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Hilarious Ghana Movie Posters

3 September 2009 7:30 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »

In the 1980s, several local businessmen in Ghana would travel from town to town in order to make money from their "mobile cinema," which was nothing more than a truck equipped with a Vcr and several bootleg copies of Hollywood films. Movie-goers would pay a fee in order to enjoy these movies played in the back of the truck. To promote the screenings, local artists were hired to paint large posters on used canvas flour sacks. The artists were given the freedom to paint the posters as they desired, often without even seeing the films first. We now have these posters for movies like "Cujo," "Terminator 2" and "Evil Dead II." Cujo: (click to enlarge) Terminator 2 (click to enlarge) Evil Dead II (click to enlarge) Poltergeist II (click to enlarge) The Spy Who Loved Me (click to enlarge) Sleepwalkers (click to enlarge) House Party (click to enlarge) Children of the Corn »

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James Bond Museum Opens in the UK

4 April 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Yours truly is a big fan of that point on the compass where movies and cars intersect, and I'm guessing there's lots of other film aficionados out there like myself. Hollywood's love affair with the automobile stretches from Fast & Furious all the way back to Bullitt, and even well before that. But there's one film franchise that has given us more drool-worthy cars than any other, and it's the one with the numerals 007 attached to it.

From the iconic Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger and Lotus Esprit S1 from The Spy Who Loved Me, to the '71 Ford Mustang Mach 1 from Diamonds are Forever and the current Aston Martin Dbs from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, the Bond films have showcased a laundry list of cool metal.

Yesterday, Englishman Peter Nelson, a 48-year-old Bond prop collector and auto museum curator, opened The Bond Museum in England, housed in a former supermarket in Keswick, »

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Bradford International Film Festival Diary Day 1: Michael G. Wilson Gives A Master Class On James Bond Movies

26 March 2009 7:02 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Cinema Retro publishers Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall attended the Bradford International Film Festival in Bradford, England last week. Here is Lee Pfeiffer's first report:

For many years, we had heard about the exciting events that take place at the annual Bradford International Film Festival. The festival is held at the National Media Museum, which is a state-of-the-art showcase for the history of British film, TV, photography and new media. Over the last fifteen years, the festival has hosted world premieres, classic film screenings and internationally acclaimed interview sessions with actors and filmmakers. Although the festival has proven to be a popular attraction, Bradford's distance from London (several hours north) has kept many movie fans from attending. As most of our dealings are generally in London, we fall into that category ourselves.However, we learned that passing up on this festival is a major faux pas on behalf of any serious movie lover. »

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Jaws crowned top Bond character ever

24 March 2009 5:48 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

He’s certainly the most metallic of all past Bond characters and according to a new survey he’s also the most popular. Stand up and take a bow Jaws, as played by Richard Kiel. The hulking henchman (Kiel stands a whopping 7-foot, 6-inches tall!) stars in both The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker and earned such a loyal fan following in these two outings that he scored 30 per cent of votes in the poll conducted by HMV.com and social networking site GetCloser.com to celebrate the DVD release of 007’s 22nd film, Quantum of Solace. Naturally the poll omitted the big guy himself, but it’s interesting to see which characters left a mark on the long-running film franchise. Click over to see who Jaws beat…

Coming in second place with 16 per cent of the 4,900 votes cast is Q, the head of the Armourer division of Her Majesty’s Secret Service, »

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Jaws named as greatest Bond character

24 March 2009 1:38 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Jaws has been named as the best ever James Bond character in a poll of nearly 5,000 film fans. The stainless-steel-mouthed villain was played by Richard Kiel in both The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. Q, played by Desmond Llewellyn and John Cleese, came second in the HMV and getcloser.com poll - which excluded James Bond himself. A spokesman for the DVD retailer said: "We all have our favourite Bond characters, but you can see why so many of us go for Jaws. Aside from his incredible physical presence, he's got a (more) »

- By Sarah Rollo

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Jaws Voted As Greatest Character From James Bond Movies

23 March 2009 2:50 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

Jaws has been voted the greatest ever James Bond character. The villain-turned-good guy, who was portrayed in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" by Richard Kiel, topped the survey of 4,900 film fans.

Jaws beat Q, the Head of Research and Development for British Intelligence - originally played by Desmond Llewellyn and in later films by John Cleese - into second place.

Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesperson for music and DVD retailer HMV who compiled the poll with getcloser.com, said: "We all have our favorite Bond characters, but you can see why so many of us go for Jaws. Aside from his incredible physical presence, he's got a great name and gimmick, and his stainless steel teeth are so wonderfully villainous."

"Ultimately, however, I think we like him because in the end he turns good guy."

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Jaws Voted As Greatest James Bond Character

23 March 2009 2:31 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

Jaws has been voted the greatest ever James Bond character. The villain-turned-good guy, who was portrayed in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" by Richard Kiel, topped the survey of 4,900 film fans.

Jaws beat Q, the Head of Research and Development for British Intelligence - originally played by Desmond Llewellyn and in later films by John Cleese - into second place.

Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesperson for music and DVD retailer HMV who compiled the poll with getcloser.com, said: "We all have our favorite Bond characters, but you can see why so many of us go for Jaws. Aside from his incredible physical presence, he's got a great name and gimmick, and his stainless steel teeth are so wonderfully villainous."

"Ultimately, however, I think we like him because in the end he turns good guy."

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Concert Review: The New York Pops Plays The Music Of James Bond At Carnegie Hall

11 March 2009 1:18 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

The music of James Bond has topped the charts around the world, as evidenced by this rare Japanese 45 Rpm release of John Barry's famous theme song. By Lee Pfeiffer

Last Friday's tribute to the music of James Bond at Carnegie Hall was a magnificent evening of entertainment. The New York Pops, under the direction of conductor Carl Davis, did justice to the canon of great film themes that have characterized the 007 movies. To the relief of Bond fans, the Pops did nothing to "soup up" the arrangements of the familiar songs, opting instead to perform the traditional arrangements. The two hour-plus event managed to incorporate almost all of the main title themes which were played more or less in sequential order, and it was especially rewarding to hear Burt Bacharach's The Look of Love included, despite the fact that it derived from the mostly-detested 1967 slapstick version of Casino Royale. »

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John Orloff Set for Fleming

28 January 2009 11:06 PM, PST | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

John Orloff, who wrote A Mighty Heart, the Angelina Jolie drama about slain Wall Street Journal Daniel Pearl, will next write the screenplay for Fleming, the upcoming biopic about James Bond creator Ian Fleming. The film will look at critical moments in the life of the colorful author and journalist. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way is producing for Warner Bros. Andrew Lazar (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) will also produce. The son of a Parliament member, Fleming served as an intelligence officer in the British Navy and later created the Bond character. The author penned the first Bond book, Casino Royale, in 1953 and went on to write a total of 14 Bond novels featuring the debonair spy. Among them were Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me and Goldfinger. Fleming also wrote the children's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Eight months after the release of the third Bond film, »

- James Cook

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2009 | 2008 | 2001

9 articles from 2009

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