WLU: The school of James Bond bad girls

WLU: The school of James Bond bad girls

Wilfrid Laurier University researcher Lisa Funnell’s passion for James Bond is more than academic. And her knowledge of what she calls the “bad girls” who kicked, punched and poisoned their way through 22 onscreen thrillers with 007 verges on the encyclopedic.

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Japan's latest death-game movie plays by its own rules

Films about murder games of various sorts have become a popular Japanese-movie subgenre, beginning with the ultra-violent Kinji Fukasaku hit "Battle Royale" (2000) and continuing with the even more successful "Death Note" trio of films (2006-2008) â€" though the "game" in the latter was more of a battle of wits between the killer hero and the candy-addicted private detective hired to stop him ...

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