Skyfall’s Best and Worst Product Tie-Ins

Bond. James Bond. Thanks to his many onscreen incarnations, Ian Fleming’s suave, sophisticated and deadly super-spy is one of the UK’s most kickass cultural ambassadors. Whereas 007’s derring-do is motivated by Queen and country, movie studios have always kept profits squarely in their gunsights. Starting with the very first Bond … Read More

Darkly Drilling Dexter

If you film it, will they kill? The above maligning of the slogan from the innocent-as-Mom’s-apple-pie baseball film Field of Dreams — not to mention this post’s button-pushing headline — is offered with sincere apologies to the alleged victims of Edmonton’s so-called “Dexter” killer, whose case dates back to fall … Read More

DailyXY — Because One a Day Is Good for You

We at DailyXY have always thought that the ideal way for the modern male to live would be as James Bond, provided that James Bond is played by Cary Grant. We like to imagine that the modern male can be civilized and stylish at the same time as being one … Read More

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