The Man with the Golden Typewriter

It seems like every year there is a new and interesting release just in time for Christmas from the world of Ian Fleming and James Bond. This year, 2015, is no different and it is bringing this interesting book, The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters. Compiled by Fleming's nephew, Fergus Fleming, it shares the letters between Fleming and his fans and how they helped alter aspects of James Bond's world. It looks like an interesting read and will definitely be a great Christmas gift idea for fans of both the author and the spy.

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Brenda

Quick Links:

Order your copy of The Man with the Golden Typewriter from Amazon now.
Ian Fleming's The Penguin Centenary Collection of James Bond Books.

More James Bond Spectre Videos

As we await the next James Bond movie, Spectre, the producers tantalize us with another trailer. However, if you are curious about the upcoming film, you won't want to stop there. There are a few other interesting videos available including a short clip showing movie director Sam Mendes discussing the movie, a video about the exciting cars of Spectre, one about the incorporation of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations into the movie and finally, an early video about shooting in Austria.

The Second Spectre Trailer   

 

Sam Mendes on Spectre

Here is the video in which director Sam Mendes talks about the movie. He says that Spectre is about Bond, "whether or not he should continue to pursue the life he has pursued, whether he matters and if he is going to continue."

The Cars of Spectre

Then there is a video about the cars. Part of the huge appeal of the James Bond movies for the men in my life are the cars.  In Spectre, Bond drives an Aston Martin. A bonus for car fans is the fact that the car will go up against a really special Jaguar. Mendes says that they are two of the fastest cars in the world...neither of which we will have ever seen before.

Day of the Dead Celebrations in Mexico

The movie might have you wanting to visit Mexico.  It painstakingly incorporates the Day of the Dead celebrations and 1,500 fully costumed extras in the opening scene, As one make-up artist says in the clip, it may be the most visually exciting opening in a Bond movie ever."

Skiing in Austria

Alternatively, the stunning scenery in this scene may have you wanting to go somewhere cold...like Austria. Looks like it will be another Bond film that is "exciting to look at."

Spectre opens in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2015 and November 6, 2015 in North America.

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Brenda

Quick Links:

The Penguin Centenary Collection of Ian Fleming's James Bond Books.
Doctor Who Target Books. 

Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection on Blu-ray

What Bond fan would not love to upgrade their James Bond movie collection with this blu-ray boxed set?

Issued in 2012, it features all of the Bond movies. That means a whopping 50 years worth of movies.

Travel with Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig on their adventures as 007.

Amazon customer reviews are mostly positive with the review voted most helpful saying that Never Say Never Again is excluded supposedly because it was not a part of the original series.  Take a peek at the advertisement for the set:

I know that the boxed set would make a spectacular gift for the dad who lives in our house and for any dad or man who loves James Bond and wants to own the movies on blu-ray disc.

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Brenda

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Buy your Bond 50 set from Amazon.

James Bond Spectre Trailer and Movie Poster

Some trailers are simply more important than others. This one, for the next James Bond movie called Spectre, fits that category. My husband and two grown sons will most definitely want to see this movie as soon as it comes out and the trailer will be very welcome since they cannot actually see the movie yet.

Spectre is due to hit movie theatres November 6, 2015. I wonder if the arrival of this movie will necessitate a re-watch of a bunch of the earlier movies, all of them perhaps or perhaps the ones starring Daniel Craig. How about it? Will you have to watch some or all of the James Bond movies in preparation to see this new one?

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Brenda

Quick Links:

Learn about Spectre on Wikipedia.

Read more about the trailer and the movie on Flixchatter.

Check out The Penguin Centenary Collection of Ian Fleming's James Bond Books.

New on DVD & Blu-ray This Week

Most noteworthy this week in the way of new DVD and blu-ray releases, at least in terms of box office success, is definitely the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall.  Skyfall, although not considered perfect, faired pretty well with the expert reviewers and James Bond fans alike.  It, along with all of the new releases this week, will be available at Amazon and elsewhere on February 12, 2013.
Other new releases include The Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Harry Potter's Emma Watson. While I haven't seen it, I know one of my son's friends enjoyed it enough to make it move onto my 19-year old son's must-see list.

A Disney film called Wreck-It Ralph appears for downloading only this week. If you want to own it on DVD and blu-ray disc you will have to wait until March 5 at which time and in typical Disney fashion, at that time you'll have various choices from the four-disc DVD, blu-ray and digital combination pack to a more simple and affordable DVD.

Called hilarious and heartwarming, the story of Robot and Frank is of a cat burglar who is being overtaken by dementia.  His children want to see him go into a nursing home but he winds up living with a robot who helps him cope with cleaning, cooking, etc. It sounds like an interesting film and is one I would like to see. (Robot and Frank is not available on blu-ray disc.)

The Sessions is a biopic that deals with the story of a poet and polio survivor, sexual intercourse and disabled people. It is apparently a story of optimism told with some humour. However, because of its content matter it is of course rated R and not a movie that I would choose to see lightly. Helen Hunt, who we haven't seen for awhile, plays the sex surrogate.

Is there a new DVD or blu-ray disc in your future?

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Brenda