James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Ultimate Edition, 2 DVDs)

The film is the sixth Bond film, titled On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The year is 1969, Sean Connery had spectacularly resigned from the role on the grounds the audience would not relate to him anymore due to the fact he was too old for role, in reality he was just approaching 40. His feelings were that he could not play Bond much longer without the character becoming a caricature of an aging playboy. Director Peter Hunt had a right job on his hands for this film, for starters the star of the previous five Bond films had gone, he had a new guy playing the secret agent who had never spoke a line in front of a camera before and worst of all he was ...

After 1967's You Only Live Twice Sean Connery fufilled his promise of moving beyond James Bond and Eon Productions had the unenviable task of finding a new 007 actor. Did they change the character? Hire a big star to compensate for losing Connery? Connery's success in the role and status as the original (and forever best) James Bond meant they were on a hiding to nothing whatever they did. During the casting process a 28 year-old Australian model (best known for a chocolate advert) called George Lazenby broke the nose of a stuntman while shooting some test footage of a fight scene. Lazenby was not an actor but he looked like a James Bond and moved well. Director Peter ...

From the moment it starts, you should have no illusion about 'Ocean's Eleven' - it's a fun movie, nothing more. Steven Soderbergh's unlikely renaissance with 'Out of Sight' came after his film 'Schizopolis', a film which is as close as possible to a resignation letter from mainstream film-making as it is possible to come. Since then he has alternated between commercial and experimental: 'Out of Sight' was followed by the kaleidiscopic 'The Limey', the crowd-pleasing 'Erin Brokovich' was succeeded by the more difficult 'Traffic', and the next one will be a micro-budget satire called 'Full ...