Posted by Gui on October 13, 2024
Review 120min Genre: Drama, Thriller, War Director: Steve McQueen Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Paul Weller…and more Writers: Steve McQueen -Synopsis- In the midst of the Nazi bombings of the British capital, a young East End mother struggles to track down the son she sent to the country for safety, but who decided to return […]
Posted by Gui on July 28, 2023
Review 180min Genre: Fact-based, Drama, War Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr.…and more Writers: Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin -Synopsis- An American physicist at the height of World War II reluctantly becomes the destroyer of worlds as his relentless drive to beat the Nazis in the development […]
Posted by Gui on January 1, 2020
Review 174min Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Romance, War Director: Terrence Malick Cast: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Karl Markovics…and more Writers: Terrence Malick -Synopsis- In the picturesque valleys and mountains of wartime Austria, a devout Christian farmer and conscientious objector has a crisis of conscience when drafted to serve in the German Wehrmacht, refusing to fight for […]
Posted by Gui on June 15, 2017
Review 81min Genre: Documentary Director: Claire Ferguson Cast: Ed Mosberg, Helen Sternlicht, Frank Blaichman…and more Writer: Jonathan Key -Synopsis- Twelve Polish Jewish survivors of the Holocaust recount their harrowing and disparate experiences of the ‘Third Reich’s’ cruelty, as director Claire Ferguson combines extraordinary archival footage with deeply personal testimony, painting a moving portrait of […]
Posted by Gui on September 11, 2016
Review 120min Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Thriller, War Director: Sean Ellis Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon…and more Writers: Sean Ellis and Anthony Frewin -Synopsis- World War II period thriller based on the events of operation “Anthropoid”; a British SOE plan to use Czechoslovak resistance agents to infiltrate occupied Prague and assassinate Reinhard Heydrich; […]
Posted by Gui on August 21, 2016
97min Genre: Family, Adventure, Mystery Director: Philippa Lowthorpe Cast: Dane Hughes, Kelly Macdonald, Rafe Spall…and more Writers: Andrea Gibb and Arthur Ransome -Synopsis- In wartime Britain, four young siblings turn a rural English vacation into a “pirate” adventure on the local lake island; but their fantasy meets a dose of reality when they’re caught up […]
Posted by Gui on July 28, 2016
Mel Gibson returns to the directorial chair after 10 years for a biographical drama about Desmond Doss; a World War II hero, Seventh-day Adventist and combat medic who refused to carry a weapon or kill, only to become the first conscientious objector in U.S. Army history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Directed by […]
Posted by Gui on June 17, 2016
World War 2 period thriller based on the events of operation “Anthropoid”; a British SOE plan to use Czechoslovak resistance agents to infiltrate occupied Prague and assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, Hitler’s right-hand-man and one of the main architects of the Holocaust. Directed by Sean Ellis and starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Toby Jones among others. Genre: Sci-fi, […]
Posted by Gui on May 7, 2016
Review 110min Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama, Music Director: Stephen Frears Cast: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg…and more Writer: Nicholas Martin -Synopsis- Meryl Streep stars in a comedy/drama based on the remarkable true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, an early 20th century New York heiress and socialite who became an opera singer despite having a […]
Posted by Gui on April 28, 2016
Review 107min Genre: Drama, War, Thriller Director: László Nemes Cast: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn…and more Writers: László Nemes and Clara Royer -Synopsis- In Auschwitz at the height of the Holocaust; a Hungarian member of the “Sonderkommando“, a special unit of Jewish prisoners forced to assist in running the Nazi death-camps, finds solemn purpose […]
Posted by Gui on April 13, 2016
In an ongoing effort to help aspiring filmmakers and promote independent films, particularly those struggling with distribution and releases, we periodically feature films in our “Indie Spotlight” series for your consideration. Three Days In Auschwitz (2015) (English Language) 55min Genre: Documentary Director: Philippe Mora Cast: Philippe Mora, Mirka Mora Country: USA | Australia | Germany […]
Posted by Gui on April 26, 2015
Week 4 April 2015 Bullseye!, who are the greatest movie marksmen?, here’s our selection for the deadliest and most stylish movie sharpshooters and the actors who played them. Let us know what you think and please subscribe for more weekly videos, you can also comment and like and visit us on Facebook and Twitter. Welcome […]
Posted by Gui on April 2, 2015
Review 111min Genre: Drama, War Director: Russell Crowe Cast: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney …and more Writer: Andrew Knight, Andrew Anastasios A World War I period drama set in 1919 after the brutal events of the Gallipoli Campaign, Russell Crowe makes his directorial debut and stars as an Australian farmer who fulfils a promise […]
Posted by Gui on March 13, 2015
Review 107min Genre: Romance, Drama, War Director: Saul Dibb Cast: Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts…and many more Writers: Matt Charman, Saul Dibb, Irène Némirovsky Set in the early days of the Nazi occupation of France in 1940, Michelle Williams stars as a young French villager caught between her burgeoning feelings towards a very different sort of […]
Posted by Gui on November 14, 2014
114min Genre: Drama, War, Fact-Based Director: Morten Tyldum Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance …more Writers: Andrew Hodges, Graham Moore Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the legendary British mathematician and wartime code-breaker who helped to end World War II and save millions of lives and in the process become the father of modern […]
Posted by Gui on October 22, 2014
134min Genre: Action, War, Drama Director: David Ayer Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman …and more Writers: David Ayer Brad Pitt stars as a battle-hardened US Army Sergeant leading his Tank crew in the dying days of World War II through the desperate but dangerous final resistance of Nazi Germany. Written and Directed by […]
Posted by Gui on March 20, 2014
118min Genre: War, Drama, Comedy, Fact Based Director: George Clooney Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett…more Writers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter The 12A Rating for this film suggests that you should not expect a particularly gritty or profound film despite being set in World War II and […]