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"Skyfall" (PG-13, 143 minutes, MGM): To succeed, a James Bond movie must traffic in equal parts sophistication and pure preposterousness, a winking willingness not to take itself too seriously, but with peerless writing, acting and production values. All of those elements are on hand in "Sky…

It's Bond at his best

In "Skyfall," director Sam Mendes takes James Bond (Daniel Craig) back to the basics - bullets, babes, big-time bad guys and bawdy humor, proving that "reinventing" Bond was never necessary.

It's Bond at his best

Bullets and babes are part of the James Bond franchise, as exemplified in this photo of Roger Moore with Maud Adams, left, and Britt Ekland, from the James Bond 1974 film, "The Man with the Golden Gun."

It's Bond at his best

To borrow a line from Depeche Mode, death is everywhere in "Skyfall." James Bond's mortality has never been in such prominent focus, but the demise of the entire British spy game as we know it seems imminent, as well.

Palomeando: 007 con sabor español 'Skyfall'

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Palomeando: 007 con sabor español 'Skyfall'

Con "Skyfall" (Sam Mendes, 2012) ya son 26 las películas realizadas sobre el célebre agente inglés, eso si sumamos los dos casos raros. El primero: la sátira barroca de 1967, odiada por sus dueños "oficiales" (Eon Productions), que tuvo a seis directores a cargo (uno de ellos John Houston) y…