Movies

The most controversial film of 2026 is in cinemas this weekend, as film critics like myself were refused early screenings across the world.  The Melania Trump documentary has been ridiculed this week for its lack of presale ticket sales, with screenshots of empty cinema bookings circulating on social media. Attending the …

Darth Vader’s iconic “I am your father” plot twist from The Empire Strikes Back has been named the most epic movie moment of the last 50 years, according to a poll of 2,000 film fans. The iconic Star Wars scene narrowly beat Jack’s “I’m king of the world!” moment from …

Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys, Rush Hour. The buddy cop action-comedy teaming a by-the-book cop with a loose cannon is a genre that’s been few and far between in recent years. But with the return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s franchise and the announcement of Rush Hour 4, this kind …

Judgment at Nuremburg has been described as a landmark film (Image: undefined) A profoundly significant war film, hailed as ‘mandatory viewing’ by audiences, has landed on BBC iPlayer. The moving picture was helmed by Stanley Kramer and boasts an stellar ensemble cast including Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian …

A “stunning” war film that “puts Saving Private Ryan to shame” is available to rent now. Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) is set during the Korean War and tells the story of brothers Lee Jin-tae and Lee Jin-seok (played by Jang Dong-gun and Won Bin) respectively, who are forcibly …

Steven Spielberg’s D-Day opening of Saving Private Ryan stunned the world and now another Oscars hopeful depicting Operation Overlord is headed to cinemas this year. Pressure is a new movie about the 72 hour build-up to D-Day, based on the West End play of the same name. Joining him in …

Hundreds of World War 2 movies have been made over the years, with the very best ranked in our Top 10, which saw Saving Private Ryan miss out on No 1. Yet occasionally a classic goes under the radar despite critical acclaim and the most underrated of recent years is …

Marvel’s Avengers Doomsday is already setting itself up to be something of a direct sequel to Avengers Endgame. Chris Evans’ return as Steve Rogers has already been revealed in the first teaser trailer, with the former Captain America at home in the 1940s with a baby he has with Peggy …

Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell star in Defiance (Image: undefined) A war film hailed as ‘exceptional’ by audiences chronicles the tale of three Jewish brothers evading the Nazis, and it’s screening on BBC4 this evening. The picture boasts a stellar Hollywood ensemble featuring Daniel Craig, Tuvia Bielski, Liev Schreiber, Zus …

A timeless Western celebrated by enthusiasts as an “absolute benchmark of a movie” returns to TV screens tonight on BBC Four. The 1960 masterpiece The Magnificent Seven follows impoverished farmers in a Mexican village who enlist seven American gunfighters, headed by Chris Adams (Yul Brynner), to protect them against Calvera’s …