Movies

We’ve all heard of Saving Private Ryan and The Great Escape, but occasionally, some hidden gems from World War 2 movies that we might not be so familiar with pop up on TV. Today on BBC Two there’s a couple starting with The Heroes of Telemark at 4:15pm. This British …

Apple TV is set to launch a “genius” new initiative this weekend, with customers lauding the announcement. The streaming platform, which offers a range of original content, will be free to stream globally on the first weekend of the year (from Friday, Jan. 3, to Sunday, Jan. 5), on any …

Following on from his Oscar-winning success in Gladiator, Russell Crowe returned with another period-set action masterpiece. Back in 2003, the Aussie starred in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, adapted from three Patrick O’Brian novels. Set during the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century, the film …

This week marks the 79th anniversary of the release of 1945’s They Were Expendable, a film set during the Battle of the Philippines which took place just a couple of years prior. The film’s cinematic debut was pushed back to late December 1945 since the Japanese had surrendered earlier that …

Sean Connery and Michael Caine’s 1975 classic The Man Who Would Be King has many shocking stories from behind the scenes. Based on the Rudyard Kipling classic, the film saw the two stars play rogue ex-soldiers in the British Army during the late 19th century when one is mistaken for …

Groundhog Day is a comedy classic and a fan theory about Bill Murray’s comedy classic has proven to be very popular on Reddit. The movie never explained why Phil Connors was trapped in a time loop, living the same day over and over. But what if it was the ever-annoying …

John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on some of the Hollywood Golden Age’s best-loved Westerns, from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Perhaps their most famous was 1956’s The Searchers, which saw Duke play a Civil War veteran spending years searching for his abducted …

Peter O’Toole very nearly didn’t play Lawrence of Arabia. Originally, Marlon Brando was wanted by director Sir David Lean and producer Sam Spiegel, with the latter having won Oscars alongside the star for 1954’s On the Waterfront. However, the Hollywood legend turned it down for the shooting in Tahiti with …

The new year will bring brand new releases to theatres worldwide and there are plenty of movies to choose from in 2025. Express Online have collated a round up of the biggest film releases set to take audiences by storm and certainly keep you entertained. Whether you’re looking for musicals, …

Daniel Craig’s No Time To Die did what none of the previous 24 James Bond outings had ever done before. After despatching off Rami Malek’s villain Safin, Ian Fleming’s spy died after being blown to smithereens by missiles hitting the island lair. The world was left in shock and now …