Channel 4 has compiled its list of the 10 worst cars to appear in James Bond films. The Citroen 2cv (picture above) made its shameful appearance in For Your Eyes Only – albeit without the very unstealthy (how’s that for a new word) paint job.

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An intersting tid-bit from this AP article is that Quantum of Solace picks up just about where Casino Royale left off:

Filming began earlier this month at Pinewood, the franchise’s home since the 1960s. It’s a direct sequel to 2006’s “Casino Royale,” beginning an hour after that film ends, with Bond devastated by his betrayal by true love Vesper Lynd.

“He had his heart broken at the end of the last movie and that certainly is a spur for him in this one,” Craig said.

“I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t revenge in his heart. But it’s more than that. That spurs him on, but that’s not what the movie is. It’s not a revenge movie. It’s about him figuring a few things out.”

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From IMDB: Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the world’s greatest rock ‘n roll band, The Rolling Stones, unite to bring audiences the musical film event, “Shine A Light,” a look at The Rolling Stones, the band that defined the very idea of what a rock & roll band is, live through the eyes of Scorsese.

Here is the trailer….

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But the film still propagates a lie that almost everyone, consciously or unconsciously, knows to be false: the idea that winning a given poker game or tournament has any meaning whatsoever. Poker is a game of skill, but only in the long run — great players sometimes endure losing streaks that last for months, and a complete idiot with ten grand to spare can win the world championship. (Some would argue that that’s already happened.) Imagine, say, a football movie in which our heroes score the winning touchdown in the final seconds — but then the referee flips a coin, it comes up tails, and six points are awarded to the other team instead. Do you still care? That kind of short-term caprice makes poker profitable (because bad players occasionally win big, and thus keep playing), but it also means that, no matter what happens to the characters playing onscreen, the audience takes a bad beat.

To promote “Captivity,” After Dark submitted ads showing explicit images of a woman’s torture and death. MPAA “summarily rejected” the ads, according to Marilyn Gordon, the org’s senior VP for advertising. But After Dark used the ads anyway, posting them prominently on billboards in highly trafficked areas of Los Angeles as well as in Gotham taxis.

“The sanctions in this case are severe because this was an unacceptable and flagrant violation of MPAA rules and procedures,” Gordon said in a statement.

Public reaction to the billboards was strong, as MPAA switchboards lit up with complaints as well as questions about what to do, an org official said. When MPAA ordered After Dark to remove the ads, the company responded slowly, eventually complying but replacing the original ads with a sign reading “Captivity was here,” as if to have the last word. Ads at bus shelters in L.A. were still displayed Thursday.

Sanction comes in response to After Dark’s “prominent display in both Los Angeles and New York of advertising that the MPAA had explicitly disapproved as inappropriate for general public viewing,” the org said Thursday in a statement.

You know what they say about first impressions. That’s why both Hollywood and independent studios are spending valuable time and resources to create the most appropriate main title sequences for their films. At its very best, a title sequence is a self-contained hybrid that combines several moving image techniques – film, animation, cgi – to compress the essence of the film it introduces.

On SubmarineChannel, we love a good main title. That’s why we’ve started an online collection of the most stunning and original ones. Some are engaging or wildly entertaining, funny, exhilarating or deadly beautiful. Some are oozing with visual treats while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious style.