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November 17, 2006
'Casino Royale' holds a winning hand
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
AP Movie Writer
It would have been enough just inserting a fresh face, Daniel Craig, as 007 in “Casino Royale” to give a whole new look and feel to the James Bond franchise.
| CASINO ROYALE |
 Director: Martin Campbell Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, a scene of torture, sexual content and nudity Running time: 144 minutes |
Yet taking the world's greatest spy back to his roots as a raw, impressionable brute whose cockiness at times fails him and who can lose his heart to a woman was a keen stroke of intelligence.
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