6 h. ago Superman director speaks out about debate over whether film is about the war in Palestine

Superman director James Gunn has now weighed in on the debate on social media, which sees fan drawing parallels between the blockbuster and the Israel war on Palestine

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55 h. ago ‘The soldiers want you to see what they’re going through’: the heartbreaking follow

While Mstyslav Chernov was on the Oscars circuit with his first Ukraine war film, soldiers in his latest – made using bodycams – were dying. He explains why he needed to join them in the trenchesIt was in Sloviansk, in the rear of eastern Ukraine’s frontline, that I first met journalist and film-maker Mstyslav Chernov. It was the autumn of 2023 and he was telling me about the film that would later win him and his team an Oscar: 20 Days in Mariupol, a horrifying documentary assembled from the news footage he and his team had gathered there, in the first month of the full-scale invasion. That September day of our interview, though – amid what would turn out to be Ukraine’s disappointing counteroffensive of 2023 – he was making his second film, one that took him to the heart of the combat zone, called 2,000 Meters to Andriivka. It is, if anything, even more powerful than its predecessor: a piece of frontline reporting that truly deserves the name, its footage gathered from soldiers’ ow...

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3 d. ago BBC iPlayer adds 'suspenseful and moving' war film about real

The Courier, which was released in the US and UK in 2021, is now available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer and stars Benedict Cumberbatch

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5 d. ago Superman is super woke? How politics play into the new man of steel

The right has already branded the new DC tentpole too woke after its director called the character an immigrant, but just what role do real-world issues play in the film?Superman Woke! Variations on that headline splashed across all manner of non-Daily Planet websites this week in advance of a new Superman movie reboot, specifically the comments of writer-director James Gunn, who casually characterized the character as an immigrant and, as such, telling the “story of America” in an interview. This rankled rightwingers including the former TV Superman Dean Cain, who acknowledged Superman as an immigrant but blanched at the idea of actively associating that as an American value, noting that “there have to be limits”.Meanwhile, the former Trump lackey Kellyanne Conway, now a Fox News host, characterized the movie she hasn’t seen as an ideological lecture, and added her supposed anger that the movie’s star, David Corenswet, elided the old “truth, justice and the American way” Superman s...

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5 d. ago Superman director's forgotten film fans called 'best zombie movie ever'

A look at his lesser known films including Battle Royale with adults

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7 d. ago Superman star David Corenswet reveals why director James Gunn told him to ‘shut up’ on set

Actor didn’t take director James Gunn’s bluntness ‘personally’

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8 d. ago New Superman movie struggles to soar as critics voice disappointment and director sparks debate

The first reviews are in with some calling the latest incarnation of the Man of Steel ‘woke’ and ‘pointless’

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8 d. ago Superman director called 'Superwoke' as he faces backlash for calling the Man of Steel an 'immigrant'

Gunn, 58, said that he felt the character - played by David Corenswet, 32, in the new movie - had a lot in common with immigrants who come to the America in search of a better life.

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9 d. ago From ‘Mistake by the Lake’ to Metropolis: Here are some of the most iconic Superman filming locations across Cleveland

To honor Cleveland’s legacy as the birthplace of Superman’s creators, director James Gunn transformed the city into Metropolis for his new movie

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1 week ago James Gunn names the three things he never wants to see in a superhero film again

‘We have watched a million movies with characters who don’t have their upbringing explained,’ complained the Superman director

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2 w. ago Superman director James Gunn reveals surprise Marvel star’s big role in the DC flick

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2 w. ago Wimbledon have made controversial but correct decision – just ask the players

Wimbledon has moved away from 147 years of history by scrapping line judges in favour of AI-assisted technology, and while there is a wider debate to be had, the results speak for themselves

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2 w. ago War film based on true story hailed as 'an absolute masterpiece' and the 'best ever made' is finally free to stream

The movie first hit screens back in 1981 and has previously been regarded as one of the greatest war films ever made.

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3 w. ago 'Most realistic' war film leaves fans 'unable to breathe' in 'painful' watch

Oliver Stone's 1986 war film has been hailed as one of the greatest war movies of all time

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3 w. ago Netflix fans 'in tears' over 'haunting' war film about unsung heroes

The movie tells the real-life story of Alan Turing, who played a pivotal role in cracking the German Enigma code during World War II

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3 w. ago Words of War review – Maxine Peake leads line as murdered Putin

Peake stars opposite Jason Isaacs, as Politkovskaya’s husband, in this sentimental look at the life of a woman who, 19 years after her death, remains a folk heroThis British-American co-production offers a dramatised portrait of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (played by Maxine Peake) who was assassinated in 2006. Politkovskaya’s gutsy, impassioned reporting on the second Chechen war was highly critical of the Kremlin, the Russian army and Vladimir Putin personally. (The fact that she was murdered on his birthday was surely no coincidence.) Nineteen years after her death, she remains a folk hero worldwide for resistances to autocracy, especially given the rise in repression everywhere and constant threats to journalists.Given all that, the film deserves respect for the subject matter, even though this is a pretty basic rendition of Politkovskaya’s story, a little too sticky with hagiographic sentimentality and the cliches of crusading journalist-led movies. It also should be n...

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3 w. ago Overlooked Netflix war film hailed as 'natural crowd pleaser' telling 'ignored' story

Kerry Washington stars in The Six Triple Eight, which is a historical war drama that tells the remarkable true story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

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3 w. ago 'All time favourite' war film with 'greatest actor' now streaming for free on ITV

Henry V was written and directed by Kenneth Branagh in his feature directorial debut

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3 w. ago Fans have just days to watch 'masterpiece' war film with 'greatest ever actor'

The Bridge on the River Kwai is set to leave Amazon Prime Video imminently and fans of the 1957 war film are being urged to watch it now before it's too late

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