: ‘I had no qualifications. I was really behind the eight ball – without a mother, without a father’
A long-time painter and art enthusiast, at 71, Brosnan doesn’t often show the whole of himself. He refers to it all as ‘the Celtic alchemy’
An Irish Diary: How James Bond maligned Shannon Airport duty free
Ian Fleming wrote that Bond took a glance at the ‘junk’ in the airport shops including the ‘Brass Leprechauns’
What next for James Bond under Amazon? Marvel-style TV spinoffs on Prime or Miss Moneypenny specials?
Jeff Bezos-controlled Amazon has taken creative control of the James Bond franchise under a deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson
James Bond: Amazon to take over creative control of 007 franchise
Deal will involve new joint venture between Jeff Bezos-owned Amazon and rights holders Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli
Should RTÉ stop showing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang so much?
Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan says reruns of old films won’t cut it for Montrose. Who’s going to break the news to Dick Van Dyke?
James Bond is mad about the Boyne: campaign against abbatoir effluent plan benefits from Pierce Brosnan’s support
An Bord Pleanála has overturned council decision to grant permission for Dawn Meats abbatoir to offload 400,000 litres of treated wastewater into the river every day
The Movie Quiz: Which James Bond has something in common with Donald Trump?
Plus: Who’s the host of this year’s Oscars?
Bray mansion where James Bond actor Sean Connery threw parties, on sale for €795,000
Three-bedroom home in Co Wicklow occupies ground floor of Victorian property and has its own landscaped gardens
Daniel Craig: ‘Sex is surrender. That’s where real connection is made’
The former James Bond star’s vulnerable performance in Queer may surprise fans, but it’s a return to the sexually daring films he used to make
The Movie Quiz: A refrain from which Bond film features on Robbie Williams’s No1 hit, Millennium?
Plus: Arthur Fleck and the last X-Men prequel suggest which Harry Potter film?
The name’s Bond ... Jamie Bond: What’s happened to 007 – and will the films ever return?
It’s already three years since No Time to Die came out. And we may not see the next film in the franchise until 2026
The Movie Quiz: Which film has made the most money so far in 2024?
Plus: Where do the fadas go in the title of the all-conquering Irish film An Cailin Ciuin?
Bond villain’s west of Ireland retreat for €285,000
Actor who played KGB general and his partner escaped hustle and bustle of London at this quaint Gort cottage with guest house
Marvel star Aaron Taylor-Johnson ‘offered role as next James Bond’
English actor reportedly ready to sign contract to play spy and start filming
Solar geoengineering to cool the planet: Not if, but when
Economist Gernot Wagner on a radical solution that’s no longer science fiction
Downton Abbey sequel a litmus test for Irish cinemas after Covid
Owners of cinema groups keen to see audiences return to watch on the big screen
Idris Elba on Nelson Mandela, Sonic the Hedgehog – but absolutely not 007
From Finding Dory to Zootopia to Cats: The legendary actor takes on the role of Knuckles
Oscars 2022: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock overshadows CODA’s best picture award
Kenneth Branagh takes best original screenplay for the autobiographical Belfast
Catalan coalition under strain due to Russian contact revelations
Exiled leader Puigdemont acknowledges contacts in Russia but denies seeking support of Putin regime
Donald Clarke: From blockbusters to bum-breakers – why are films so long now?
The doomsayers despairing at supposedly gnat-like modern attention spans are wrong
Baftas 2022: Belfast edged out by The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh’s film takes just one prize as Joanna Scanlan is ‘surprise’ best actress
Maureen Dowd: Putin has trapped the world in his Napoleonic psychodrama
This demonic little man has been watching too many episodes of The Americans
This Is Going To Hurt: A bruisingly real medical drama, brimming with comedy
TV review: Based on the diaries of a doctor, you’ll be glad you stayed with this – even if you’re squeamish
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