Nothing Succeeds Like Excess

Haven’t had enough James Bond and Casino Royale coverage this week? Then try these three last stories: In Slate, Bryan Curtis opines on “the secret life” of 007, while his colleague, Justin Shubow, considers Bond’s storied “license to kill” in relations to the rules and regulations of British intelligence. And over at Cinematical, Richard von Busack looks back fondly at the 1967 film version of Casino Royale, starring David Niven.