Daniel Craig confirms «Bond 25»

In an interview with Stephen Colbert Craig confirms his return as 007.

Reason enough to push my own old content once again:

CraigIsBond revisited

My website CraigIsBond (then available on craigIsBond.net) was my spontaneous reaction to the 2006 online campaign against Craig taking over.

Celebrating the launch of «Spectre» in 2015 I was reviving the site to let you revisit and enjoy all the support and comments that had been posted between the years 2006 and 2009.

craigisbond.rafeman.com

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Rating: 1

Just another very gorgeous looking, very soulless version of how Luc Besson thinks movies are made. I more and more wonder how he managed to create «Léon» where he still seemed to care about characters and storytelling (I think, at least; haven’t watched it in ages).

Oats Studios

Oats Studios

Rating: 4

However you may feel about Neill Blomkamp’s «Chappie»  (I know I was disappointed as hell). His new project creating experimental short films is absolutely worth a look.

Drop whatever you’re doing right and now check out the studio’s phenomenal work on https://www.youtube.com/user/OatsStudios.

Warning: Not for the faint of heart!

Iron Fist

Iron Fist

Rating: 0.5

Just realized I never got around to review Netflix’ «Iron Fist»:

Yes, it sucks.

Moving on…

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Rating: 3

Wow, I almost lost my wallet there at the theater! But I wouldn’t have lost the money: The latest cinematic iteration of Spider-Man is well worth its admission price.

It’s got heart, it has humour, it’s got a great cast. And as unbelievable as is sounds, this co-production between Marvel Studios and Sony (who still hold the rights to the movie character, technically, I think) has something the «purer» MCU films had yet to deliver on: A great villain! Michael Keaton is perfect in the role (winged superpersons obviously just seem to be his thing) and his persona «The Vulture» equally satisfies as antagonist as well as a driving storyelement.

Tom Holland’s Peter Parker is great, too; but no surprise there. And the suits (as in «the VFX») are fun to explore but interestingly enough not as overwhelming and important as let’s say the «Avengers» movies.

So no, I don’t regret to have worn my Spidey T-Shirt to work today. And yes, in the end, I found my wallet under the seat.

Art | Basel 2017 shopping list

Cristina Iglesias

Wonder Woman

Rating: 3

Um,… Miss Woman? I wonder if you’d marry me?

[  ] Yes

[  ] No

[x] I see you more as a friend

The movie’s not bad, either. All thanks to Gal Gadot. I think I’d watch her watching paint dry. 

Alien: Covenant

Rating: 2.5

Wow! Even after all those years Ridley Scott still knows how to disappoint me. He undoubtably created some of the greatest films ever made, but I’m sad to state that for years now, his movies feel more like Scott-free than «SCOTT FREE» productions*.


*) His production company