1917 (2019)

Apart from Star Wars, 1917 was my most anticipated movie of 2019, and not only did it meet my expectations, but managed to also contain one of my favorite musical scores from the past few years. George Mackay and Dean-Charles Chapman star in this... Read the full review »

When it comes to impressive achievements in filmmaking, “1917” deserves to be near the top of the conversation. This war film, which unfolds in two hours of real time, is shot to appear as one continuous take. Thankfully, it is so much more th... Read the full review »

“The Messenger’s Travels” Sam Mendes crafts a spectacularly unique war film unlike any other that refuses to relish in its combat and violence, but instead, tells its audience an emotionally captivating story through its depiction of the g... Read the full review »

The world's our two protagonists travel through are other worldly. At time, one cannot tell where the bodies begin and the earth ends, as limbs meld with the earth. The Homeric journey our characters go through is not long and weary but dreamlike... Read the full review »

1917 is not the next big step for movies, besides the craft put onto it, and it's simply devoid of technical achievements. So there. Now yes, there's the cinematography by Roger Deakins that is, indeed, nice to look at, and makes the movie flow f... Read the full review »

The Sam Mendes’ 1917 has been winning rave reviews from both critics and audiences for it’s dazzling technical expertise and ultra-graphic depictions of the horrors of the First World War. When it comes to showing combat from the point of view... Read the full review »

The history of cinema is chequered with technical advancements which have each come along at one time or another allowing filmmakers to tell stories in new and interesting ways. There's the birth of parallel editing (as pioneered in The Great Trai... Read the full review »

What a pity. All of the energy, and hype, went into the continuous shot idea. As a result the film was lacking in any real empathy with the characters. The script was awful forcing the characters to come across as wooden. Cinematically stunning wh... Read the full review »