Movies

Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan (1998) (Image: DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures) As a person with a deep interest in history and a love of films, it’s only natural that I would delve deep into the war genre. Films are a perfect medium to look back at the past and understand …

Back in the late 1970s, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were members of the original cast of Saturday Night Live. One of their recurring sketches featured the Blues Brothers, a criminal musical duo, performing as a live band. It wasn’t long before Dan had penned a mammoth script starring himself …

Brendan Fraser leads the cast of a “beautifully made” film that has left viewers “question how we see life”. Rental Family, now available to stream on Disney+ and featuring Shogun actor Takehiro Hira, centres on an American actor who is struggling to find his place in the world after relocating …

Sergeant Horvath (Tom Sizemore) in Saving Private Ryan (Image: Dreamworks) When it comes to war movies, Saving Private Ryan is widely considered as one of the greatest, if not the best of all time, depending on who you ask. The masterpiece is a World War 2 epic about a group …

Fans of WWII dramas can’t miss this film, which has received a slew of positive reviews from audiences. Anthropoid was released in 2016 and recounts Operation Anthropoid, the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich (played by Detlef Bothe) by exiled Czechoslovak soldiers Jozef Gabčík (Cillian Murphy) and Jan Kubiš (Jamie Dornan). …

James Cromwell, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce and Kevin Spacey in L.A. Confidential (Image: Rex) A genre-defining crime drama boasting a stellar A-list cast and a near-flawless Rotten Tomatoes score was inspired by a little-known novel of the same name. Wrriten by James Ellroy, the book is the third instalment in …

Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren in The Madness of King George (Image: GETTY) This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Bridgerton fans and period drama lovers can’t miss out on a historical epic that has been praised by …

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The film follows gangster James “Jimmy” Conway (Image: Warner Brothers) Goodfellas, celebrated as one of cinema’s finest accomplishments, serves as proof of Martin Scorsese’s directorial brilliance and remains firmly established as a legendary gangster film. The story of Henry Hill, the New York-born Irish-Italian youth lured into a criminal existence …

Dakota Johnson has received immense praise for her titular performance (Image: Nick Wall/Netflix) Fans of period dramas and Jane Austen’s beloved literary classics have a treat in store, with this distinctive adaptation of one of her most celebrated novels now available to stream on Netflix. Viewers are declaring “Austen herself …