Movies

A couple of years ago, Edward Berger’s remake of the anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front won four Oscars. But did you know it was the third award-winning adaptation of the classic 1929 novel? The 1930 original film is considered one of the most realistic depictions of World …

This gangster movie is the highest rated movie on Letterboxd, the social media app for film lovers. Letterboxd is a social media and online catalogoing service for films. Its users can log, rate, review and discuss movies, while sharing their film-watching experiences with others and also creating watch lists as …

Dave Grohl is a fond lover of film, often taking inspiration from the pictures into his music with the band Foo Fighters. The lead singer and guitarist has long been known as a film buff, in fact in 2022, he starred in a comedy-horror film, Studio 666, along with the …

Viewers are completely ‘gripped’ by a 2014 war film with a star-studded cast and emotional scenes that capture the final days of World War II. The “must-see” war film Fury sees Brad Pitt take on the role of an American soldier leading a squad in scenes that fans find hard …

An iconic gangster film that has become the blueprint for a host of crime dramas is hailed by fans as “perfect” and has been named as the “greatest of all time” in an IMDb rating. Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather hit UK cinemas in 1972, depicting the transformation of Michael …

A historical drama film that won three Oscars and a Golden Globe has now landed on Amazon Prime – and viewers are calling it “one of the best movies ever made”. Glory, the 1989 epic starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, and Morgan Freeman, tells the remarkable true story of the …

Cillian Murphy’s portrayal of a “claustrophobic” moment in a popular movie was “real”, thanks to a controversial trick by the film’s director. Murphy – who is celebrating his 49th birthday today (Sunday, May 25) – is renowned for his diverse acting credentials, including his chilling role in the 2007 sci-fi …

As a film lover, I make it my mission to watch at least a couple of films in a week. I use the app Letterboxd to keep a watchlist handy and it’s so satisfying whenever I manage to tick a movie off the list and write down my thoughts. Through …

One of the most unusual true stories of World War II brought to screen, this 2022 feature film starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen and Kelly Macdonald dramatises a key British deception strategy used to mislead Nazi Germany ahead of the Allied invasion of Sicily. Operation Mincemeat was directed by John …

The James Bond legend’s co-star was Pedro Armendáriz, who played Ali Kerim Bey, the head of MI6 Station T in Istanbul. The Mexican actor, who has a substantial role in From Russia With Love with Sean Connery, had sadly been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Back in 1956, he had had …