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Jovan Adepo stars in war horror Overlord

Review – Nazi zombies run riot amid bonkers, visceral splatter in ‘Overlord’

09/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 18, Dominic Applewhite, Horror, JJ Abrams, John Magaro, Jovan Adepo, Julius Avery, Mathilde Ollivier, November 2018, Overlord, Pilou Asbæk, Rating: Pop, War, Wyatt Russell

JJ Abrams produces something that isn’t a Cloverfield sequel with Overlord, in which American soldiers are pitted against Nazi zombies.

Peter Jackson has restored hours of First World War footage for They Shall Not Grow Old

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Review – Peter Jackson’s WW1 doc ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ is a poignant achievement of remembrance

11/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Documentary, November 2018, Peter Jackson, Rating: Pop, They Shall Not Grow Old, War

Airing on the BBC for Armistice Day, Peter Jackson’s First World War documentary They Shall Not Grow Old is a great achievement.

Alan Bates stars in satirical war comedy King of Hearts

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Review – War satire ‘King of Hearts’ is an intriguing descent into madness

08/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1966, 2018, Adolfo Celi, Alan Bates, Certificate: 12, Comedy, Françoise Christophe, Geneviève Bujold, Jean-Claude Brialy, June 2018, King of Hearts, Philippe de Broca, Pierre Brasseur, Rating: Pop, War

1960s war satire King of Hearts puts an occupied French village into the hands of the denizens of a lunatic asylum.

Sam Claflin stars in First World War drama Journey's End

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Review – WW1 drama ‘Journey’s End’ explores the agony of waiting for violence

15/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Asa Butterfield, Certificate: 12, Drama, February 2018, Journey's End, Miles Jupp, Paul Bettany, Rating: Pop, Robert Glenister, Sam Claflin, Saul Dibb, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Tom Sturridge, War

Sam Claflin stars in First World war drama Journey’s End, which is a potent British movie adapted from a stage play.

Chris Hemsworth stars in war movie 12 Strong

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Review – 12 Strong

01/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Strong, 2018, Action, Certificate: 15, Chris Hemsworth, Elsa Pataky, January 2018, Michael Pena, Michael Shannon, Navid Negahban, Nicolai Fuglsig, Rating: Poop, Rob Riggle, Trevante Rhodes, War, William Fichtner

Chris Hemsworth gets combat ready to tell the tale of the Horse Soldiers in post-9/11 war movie 12 Strong.

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour

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Review – Darkest Hour

16/01/201816/01/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Ben Mendelsohn, Certificate: PG, Darkest Hour, Drama, Gary Oldman, January 2018, Joe Wright, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Rating: Poop, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane, War

Gary Oldman dons a tonne of makeup and prosthetics to portray a physically convincing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

Fionn Whitehead plays the lead role as a soldier desperate to get home in Dunkirk

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Review – Dunkirk

25/07/201724/07/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Certificate: 12, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dunkirk, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Jack Lowden, James D'Arcy, July 2017, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Rating: Pop, Thriller, Tom Glynn-Carney, Tom Hardy, War

Christopher Nolan mounts a big, ambitious war thriller with Dunkirk, but does it live up to the expectations? And, more importantly, is Harry Styles any good?

Andrew Garfield takes to the battlefield in Hacksaw Ridge

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Review – Hacksaw Ridge

08/02/201711/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Andrew Garfield, Awards Season 2017, Certificate: 15, Drama, Hacksaw Ridge, Hugo Weaving, January 2017, Luke Bracey, Mel Gibson, Rachel Griffiths, Rating: Pop, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, War

Mel Gibson is back and he’s wading through the dirt for a very special war movie.

Marion Cotillard in wartime romance Allied

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Review – Allied

09/12/201610/12/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Allied, Anton Lesser, Brad Pitt, Certificate: 15, Drama, Jared Harris, Lizzy Caplan, Marion Cotillard, Matthew Goode, November 2016, Rating: Poop, Robert Zemeckis, Romance, War

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard lack the sizzle for this WW2 romance.

Helen Mirren in drone thriller Eye in the Sky

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Review – Eye in the Sky

02/05/201608/05/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Aaron Paul, Aisha Takow, Alan Rickman, April 2016, Barkhad Abdi, Certificate: 15, Drama, Eye in the Sky, Gavin Hood, Helen Mirren, Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox, Rating: Pop, Thriller, War

Review of 2016 thriller Eye in the Sky, starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Alan Rickman, in the latter’s final live action performance.

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Review – Dad’s Army

25/02/201628/02/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Alison Steadman, Bill Nighy, Bill Paterson, Blake Harrison, British, Caherine Zeta Jones, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Dad's Army, Daniel Mays, Emily Atack, February 2016, Felicity Montagu, Mark Gatiss, Michael Gambon, Oliver Parker, Rating: Poop, Toby Jones, Tom Courtenay, TV, War

Review of 2016 comedy remake Dad’s Army, starring Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon and Blake Harrison.

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