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The Painted Bird

December 8, 2020
Editor's Pick
The antithesis of upbeat, The Painted Bird is an assiduously bleak odyssey seen through the once innocent eyes and hellacious suffering of a young boy in Nazi occupied Eastern Europe.
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by Sean Burton
 
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Five Graves To Cairo (1943): Eureka! Masters of Cinema Blu-Ray Review

August 16, 2020
A thrillingly pacey but almost farcical tale of undercover waiters with orthopaedic shoes, Five Graves To Cairo is a theatre production first and feature film second but always entertaining.
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by Sean Burton
 
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Greyhound

July 15, 2020
A refreshingly simple and no-nonsense war film that captures the intensity of naval warfare whilst Hanks provides yet another effortless performance.
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by Oliver Woodings

 
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The Spy

June 24, 2020
A captivating lead from Ingrid Bolsø Berdal and an engrossing espionage tale means its impossible to keep my widespread praise for The Spy under wraps.
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by Sean Burton
 
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Coming Home

Coming Home (1978): Eureka Masters of Cinema Blu-Ray Review

August 4, 2019
An affecting romantic drama that's never schmaltzy, Coming Home is as scathing to the Vietnam war as it is poignant to the idea of doomed love.
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by Sean Burton
 
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Overlord

November 9, 2018
It's World Gore Two in Julius Avery's hugely enjoyable, nasty Nazi war horror hybrid Overlord.
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by Sean Burton

 

Green Zone

March 10, 2010
The Bourne series combination of Greengrass and Damon successfully crack the Iraq war movie genre.
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by Sean Burton
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