The Secret Review

Welcome to the online version of The Secret Review, which as well as everything you need to know about the film - from the lowdown on the actors, cars and music to the making of the movie - has all the essentials for aspiring secret agents - the cocktails, the clothes, the gadgets and the luxury pad. There's also an exclusive online feature and the chance to win a Sony Ericsson Bond special edition K800i. Now that should stir you into action.

In the new Bond movie, Casino Royale, at cinemas now, you'll notice some differences from the Bond movies of old. There's no Q, no Miss Moneypenny, no silhouetted dancers and, instead, a grittier, rougher, rawer Bond, one newly qualified as a 00 agent. This is a new era in Bond films - and it's one The Independent has decided to celebrate with a Secret Review, a Casino Royale special bought to you in association with Sony Ericsson, official partner of Casino Royale.

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Editors Choice
007 Profile
If Jude Law and Orlando Bloom embody heroic prettiness, Craig specialises in slow-burn sensuality...
The making of Bond
...Casino Royale is a fresh start. It sweeps aside Moneypenny, Q, the cackling megalomaniacs with their underground lairs, the silhouetted dancing girls and - oh, yes - the invisible car.
Bond Gadgets
The camera is among the highest-resolution on a communications device: 3.2 megapixels - that's 3.2 million of the tiny dots that make up the picture...
The new Aston Martin DBS
Bond must drive an Aston Martin and for Casino Royale he has been given what could well turn out to be most impressive Aston Martin ever made: the new DBS.
How to Date James Bond
He's leaner, meaner and more physical than any of his predecessors. But how exactly does one bag the new post-feminist, post-Cold War Bond?