It’s got an impressive 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix has once again added another excellent movie to its roster this month, this time making an exhilarating Oscar-winning war film available to stream. Directed by Sam Mendes, 1917 tells the story of two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay) and Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), tasked with […]

2 years ago

There’s an absolutely packed line-up of films on TV this evening. Still recovering from the Christmas celebrations? If so, you may want to relax on the sofa tonight with a good movie. Here are the films playing on the telly this Tuesday evening (27 December). 1917 – BBC One – 9pm The first of our […]

3 years ago

Running down the major contenders at this year’s Academy Awards bash… Tonight’s the night. No, not the general election. The 92nd annual Academy Awards. Taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles during the early hours of Monday morning Irish-time, the host-less ceremony will honour the best in film from 2019. Well, that’s the […]

6 years ago

They also reveal their favourite war movies of all time. So… let us take a little look at the two leading men in the new WWI epic, 1917. We’ve got Dean-Charles Chapman, perhaps best known for playing Tommen Baratheon in Game Of Thrones. But for those who didn’t watch The Biggest TV Show Of All […]

6 years ago

Greetings film fans! We’re baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Yep, the Big Reviewski gang –  Eoghan Doherty, Rory Cashin and Paul Moore – are here for the first show of 2020, and it is a doozy! In terms of reviews, they take a look at WWII comedy-drama JoJo Rabbit, Guy Ritchie’s latest crime thriller The Gentlemen, and ticking clock war epic 1917. […]

6 years ago

We also chatted about working with Edgar Wright’s new horror movie. In 1917, Loretta Walsh became the first woman to enlist in the US army. With a certain amount of coincidence, in 1917 (the movie, not the actual year), Krysty Wilson-Cairns became the first woman to write the screenplay for a big budget war movie. […]

6 years ago