Daniel Craig Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/daniel-craig/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:09:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Daniel Craig Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/daniel-craig/ 32 32 ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Review: Knives out, crucifixes in https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/26/wake-up-dead-man-review-knives-out-crucifixes-in/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:09:07 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042712 Props to Rian Johnson for turning lemons into lemonade: the man hears that Glass Onion was too preachy, then sets the next feature in the Knives Out series in a parish. It shouldn’t be surprising that he’s wound up here — his movies are puzzle boxes that JJ Abrams wishes he was talented enough to pen — but, as fun as these movies can be, it is somewhat frustrating to find us contractually back here again, when there once seemed […]

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]]> ‘Wake Up Dead Man’, it’s a ‘Knives Out 3’ trailer https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/17/wake-up-dead-man-its-a-knives-out-3-trailer/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:26:27 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042674 Unlike with his planned Star Wars trilogy, Rian Johnson delivered on his deal with Netflix to produce two Knives Out sequels. There was the (horrible) second installment, Glass Onion, which came out back in ’22, and now there’s Wake Up Dead Man, with the helpful after-colon title A Knives Out Mystery so that you don’t forget what you’re watching. We’ll be real: We had zero interest in seeing another one of these after Glass Onion, but it’s undeniable that the […]

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]]> See Daniel Craig as William S. Burroughs in the ‘Queer’ trailer https://vanyaland.com/2024/10/29/see-daniel-craig-as-william-s-burroughs-in-the-queer-trailer/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:09:23 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10039948 It’s a bit too early to be making declarations like “Luca Guadagnino’s Queer is the best movie that we’ve seen all year,” but unless Gladiator II brings the heat or The Brutalist is as good as everyone says (fat chance), it’s likely to hold. Guadagnino’s had a hell of a year — he put out Challengers back in April, which is up there in the top ten with this — and Queer is even better. Based on the semi-autobiographical novel […]

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]]> ‘No Time to Die’ Spoiler-Free Review: A fond farewell to Daniel Craig https://vanyaland.com/2021/09/29/no-time-to-die-spoiler-free-review-a-fond-farewell-to-daniel-craig/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:24:59 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10027964 Editor’s Note: To celebrate the release of ‘No Time To Die’, Vanyaland film editor Nick Johnston has ranked all 24 James Bond theme songs. After you read his film review, check out his official rankings, and then cast your own vote for your favorites via the poll button below. We’ll publish the results next week, once we catch our collective breath. Launch Poll There are two primary characteristics that, to me, define Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond, and, much […]

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]]> Bond’s back in action in the new ‘No Time To Die’ trailer https://vanyaland.com/2020/09/03/bonds-back-in-action-in-the-new-no-time-to-die-trailer/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 18:44:20 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10022747 A few of you may remember that, before the COVID-19 pandemic totally uprooted every single one of our 2020s, No Time To Die, Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond, was originally slated to hit cinemas in April. Instead, it was the first major Hollywood release to be delayed, as MGM and Eon saw the writing on the wall and decided it would be best if they waited. At the time — way, way back in March — it seemed […]

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]]> James Bond returns in the ‘No Time to Die’ trailer https://vanyaland.com/2019/12/04/james-bond-returns-in-the-no-time-to-die-trailer/ Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:46:16 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10016364 If Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond has demonstrated one thing, it’s that the man can rebound from failure with the best of them. He began his career with the gritty and great Casino Royale, which saved the franchise in the aftermath of Pierce Brosnan’s total descent into Roger Moore-like camp in Die Another Day and from competition from more modern tales of spycraft like the Bourne series. After the sequel to that film, Quantum of Solace, disappointed pretty much […]

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]]> Fantastic Fest Review: ‘Knives Out’ is a smart and fun mystery https://vanyaland.com/2019/10/02/fantastic-fest-review-knives-out-is-a-smart-and-fun-mystery/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:34:50 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10014111 Editor’s Note: Vanyaland’s Nick Johnston is down in Austin all week long for Fantastic Fest 2019; click here for our continued coverage from the fest and also check out our full Fantastic Fest archives of past coverage. Much like James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari, Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is a studio-wrapped Thanksgiving present to America’s parents, looking for holiday viewing with their assembled brood that won’t totally patronize or alienate them. You’re sure to hear a whole lot of the Downton Abbey crowd exclaim […]

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]]> Holy shit, ‘Bond 25’ finally has an official title https://vanyaland.com/2019/08/20/holy-shit-bond-25-finally-has-an-official-title/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:39:14 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10012503 Perhaps the most curious thing about the James Bond film formally known as Bond 25 was the fact that it was known as Bond 25 for as long as it was. Given the fits and starts that this production has had over the course of the last five years, it’s kind of fitting that it remained untitled until it actually began production: you never would know when a director would drop out or an actor would break their foot — […]

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]]> The ‘Knives Out’ trailer is here to save your week https://vanyaland.com/2019/07/02/the-knives-out-trailer-is-here-to-save-your-week/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 16:48:58 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10010184 It’s no secret that we’re big fans of director Rian Johnson around these parts, as even before the dude courted nerd hatred with the groundbreaking Star Wars: The Last Jedi, he’d made several astonishing pictures. Remember how good Brick was? Or how about Looper? That movie rules! Anyways, Johnson’s departed the Mouse House — perhaps to escape the constant death threats from people who just can’t get over a two year-old movie’s release — and crafted an Agatha Christie tribute, […]

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]]> Take a first look at ‘Bond 25’ with this behind-the-scenes video https://vanyaland.com/2019/06/25/take-a-first-look-at-bond-25-with-this-behind-the-scenes-video/ Tue, 25 Jun 2019 20:30:09 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10009920 It’s been a rough and weird couple of weeks for Bond 25, which has entered production under director Cary Joji Fukunaga (replacing Danny Boyle, who went off to make Yesterday instead). First, Daniel Craig, 007 himself, broke his ankle while on location in Jamaica, requiring surgery. Then, in an even worse turn of luck, a controlled explosion on the 007 Stage (the largest lot in at the UK’s famous Pinewood Studios) nearly killed a crew member. Add to this already […]

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