Widely regarded as one of the best films of all time, Goodfellas is one of Martin Scorsese’s finest and enshrined as a classic of the genre. The film tells the story of Henry Hill – a poor Irish-Italian kid from New York whose admiration of the Mafia members in his …
Read More »‘Stunning’ war film shows what life was really like for troops | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV
Seven Lost is a 2021 independent war film that follows a group of Latino American soldiers who get stranded behind enemy lines in the Italian wilderness during World War II. The film follows their fight for survival and takes a closer look at their efforts to return to safety. Written, …
Read More »‘Most underrated’ war film featuring Star Wars legend is ‘must watch’ with 90% rating | Films | Entertainment
An “underrated” war film featuring a major star from the original Star Wars trilogy is among the most “underrated” in the genre, but boasts a sky-high 90% rating. The Big Red One hit British screens in 1980 and is a gritty portrayal of a US infantry unit in World War …
Read More »The ‘absolutely phenomenal’ war TV show with a near-perfect 92% Rotten Tomatoes rating | Films | Entertainment
A dramatic miniseries depicting the horrors of the Iraq war has a rating of over 90%, and one fan has hailed it as “phenonmenal”. Generation Kill, released in 2008, is a seven-part drama based on a book of the same name by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright. The HBO series, …
Read More »‘Masterpiece’ war film coming to Netflix on Sunday | Films | Entertainment
An epic war film, originally released in 2000, is dropping on Netflix this Sunday and fans describe it as a “masterpiece”. U-571 is an World War 2 drama film that follows a group of Americans as they board a German submarine with the hope of infiltrating the security and stealing …
Read More »X-Men MCU reboot plot leak – ‘Disney to pivot away from original Marvel plans’ | Films | Entertainment
Main Middle Man shared on X: “Feige wanted a more grounded X-Men story with a plot that really focused on social issues and disagreements about what it means to be a mutant. He wanted a powerful dramatic movie that really showed what the X-Men were all about, with the Brotherhood …
Read More »Oscar-winning World War 1 epic movie is now streaming for free | Films | Entertainment
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 …
Read More »Mission Impossible 9 in the works as Tom Cruise director teases what’s next | Films | Entertainment
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning certainly sounds like a big send-off for Ethan Hunt. However, studios have a track record of implying a film is the last in order to get bums on seats before rebooting or producing yet another sequel. And considering the end of the latest instalment …
Read More »The gangster movie that ranks highest of all films on Letterboxd | Films | Entertainment
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 …
Read More »John Wayne’s set feud with co-star that tried to leave just days into epic shoot | Films | Entertainment
Back in 1945, John Wayne decided to make an epic movie about the Battle of the Alamo. The pivotal conflict during the Texan Revolution saw a 13 day siege on the Alamo Mission. The Mexican army successfully killed most of the defenders, including American folk heroes Davy Crockett and James …
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