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This year’s Best Picture Oscar winner is now streaming on Amazon Prime. One Battle After Another is an action thriller film written, produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is loosely based on the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. Alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, the film stars Sean Penn, Benicio …

War films are extremely popular with audiences around the world. Over the years, viewers have fallen in love with many classics because of their brutal battle scenes, storylines and realistic portrayals of combat. But there’s one Vietnam War film from the 1980s that many fans still describe as the greatest …

A “masterpiece” science fiction film hailed as the “greatest movie ever” is streaming now in the UK. The Matrix (1999) tells the story of Neo (Keanu Reeves), a disaffected computer hacker unaware that he and the rest of the human race are living in a simulation, whilst malevolent machines harvest …

Casablanca is in at number three (Image: Getty) We all rely on Rotten Tomatoes to decide whether a movie is worth watching. It’s the most popular film-reviewing platform, and it includes both critics’ ratings and audience ratings; these can differ quite widely at times. But here, the critics and audience …

A “masterpiece” film captures the “epic scale” of D-Day better than any other – and it’s not Saving Private Ryan. The Longest Day (1962) is a World War 2 epic based on the Allies’ invasion of German-occupied Normandy on June 6, 1944. The first day of the operation, codenamed Operation …

A “masterpiece” Western is hailed as a “masterpiece” with one fan arguing it boasts the most “realistic” gunfight they’ve seen on film. Open Range (2003) is set in 1880s Montana, following ex-Union soldier turned cattle rancher “Boss” Spearman (played by the late great Robert Duvall) as he leads a herd …

Amazon Prime viewers will be pleased to learn that “the best war film of all time” is currently streaming on the platform. Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American psychological epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who also directed The Godfather. Apocalypse Now is set in South …

A scene from Warner Bros. Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures World War II drama Letters from Iwo Ji (Image: Merie W. Wallace/SMPSP/Warner Bros/Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures) A “masterpiece” based on real events is hailed as “better than Saving Private Ryan” and is available to rent or buy in the UK. Letters from Iwo …

The epic period war drama has been directed by Ridley Scott (Image: 20th Century Studios) Admirers of legendary director Ridley Scott and his beloved classic Gladiator are set for a delight, as another production by the filmmaker is being hailed by audiences as rivalling his original period warfare epic. Featuring …

I watched Bridesmaids in a totally different way (Image: IMDb) I’ll admit it – I love food. I simply adore trying new dishes and seeing what chefs can come up with when they get stuck into experimenting. I also love films – so when I heard about TasteFilm, which combines …