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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) was the sixth movie in the James Bond series that started in 1962 with the release of "Dr. No" and today is probably best remembered as the only Bond movie starring Australian actor George Lazenby as the iconic secret agent 007. Lazenby had a lot to contend with in taking on the role. Scots actor Sean Connery had already made five Bond films and was seen in many people's eyes as the *ONLY* actor capable of playing Bond successfully. In a way this was rather ironic, as initially Bond's creator, author Ian Fleming, had been highly critical of the choice of Connery to play Bond, only changing his mind after the ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Rarely do you see a Hollywood blockbuster that is so effortlessly elegant and polished as Steven Soderbergh's OCEAN'S ELEVEN. Watching this film is the cinema-going equivalent of sipping champagne by the poolside on a summer evening. There is very little in the way of thrills and spills in this movie, but there is plenty in the way of sophistication, finesse, and that certain 'je ne sais quoi' which comes with some of life's richer pleasures. For a heist movie it is amazingly bereft of action or suspense. For sheer entertainment it is almost unbeatable. This is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, ...  Read the complete review