Posts by Mark Allison

The remarkable story of 1983’s Battle of the Bonds

By Mark Allison

Forty years ago, Roger Moore and Sean Connery duked it out at the box office as Octopussy and Never Say Never Again faced off on the big screen.

How The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour pioneered the visual album

By Mark Allison

In 1967, the Fab Four embarked on an extravagant, experimental journey that would redefine what a promotional film could be.

Why Timothy Dalton is the best James Bond actor

By Mark Allison

In The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill, Dalton created the template for Daniel Craig’s hard-edged 21st century Bond.

How Get Carter dispelled the myth of the British gangster

By Mark Allison

In 1971, Michael Caine recast the cheery cockney crim as a decidedly nasty and unglamorous antihero.

How GoldenEye reinvigorated the James Bond franchise

By Mark Allison

With a new 007 and more progressive sexual politics, this film brought the series up to speed with the modern world.

Where Eagles Dare marked a turning point for Hollywood action

By Mark Allison

The film’s radical approach to violence and gender politics was perfectly pitched for the counter-culture generation.

Manifesto

By Mark Allison

Cate Blanchett plays 13 different characters in this bold conceptual drama from director Julian Rosefeldt.

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Who’s That Knocking at My Door: How the world met Martin Scorsese

By Mark Allison

It’s 50 years since the director announced his arrival as a major new force in American cinema.

Bushwick

By Mark Allison

New York’s frou-frou suburb comes under attack in this less-exciting-than-it-sounds emo actioner.

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In defence of Quantum of Solace

By Mark Allison

Is Daniel Craig’s second Bond outing really the worst of the entire series?

The Untamed

By Mark Allison

A family is torn apart because of their sexual obsession with a tentacled beast in this strange, grim pseudo-horror.

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Everything we know about Sicario sequel, Soldado

By Mark Allison

Josh Brolin and Benecio Del Toro are set to return in this continuation of Denis Villeneuve's cartel land throwdown.

Land of Mine

By Mark Allison

A group of German POWs are forced to dig up land mines in Martin Zandvliet’s war drama.

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The first trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s mother! is here

By Mark Allison

Jennifer Lawrence looks like she’s going through some sort of supernatural ringer in this latest from the Black Swan director.

What do British war films tell us about ourselves?

By Mark Allison

Stories of combat and derring-do were once common on our screens. What does their decline reveal about our national identity?

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