Modesty Blaise is working as right-hand-woman for a casino owner in Tangiers, Morocco, being his eyes and ears at the tables, supervising staff, and working as a croupier if needed. When an armed gang ...

Modesty Blaise came out of the superspy craze of the 60s and no guessing what her influences were, but it’s a tribute to the enduring popularity of the characters that is was still running nearly ...

Classic: Modesty Blaise still rocks. I don’t know if it ever happens to you but it happens to me every now and then; there’s a feeling of fatigue and listlessness when it comes to reading, and the ...

In the days before over-hyped girl power, Britain had a liberated, independently minded action heroine as beautiful as she was deadly. Modesty Blaise is like the love child of James Bond and Emma Peel ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. It's the end of an era. After 38 years and more adventures than a girl should rightfully have ...

Anne K. Ream is a Chicago-based writer and founder of Girl360, an empowerment project for tween girls. What is it about the growing “modesty movement” that makes me so nervous? On the face of it, ...

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 ...

For a vidpic filmed in 18 days by a helmer hired scarcely a week before the start of principal photography, "My Name Is Modesty" isn't half-bad. This mildly diverting time-killer focuses on the early ...

She could be the poster girl for new-age feminism. Perhaps her most appealing aspect is the way she can do a powerful drop-kick wearing an exquisite designer gown and priceless pearls, fight and kill ...