The Spies Who Loved Me: A Visual History Of The Bond Girl
The evolving history of the Bond Girl is a study in glamour, sexploitation and hypocrisy across six decades.
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The Espionage Era: The Ipcress File
Continuing our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s with this classic ‘anti-Bond’ downbeat thriller that spawned its own franchise.
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The Espionage Era: Our Man In Marrakesh
Continuing our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s with a rather odd comedy-thriller from the Harry Alan Towers stable.
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Austin Powers – A Man Of His Time
Looking back at the Austin Powers films, a series now almost as out of touch with modern sensibilities as the character himself. But does that matter?
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Take This Job And Shove It – Actors Biting The Hand That Feeds
The curious habit that celebrities have of utterly hating the very thing that has made them rich and famous.
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The Espionage Era: Hot Enough For June
The first in our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s is a lovely ‘accidental spy’ romp with Dirk Bogarde and Sylva Koscina.
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Carry On Margaret Nolan
Looking back at the career of one of British cinema’s most iconic glamour girls.
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Telly Savalas Loses That Loving Feeling
The unusual musical career of the tough-guy actor and lounge lizard.
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In Defence Of Fu Manchu
Sax Rohmer’s series of novels, and the films that they inspired, are the subject of much controversy. But we need to see them in context to understand them.
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The Bulldog Drummond Films Of The 1960s
The short-lived 1960s reboot of the classic adventure series into a Bond-style mix of high camp and sexy girls.
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Honor Blackman’s Book Of Self Defence
The Avengers star shows women how to deal with the unwanted attentions of sleazy men.
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