24 h. ago 'More than a film' Netflix war movie leaves fans insist is a must watch

Number 24 is streaming on Netflix now and tells the true story of the Oslo Gang, one of the most daring resistance groups in the Second World War

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56 h. ago 'Best war film viewers have ever seen' with unexpected cameo from huge star

The historical war film was a box office smash hit and saw the acting debut of one of the world's biggest stars alongside Oscar-winning actors and a huge twist

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2 d. ago The Narrow Road to the Deep North review – Jacob Elordi’s fine turn in complex, confronting war drama

Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s novel eschews battleground spectacle for a rich meditation on trauma that unfolds in three timelinesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMany great directors have been attracted to war movies – or, as is the case with Australian auteur Justin Kurzel, a war-themed series, adapting Richard Flanagan’s novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.Film-makers of a certain calibre seem to view this genre as a rite of passage. Some productions – including the recent Apple TV+ series Masters of the Air – have a retrograde flavour, painting war (perhaps problematically) as a great big adventure. Many lean into spectacle, attempting to recreate the smoke and fury of battle, but in the process running the risk of celebrating or ennobling war. “Every film about war,” declared François Truffaut, “ends up being pro-war.”Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue r...

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3 d. ago Warfare cast reflect on their breakout roles: ‘I’m forever thankful’

Exclusive: The new war film stars a who’s who of rising stars – they pick the films that launched their careers

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5 d. ago Netflix now streaming 'unbelievable' war film based on true story

Operation Mincemeat was first released in 2021 but it is only now that fans are coming to know the film is based on the real-life events of the successful British operation

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9 d. ago China confirms plans to curb Hollywood film imports amid Trump’s escalating trade war

China had recently considered a complete ban on all American movies in retaliation to Donald Trump’s raising tariffs on Chinese imports

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1 week ago 'Haunting' war movie leaves Netflix viewers in 'stunned silence'

The British war film, 1917, directed by Sam Mendes, was a huge success when it was released in 2019, and now it's making its way up the Netflix rankings as fans rave about it

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1 week ago ‘Civil War’ filmmaker and a former SEAL built a new kind of combat movie in ‘Warfare’

Filmmaker Alex Garland has teamed up with former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza to make a new kind of war film

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1 week ago The White Lotus cut dramatic sex scene between unexpected characters from tense final

Bosses behind The White Lotus made the decision to cut a sex scene between two very unexpected characters from the recent final which left viewers stunned

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1 week ago Adolescence team announce ‘harrowing’ new TV adaptation of acclaimed war film

‘Threads’ was the first film to ever depict what a nuclear winter would actually look like

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1 week ago What They Found review – Sam Mendes’s debut documentary has the power to change viewers for ever

This tale of two British army sergeants who filmed the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp uses their profoundly disturbing footage. It’s TV that could alter your whole world viewWhat They Found, the first documentary by the film and theatre director Sam Mendes, is a short, stark shock. The film straightforwardly combines two precious artefacts held at the Imperial War Museum in London: 35mm film, shot by Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit, before and during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near the town of Celle in northern Germany in April 1945; and audio interviews given by the cameramen in the 1980s. Lewis and Lawrie did not record sound when they visited Belsen; the words they spoke years later are the only sounds we hear.Lewis and Lawrie do not arrive at Belsen until almost halfway through the film’s 36-minute running time. First, laid over generic archive footage, we hear how they came to be a...

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1 week ago A Knight’s War review – smiting, flaying and lopping of limbs as sword’n’sorcery caper aims high

Atmospheric fantasy sees paladin Bhodie enter a cursed realm and die on repeat to rescue a red-haired maidenMaybe it’s because of a sense that we are expendable parts in the great capitalist machine, that the endlessly repeating death trope has been increasingly respawning in movies – from Edge of Tomorrow to Mickey 17 and now this Canadian sword’n’sorcery caper. With its sisyphean vibe and implacable mood, it also owes a fair bit to the Dark Souls video games; though it’s not a masterpiece on that level, it nevertheless has a grim self-conviction that grips despite its low-budget limitations.Paladin Bhodie (Jeremy Ninaber) – who apparently asked the barber for the Gondor bob and beard trim – agrees to enter a cursed realm to rescue red-haired maiden Avalon (Kristen Kaster), who is central to a humanity-saving prophecy. Needing to collect three magic stones to open up an exit portal, he makes a pact with the Keeper demon (Shane Nicely) for a magic talisman that can resurrect him eno...

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2 w. ago Carrie Coon didn’t return to Avengers: Endgame over Marvel pay dispute

Coon first played villain Proxima Midnight in 2018’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ but didn’t return for 2019 film

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3 w. ago BBC Death in Paradise pays tribute to star with kind message

Death in Paradise came to an end on Friday night with BBC viewers emotional after a beloved character made an unexpected exit.

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3 w. ago 'Miracle' war film hailed as 'true masterpiece' arrives on streaming

Apocalypse Now is still being discovered by film fans today, with many praising the movie for its 'flawless' casting and 'powerful' storyline

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3 w. ago Epic war film branded 'greatest ever made' with tragic Hollywood legend

Lawrence of Arabia is a classic adventure movie that was first released in 1962 and is based on the life of T.E. Lawrence, a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer

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3 w. ago Emmerdale fans 'not opposed' as they rumble Steph's new 'romance'

Viewers have high hopes that Steph will find an unexpected romance as she battles with the truth

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3 w. ago Kim Kardashian breaks silence on North's cameo in FKA Twigs video amid huge backlash

Kim Kardashian paid no mind to fans claiming North West's cameo in FKA Twigs' new music video was 'inappropriate'

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3 w. ago When Disney went to war with British film censors over 1937 Snow White's 'too scary' scenes... as 'woke' remake continues to flop

Back in early 1938, when Walt Disney's original film was proving a mega hit with children and adults in the US, there was controversy ahead of its release in Britain

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3 w. ago Official Trailer for 'Beneath London: The Story of Alien War' Doc Film

Official Trailer for 'Beneath London: The Story of Alien War' Doc Film  First Showing

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