After reviewing 2004's My Name is Modesty and listening to two Modesty Blaise radio adventures, I decided to take a look at the 1966 film, in spite of its bad reputation. The premise and core plot ...

Everybody raise the roof — Gal Gadot and “Wonder Woman” proved that a comic book blockbuster can feature a female superhero as its central character. Except that had already been proved in the late ...

Modesty Blaise, based loosely on the adventures of a British comic-strip heroine, presumably intends to poke fun at the James Bond school of chic, sexy savagery. The damage done to the chosen target ...