I am watching a 10-year-old boy carefully burn the fur off a dead monkey. And I'm learning again why nature is the ultimate safety net for the world's rural poor, about one sixth of the world's population.
If James Bond's "License to Kill" gets revoked, he'd have no problem finding work as a corporate spy. To the short list of sectors that stand to gain from the financial crisis, add corporate intelligence firms.
"Quantum of Solace," Daniel Craig's second outing as James Bond, begins just minutes after "Casino Royale" ended and sets off at such a furious pace -- a breakneck car chase along hairpin roads -- you half expect 007 to overtake himself and save his lover Vesper Lynd from the soggy Venetian fate that ended "Royale."
I am watching a 10-year-old boy carefully burn the fur off a dead monkey. And I'm learning again why nature is the ultimate safety net for the world's rural poor, about one sixth of the world's population.
If James Bond's "License to Kill" gets revoked, he'd have no problem finding work as a corporate spy. To the short list of sectors that stand to gain from the financial crisis, add corporate intelligence firms.
"Quantum of Solace," Daniel Craig's second outing as James Bond, begins just minutes after "Casino Royale" ended and sets off at such a furious pace -- a breakneck car chase along hairpin roads -- you half expect 007 to overtake himself and save his lover Vesper Lynd from the soggy Venetian fate that ended "Royale."
It seems a very long time ago, considering the barely-contained anticipation around new Bond movie "Quantum of Solace," that eyebrows were raised over Daniel Craig's initial casting as the super-cool spy.
The shoe phone on TV's "Get Smart" wasn't just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere -- though it did require a dime to make a call.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes -- from the gun-packing maverick who shoots first and asks questions later to the unlikely hero, blinking with surprise at his newly found ass-kicking skills.
Two stuntmen filming a scene for the new James Bond movie were recovering Friday after they were involved in an accident on the shores of Italy's Lake Garda, a spokeswoman for the production company said.
From Ennio Morricone to Hans Zimmer, John Williams to Danny Elfman, this month we're celebrating music in the movies with our top ten favorite original film soundtracks.
When GQ hits newsstands next week, it's not one, but three handsome covers vying for attention. For the magazine's annual Men of the Year issue (out Nov. 27), former president Bill Clinton, James Bond stud Daniel Craig and hip hop star Kanye West took top honors. Rounding out the expansive list is "icon" Tom Hanks, "father of the year" Seth Rogen, British import James McAvoy and "breakout of the year" Casey Affleck. Surprisingly enough, GQ includes some ladies: Cate Blanchett is recognized for her turn as Bob Dylan in I'm Not There and Hayden Panettiere is the "obsession of the year."– Kristin Boehm
You can't go far wrong in a truck equipped with an Astrata box. The device, half the size of a cigarette pack, can be wired into anything that moves - truck, car, shipping container - to head off nearly every conceivable type of disaster.
James Bond's favorite car -- the Aston Martin -- has topped a list of the coolest brands in the UK thanks to its long-running association with the legendary super-spy.
The scene fades to black, the movie is over, and the credits begin to roll. But wait! Don't leave just yet. You might miss some of the great custom-made artwork being cooked up by today's filmmakers.
Bidding for Ford Motor unit Aston Martin had been particularly fierce and there was a strong chance that the car line made famous by James Bond movies could sell for more than $1.2 billion, according to a published report.
When one walks into the London offices of QinetiQ, a British defense company rumored to be the inspiration for James Bond's Q, there is no bullet-firing briefcase - just a Cambridge-educated accoun...
In 1962 a low-budget adaptation of a paperback thriller by a former British intelligence officer enjoyed a modest reception from critics and cinema audiences in the UK and the U.S.
James Bond's car -- really, the James Bond car -- will be going up for auction in January. Cars custom-built for Al Capone and Hank Williams Jr. will also be for sale at the same event.
James Bond's car -- really, the James Bond car --will be going up for auction in January. Cars custom-built for Al Capone and Hank Williams, Jr. will also be for sale at the same event.
Sean Connery, the original suave British spy in the popular James Bond films, is once again playing 007 in Electronic Arts' video game remake of the 1963 Bond movie, "From Russia With Love."
ESCAPISTS DAYDREAM ABOUT them; James Bond's enemies use them for evildoing; most of us spend a week or two on one of them every chance we get. No wonder: Islands are both a natural fortress--especi...
They may have homicidal tendencies and a thirst for world conquest, but when you really think about it, the bad guys in James Bond stories are amazingly inept villains.
If you subscribe to the '80s duo Tears for Fears' classic lyric, "everybody wants to rule the world," and you like computer games, check out "Evil Genius," a new strategy game where you assume the role of a criminal mastermind bent on world domination.
It's an intense James Bond scenario: The secret agent rappels down the side of an exploding building while aiming and firing at enemies who are also scaling down at breakneck speeds.
Recovery teams returned to Baltimore Harbor's frigid waters Monday with state-of-the-art sonar to help in their search for three people still missing from a weekend water taxi accident.
Sorry, James Bond fans, there won't be a new Bond movie this year. So you're just going to have to make do with what some critics are calling one of the best James Bond video games ever.
--Panasonic RR-VS321 IC Recorder $149.95 Store your thoughts digitally--at least the ones you articulate. Voice quality on the top setting (16 minutes) is good, but it stinks in the long-lasting mo...
Few people would dispute that the 1967 classic film The Graduate is almost unimaginable without Dustin Hoffman (in his first major role) as the freshly minted college graduate Benjamin Braddock, or...
The only thing I like to think about less than my current financial situation is retirement. To me, that means old age, physical and psychic decline and inevitably (sorry, folks) shuffling off this...
By now, moviegoers have become well acquainted with the phenomenon of product placement--the quid pro quo between corporations and filmmakers that made E.T. gobble Reese's Pieces and James Bond tra...
Picture a bond fund manager, and you probably envision a skinny chap with Coke-bottle glasses, a five-pound pocket calculator and skin so pale you'd think he bathed in chlorine bleach. Stock fund m...
LOOKING FOR ACTION? SAY HELLO to bonds--muni bonds, that is. Sure, the new $55 million James Bond flick starring Pierce Brosnan has plenty of action. But the $1.2 trillion muni bond market offers i...
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER to profit from a blockbuster movie anymore. For just $37, you can buy a share in the company whose products helped create True Lies, Ah-nold's James Bond ...
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