A Foot And A Half A Second

  The  Tomb Raider  franchise turned 30 this January; the series has long since become an icon of British gaming, and the medium as a whole, whilst its heroine, Lara Croft has been at turns pin-up, action heroine, trailblazer for more female player characters, especially in the macho world of action adventure gaming, and, particularly since 2013's reboot, an unexpected feminist icon. Like many of the heroes we've discussed in this season so far, Lara's adventures extend beyond the small screen, with comics, TV series, including an upcoming return to live action starring Sophie Turner, and two animated series, theme park attractions, breakfast cereal, action figures, and, of course, the movie, the most recent of which, coasting off the back of 2013's reboot starred Alicia Vikander, itself acting as a reboot of today's subject, Angelina Jolie's first outing as the action heroine, in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider . When compared to the two films in the season thus far,...