From Oscar winners to silent brutes, TIME's Richard Corliss surveys a half century of Bond films, and arrives at the 10 most interesting villains
For over 50 years, 007 has been foiling villains' spectacular attempts to kill him
From mojitos to martinis both vodka and gin James Bond has served as one of the big screen's most influential cocktail connoisseurs
Company travel is a given, when you're an international spy. If you're hoping to retrace 007's steps on your next trip, TIME offers the secret agent's seven most exciting adventures
In his second turn as agent 007, Daniel Craig is taciturn, trigger-happy and hell-bent on revenge
They are sexpots and saviors. They might be threats to the hero's life or the most ornamental distraction. Whatever else may change in the 007 series, you can't have a Bond film without Bond girls. Here are 10 to savor.
Shirley Bassey scored a hit, so why have the likes of Tom Jones, Chris Cornell, Jack White and Alicia Keys failed so miserably?
My Word Is My Bond tells how a freakishly handsome young man grew up to play a freakishly debonair secret agent
TIME.com celebrates the centenary of Ian Fleming with features on the British writer and his most famous creation, James Bond
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