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The Last of the Mohicans (1992) - Michael Mann's Blend of Realism and Style
Episode 21
We go through Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans (1992) starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Wes Studi and Steve Waddington and look at t…
1 year, 3 months ago
El Cid (1961) – Spain’s Medieval Hero and the Truth Behind the Legend
Episode 20
Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren star in Anthony Mann's epic knight's tale El Cid.
We take a look through the history behind the real Rodrigo Díaz de…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Vikings (1958) - Kirk Douglas' Schoolboy Fantasy and the Real History
Episode 19
Is this still the best Vikings movie ever made? We take a look at 1958's The Vikings starring Kirk Douglas (fufilling his childhood dream of playing …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Patriot (2000) – America’s Revolution on Film: Fact, Fiction & (lack of) Slavery
Episode 18
Are the Brits simply too evil in this movie? And should we expect anything else from a Roland Emmerich/Mel Gibson movie? We take a look at The Patrio…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Battle of Algiers (1966) - The Revolution That Shook French Colonial Rule
Episode 17
Loved by terrorists and screened by the Pentagon, we talk through Gillo Pontecorvo's masterpiece of cinema; The Battle of Algiers.
We go through the h…
1 year, 4 months ago
10,000 BC (2008) - the Least Historically Accurate Movie of All Time?
Episode 16
Prehistorical or prehisterical? We discuss Roland Emmerich's bizzare box office hit 10,000 BC from 2008.
We rattle through the litany of (pre)historic…
1 year, 4 months ago
Saving Private Ryan (1998) – A Turning Point for Action Cinema and the Real D-Day Story
Episode 15
The Greatest war movie of all time? Steven Spielberg's revolutionary reimagining of the war film which influenced action cinema and war movies ever a…
1 year, 5 months ago
The New World (2005) – Pocahontas, John Smith and the Real Story of Jamestown
Episode 14
This film doesn't have fans, just fanatics, although it seems like not man people have heard of it. Terrence Malick's wonderful movie The New World t…
1 year, 5 months ago
1917 (2019) - World War I in One Take. How True to Life is it?
Episode 13
The one-take (that's actually at least 35 takes) wonder! We discuss Sam Mendes' 1917 and whether this movie fuctions better as an action movie than a…
1 year, 5 months ago
Michael Collins (1996) – Enjoyable, Authentic but Not Accurate?
Episode 12
We chat through one of our all time favourite movies, Michael Collins (1996) and whether Hollywood's need for a hero means that Éamon de Valera gets …
1 year, 5 months ago