Review: 1917

Posted 6 years ago

Review: War is a nasty business that makes for exciting movies. The greats of the genre have taken the epic spectacle of two or more clashing sides and laced in philosophical themes with the taut action of explosions, dogfights, tank battles...

1917 director Sam Mendes hopeful regarding the theatrical experience

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One of the pleasant surprises of Sunday's Golden Globe awards was Sam Mendes winning the Best Director award for his WWI picture 1917. The Oscar winner's (AMERICAN BEAUTY) film also won the award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, upsetting...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net:Fargo, Full Metal Jacket, Raging Bull

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Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

“Wedding Runner” short wins 1917 One Shot Challenge

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Several weeks ago JoBlo reported on an audacious contest being run by NBCUniversal and Ideas United. In celebration of the upcoming WWI drama 1917, which looks as though it's one continuous shot, the groups partnered to create the #1917OneShotChallenge. Contestants...

Sam Mendes takes us through how 1917 came to be in this extended featurette

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Universal Pictures has released an extended featurette for Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes' World War I epic, 1917. Clocking in at just over 11 minutes, the in-depth video takes audience members inside the origin of Mendes' latest feature, and gives us a...

Game of Thrones actor Dean-Charles Chapman was almost attacked by a fan

Posted 6 years ago

Dean-Charles Chapman is having a banner year. The twenty-two year old actor already has two successful films in the can with 2019's BLINDED BY THE LIGHT and Netflix's THE KING. Moreover, he's costarring with George MacKay in the riveting WWI...

NBCUniversal creates 1917 inspired one shot film contest

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Although some believe 2014's BIRDMAN to be the first one-shot film (a movie that's one continuous shot with no edit cuts), flicks like TIMECODE, BIG MONDAY, and last year's BLIND SPOT put paid to that myth. However, a specific one-shot...

First 1917 reactions proclaim the movie a thrilling, visual marvel

Posted 6 years ago

As 2019 comes to a close, cinema fans have a bevy of awards quality fare to look forward to. THE IRISHMAN hits Netflix this Wednesday with MARRIAGE STORY following suit on December 6. JOKER is also generating massive awards buzz...

New trailer for Sam Mendes’ 1917 brings the drama of World War I to life

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We recently learned that Sam Mendes' upcoming 1917 will be following in the footsteps of movies such as Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE and Alejandro G. Iñárritu's BIRDMAN as it will appear to have been shot in one continuous take. That's exciting,...

1917 featurette teases how the film was shot to look like 1 continuous take

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Believe it or not, but its been a decade since Sam Mendes' last film outside of the James Bond franchise, but he'll soon be bringing us a World War I epic unlike any other later this year. 1917 tells the...

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