The Chronicle's movie critic emeritas also answers questions about "Gladiator II," the two "Cape Fear" movies and his thoughts on opening credits.

But there are still stakes to adapting 007 for the current console era: to escape the shadow of GoldenEye and chase the glory ...

Good acting is one of the reasons the James Bond franchise has endured, with turns by Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, and Sophie Marceau standing out.

What if the best spy franchise in the world has already released its best film, and everything has been downhill ever since? Back in 2012, Skyfall came out and instantly established itself as the best ...

*Idris Elba has addressed the comments from new James Bond author Anthony Horowitz saying the actor is “too street” to play the iconic British spy. “Always keep smiling! It takes no energy and never ...

I’m genuinely surprised how much I’m enjoying The Terminal List: Dark Wolf. The prequel spinoff of the Chris Pratt-led Terminal List takes place seven years before the main show, and follows the story ...

Frankly, the Nintendo 64's Goldeneye: 007 has spent the last three decades running cover for a long line of middling-to-bad James Bond video games. Whether in mediocre pseudo-sequels that bore the ...

Years after its theatrical run, Johnny English has become a surprise streaming hit in America, proving Rowan Atkinson’s spy parody still has appeal.

They may have presaged summer-blockbuster culture more than a decade before that culture stormed (slash created) the multiplex, but the James Bond movies will always be associated with Thanksgiving, ...