Tag: historical

  • The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Trailer Barges Online

    The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Trailer Barges Online

    Guy Ritchie is ready for a new kind of war. Lionsgate has released a trailer for the Snatch and Sherlock Holmes director’s next film, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Based on a true story – and based on the book by Damien Lewis (not the actor) – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is about the birth of the…

  • REVIEW: Napoleon (2023)

    REVIEW: Napoleon (2023)

    Napoleon feels like a clip show of what may well be a great movie. At two and a half hours, it feels rushed, with too little time devoted to establishing the titular conqueror or his beloved Joséphine, not to mention the many battles and political maneuvering that defined his career. We get snippets of almost everything,…

  • New Killers of the Flower Moon Trailer Better Represents the Movie

    New Killers of the Flower Moon Trailer Better Represents the Movie

    The fall movie season is coming fast, and the prestige marketing is in play. Paramount Pictures and Apple TV+ have released a new trailer for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon. Based on the book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (which was, in turn,…

  • Mads Mikkelsen Mocks Diversity Question

    Mads Mikkelsen Mocks Diversity Question

    Even some in the entertainment industry have had enough of wokeness. During a press conference at the Venice Film Festival a week and a half ago, actor Mads Mikkelsen and director Nikolaj Arcel were discussing their new film The Promised Land – a Danish historical drama that takes place in the 1750s – when a reporter…

  • Napoleon Trailer Makes a Bid for Conquest

    Napoleon Trailer Makes a Bid for Conquest

    The Emperor has arrived, as Sony has released a trailer for Napoleon. The upcoming film from legendary director Ridley Scott examines Napoleon Bonaparte’s military career and rise to power in France, as well as his marriage to Joséphine Bonaparte. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Napoleon, with Vanessa Kirby as Joséphine; Tahar Rahim, Ben Miles, Ian McNeice,…

  • REVIEW: American Crime Story: Impeachment, Episode 6 “Man Handled”

    REVIEW: American Crime Story: Impeachment, Episode 6 “Man Handled”

    *SPOILERS* “Man Handled” finds Linda and the FBI strategizing Monica’s confrontation. Just like in “Exiles,” the unsuspecting woman is surrounded in the mall and escorted to a hotel room. Over the next 12 hours, Monica is humiliated and grilled for information regarding her affair and subsequent perjury. They offer her immunity from prosecution if she…