Opinion

George Lazenby is James Bond. This was an indisputable fact in 1968 when the young Australian model convinced producer Albert R. Broccoli to let him pick up the reins from Sean Connery. Whilst Lazenby is...

Right. Let’s get this done quickly and not waste any time or, heaven forfend, an entire feature on this “debate”: Sean Connery is the best Bond. No ifs, no buts, no “Timothy Dalton brought a much...

The release of Some Kind of Beautiful on 25th September sees a 62 year-old Pierce Brosnan paired with both Jessica Alba and Salma Hayek – 34 and 49 years old respectively. This kind of gendered age gap...

About halfway through Amy Schumer's breakout debut Trainwreck, her protagonist (also named Amy) explains to her sister that she's terrified of falling for her romantic lead because, in her experience of...

This feature contains mild spoilers for The Diary of a Teenage Girl. The primary topic of discussion surrounding the release of Marielle Heller's Sundance hit The Diary of a Teenage Girl has been its...

All statistics correct at time of writing. We were all a little worried for Josh Trank's embattled vision for Reed Richards, Ben Grimm and the Storm siblings, but nothing prepared us for this: already,...

At first glance, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is a sexist film. Made by notorious sexploitation director Russ Meyer, the three heroines are go-go dancers who spend the entirety of the film in dangerously...

Well, Fury Road is pretty exciting, huh? No really. In a whole bunch of cultural ways, it's pretty goddamn exciting. Its female protagonist Furiosa, played by the frighteningly brilliant Charlize Theron, is...

This year has brought with it a huge number of (incredibly) long-awaited sequels. We've just witnessed the reopening of Isla Nubar in Jurassic World, next month we'll go back in time for Terminator...

With the rise of on-demand services like Netflix and the ever-growing culture of "binge-watching", the relationship between television and film is becoming increasingly blurred. Shows like House of Cards,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBwaO-rAsE Poor RDJ. As a dedicated film fan, there’s a very good chance you’ve been in love with him at some point, but Channel 4 presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy is...

Avengers, Assemble! Captain America? A-okay. Iron Man? Check. Hawkeye? Here. Thor? Another! Yes, your favourite heroes (Batman is so noughties) are back for another round of comic-book battling, and I'm not...

The idea that the English language has a monopoly in cinema should surprise absolutely nobody. The power of Hollywood meant American culture dominated screens for more than a century, and for as long as there...

Cast your eye over the listings at your local cinema and chances are you’ll spot something which looks a bit out of place. Over the last couple of years, live transmissions of theatre productions and operas...

For anyone over the age of 21, the recent cinematic trend of adapting dystopian fiction seems a little baffling. Taking a look at the abusive vampire flicks and cancer-based teen dramas we’re used to seeing...