Emmanuel Nwogbo’s favourite James Bond is Sean Connery. Growing up on tales of spy missions and perfectly gelled hair, he’s seen all the Bond films, but it’s Connery’s ’60s capers that stand tall above the rest: “I keep watching those ones because they’re so ridiculous. Some of the names are hilarious, stuff that you could […]
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Cheesy James Bondage
Flashback Film Fest February 2-8 Cineplex Park Lane 5657 Spring Garden Road See cineplex.com for times This week, Cineplex’s Flashback Film Fest—once known as the Great Digital Film Festival—returns with its usual dose of 1980s favourites: Tarantino, Coen brothers and the like. Anything with a robot, monster, alien, time-travelling DeLorean or a rug that really […]
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Boxed in: Coast staff picks
Forget those yuletide carols: Team Coast picks the TV and film box sets that will give their holidays a real fa-la-la-la-la. Felicity (Walt Disney Video) Disney has re-packaged and re-priced The WB’s signature series, so you can own all four seasons for a little more than what one would’ve cost you five years ago. Keri […]
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Quantum of Solace
Quantum of Solace is fancy James Bond title-speak for “a little peace of mind.” This Bond is scuffed up. And Angry. This is what propels Agent 007’s drive for vengeance. Seeking answers about why he was deceived by Vesper, his now-dead love interest from Casino Royale, Bond turns to violence to quench his pain. It’s […]