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‘Excellent’ action film you’ve never heard of shoots up Netflix charts (Image: INOXY FILMS) A thrilling international action-adventure film that debuted on Netflix this week has swiftly climbed to number six on the streaming giant’s chart of most-watched films. The fresh buddy thriller, originating from France, centres around two old …

Charlton Heston is the leading man in El Cid (Image: El Cid ) El Cid is a film loosely based on the life of the 11th-century Castilian knight and warlord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as “El Cid”. The film transports audiences to Spain as the nation falls under Moorish …

Jean Marsh also stars in the war film (Image: The Eagle Has Landed) A war film featuring a star-studded Hollywood cast and adapted from a 1970s novel has been hailed by cinema enthusiasts as “authentic”, and it’s currently available on BBC iPlayer. The Eagle Has Landed stars Michael Caine, Robert …

Scream 7 is packed with crowd-pleasing moments, but its heavy reliance on nostalgia and a cowardly elephant in the room behind the scenes make it hard to recommend to anyone beyond the most passionate fans. The murder mystery franchise wrapped in a blood-soaked slasher package has always been the perfect …

The MCU’s first Avengers movie since 2019’s Endgame is set to hit cinemas this Christmas. The first few teaser trailers promise a multiverse crossover featuring the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. Marvel Studios boss has teased that there’s a whole host of cast members who haven’t been announced yet. And …

There are some epic POW movies set in World War 2, many of which focused on Americans, from Hart’s War to King Rat. But there’s also some real gems, mainly focused on British prisoners-of-war, or at best Allied ones. Check out the Top 10 based on film fan ratings on …

Nicolas Cage has appeared in countless peculiar and captivating films throughout his extensive career, but one particular offering has been hailed as his “best of all time” by admirers. Released in 2021, Willy’s Wonderland centres on a character known simply as The Janitor (Nicolas Cage) who finds himself stranded after …

A period drama chronicling a monumental moment in British archaeology from nearly a century ago has been hailed by viewers as “moving”, and is now available to stream on BBC iPlayer. The Dig, which premiered in 2021, is a Netflix original historical drama depicting the 1939 excavation of the Sutton …

Fans have hailed the film as a ‘masterpiece’ (Image: Warner Bros.) A “masterpiece” thriller based on a best-selling book is streaming for free in the UK. Watchmen (2009) is a dark re-imagining of the superhero genre, set in an alternate history of the mid 1980s during the Cold War. The …

Robert Carradine, who died on Monday aged 71, was part of a family full of actors, from his father John to his brothers Keith, Bruce and David. Originally, he didn’t want to follow in their footsteps, but at age 18, he found himself cast opposite John Wayne. Duke’s estate posted …