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    Iroquois Amphitheater Monday Night Movies presents 'From Russia With Love' [Movi
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    It is simply astounding that the James Bond

    film series is still ongoing – it is, in fact, the longest-running series in cinema. Officially, there are 23 films, which doesn't include a short 1954 television adaptation of the novel “Casino Royale,” the 1967 parody of the same name (which, by the way, is definitely worth watching – starring Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, and Orson Welles, among others), or the 1983 film

    Never Say Never Again

    , a remake of

    Thunderball,

    the fourth Bond film. (It is also the second-highest grossing film series of all time – an honor lost to the

    Harry Potter

    film series, which is pretty impressive considering the size discrepancy.) In October the

    23

    rd

    Bond film,

    Skyfall

    , will be released to theaters, coinciding with the

    50

    th

    anniversary of the release of

    Dr. No

    , the very first Bond film. Daniel Craig returns for the third time as 007, with Javier Bardem as the villain Raoul Silva and Naomie Harris as “Bond Girl” Eve.

    As I said, the first Bond film debuted fifty years go – but it is the sequel with which we are concerned today: 1963's

    From Russia With Love

    , wherein Bond travels to Turkey to meet the Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova, who wishes to defect. Naturally, the mysterious SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion) is involved and the result is two hours of guns, girls, gadgets, and car chases.

    From Russia With Love

    screens this evening at Iroquois Amphitheater as this week's Monday Night Movie. Admission is free and the film begins at 8:30. The Iroquois Amphitheater is located at 1080 Amphitheater Road in Iroquois Park.

    Image: Internet Movie Database

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    There are legitimate theories that the Big Bang originated from the collapse of a black hole in a fourth-dimensional universe. This stuff fascinates me, and I love reading about it. I love reading about science. And about anything, for that matter, provided it's interesting - and everything is potentially interesting, so I'm fascinated by a lot of things. I also read a lot of fiction (Kurt Vonnegut deserves deification) and watch a lot of movies (Charlie Chaplin also deserves deification). I've made a few short films myself. I'm also a writer of everything - I'm close to a Bachelor's in English at IUS. My life consists of reading, writing, bartending, and taking care of my daughter full-time. Life is busy and life is stressful, but that's why there's music and art and other forms of relaxation.

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