Bond Week

Susie Allnutt / Sony Pictures

He's saved the world two dozen times, all the while flirting and cracking jokes, sipping martinis and playing cards. On the eve of Quantum of Solace, we take a look back at the age of Bond, James Bond More »

Evil Geniuses and Silly Thugs: The Best Bond Villains

TIME's Richard Corliss surveys a half century of Bond films, arriving at the 10 most interesting villains More »
James Bond: Escape Artist

For over 50 years, 007 has been foiling villains' spectacular attempts to kill him More »
Shaken and Stirred, James Bond Loves His Booze

From mojitos to martinis — both vodka and gin — James Bond has served as one of the big screen's most influential cocktail connoisseurs More »
Travel Like Bond, James Bond

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 More »
The Quantum of Solace Review

In his second turn as agent 007, Daniel Craig is taciturn, trigger-happy and hell-bent on revenge More »
The Best of the Bond Girls

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. More »
The Art (and Business) of the Bond Theme Song

Shirley Bassey scored a hit, so why have the likes of Tom Jones, Chris Cornell, Jack White and Alicia Keys failed so miserably? More »
And the Bond Played On

My Word Is My Bond tells how a freakishly handsome young man grew up to play a freakishly debonair secret agent More »
Ian Fleming's Centenary

TIME.com celebrates the centenary of Ian Fleming with features on the British writer and his most famous creation, James Bond More »