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Weekend Movie Forecast: <em>Quantum of Solace, Slumdog Millionaire</em>

Published Nov 14, 2008

Modified Jan 22, 2009

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Quantum of Solace, the latest Bond flick and the first to serve as a direct sequel to its predecessor (in this case, Casino Royale) opens today with Daniel Craig reprising the iconic role. Robert Wilonsky at the Village Voice, who loved Casino Royale, is seriously underwhelmed: "Craig's second outing as Bond is as frustrating, sloppy, and brusque as its predecessor was engaging, sleek, and unhurried. At 106 minutes, it's the shortest of the Bond films, but it feels like one of the longest as it bounces hither and yon only to wind up stranded in a Bolivian desert, where baddie Dominic Greene is sucking the sand dry of its underwater river. Yawn. Used to be, Bond villains were larger-than-life Evil Geniuses who at least had Grand Aspirations to take over the world, bwah-haw-haw. Now, the bad guy's just a phony environmentalist with a thing for deposed dictators and dry wells." — Gothamist

John Del Signore

Published Nov 14, 2008

Modified Jan 22, 2009

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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