On Her Majesty's Secret Service:

I got the chance last week to go to a premiere of upcoming spy thriller 'The Kingsman' and I wasn't too disappointed. Admittedly this sort of film doesn't offer anything that new to the market but it does revive the smooth, sophisticated and FUNNY spy that we used to love. I'm talking Roger Moore in Moonraker sort of funny, the sort of spy that is good, but knows hes good and has a good pun to go along with every kill. The recent James Bond films have been a big disappointment to me, I like Daniel Craig in horror movies and occasionally dramas but as Bond I think he takes himself to seriously. The Roger Moore and Sean Connery Bond was suave and undeniably cool, Craig is uptight and brooding in a way I haven't witnessed since being emo was cool. But The Kingsman brings that cool all back.

Colin Firth simmers in this as an agent in the secret service looking for a new recruit, his style is impeccable and his umbrella doubles as a bullet proof weapon. To his superiors dismay (Michael Caine) Firth is looking for his new recruit in the working class suburbs of London, as opposed to the graduates of Oxford and Cambridge. The star of this for me was newcomer Taron Egerton, who outshines the rest of possible new recruits and shows that anyone from anywhere can do what they put their mind to. This is a must see for any Firth fan or anyone that needs a little gentleman spy pick-me-up.