After big openings across the globe, the new Bond finally opens on Friday. Here's what the critics think.

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1. Entertainment Weekly Gives It A ‘B’: Bond’s TOO Angry!
2. Overall, “Quantum of Solace” Has A 77% On Rotten Tomatoes
3. “A bruising thriller that leaves you feeling both drained and exhilarated.”
4. This film is not as ground-breaking as Casino Royale. But it will kick the living daylights out of any rival action-hero franchises.
5. “Why, then, days after seeing ‘Quantum of Solace,’ do I find, against expectation, that I can’t shake it off?”

The director of the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace , got his start in indie films.

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1. Forster Answers James Bond Questions
2. Forster Lists His 5 Favorite Films — Last Year At Marienbad, Seriously?
3. Marc Forster’s Ratings on Rotten Tomatoes
4. How Forster Was Convinced To Do Bond: Talking To Daniel Craig
5. Forster’s Next Project: “Die Bad” (No, It’s Not A Die Hard Sequel)
6. Marc Forster’s List of Credits
7. Why Marc Forster May Be the Most Subversive ‘Bond’ Director Yet

The Communist Party in St. Petersburg has launched a campaign against new bond girl Olga Kurylenko on the grounds that she is a traitor to her roots.

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1. Quantum of Solace Trailer - Featured on BuzzFeed
2. Olga Kurylenko - Featured on BuzzFeed
3. Bond film “an act of intellectual and moral betrayal.”
4. Spokeswoman says protest is “not a joke.”
5. Olga Kurylenko Likes Going Nude - Featured on BuzzFeed
6. The communists are a little unclear of Bond’s nationality.

The new Bond girl will soon be a household name.

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1. Gemma Learned to Milk a Goat on the Set of Tess
2. Bond girl Gemma to play Tess Of The d’Urbevilles, See Photo
3. Watch the “Quantum of Solace” Trailer
4. Gemma Arterton Finds a Real-life Bond With Spanish Stuntman, Eduardo Gago
5. Everyone Stared at Gemma’s Breasts on the Set of “RocknRolla”
6. Bond Girl Gemma Arterton in Tess of the D’Urbervilles
7. Gemma Arterton Online - See 23 New Scans from Tess of the D’Urbervilles
8. Watch the Gemma Arterton Full-Length Sex Scene from Bond 22

The full trailer for the next Bond film has hit the web.