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The political thriller Conclave, released in 2024, quickly became a favourite among movie enthusiasts and is now readily available for home viewing. Directed by Edward Berger and penned by Peter Straughan, the film is an adaptation of Robert Harris’s 2016 novel of the same name. The star-studded cast includes Ralph …

Having worked for MI5 and MI6 during the 1950s and 1960s, David Cornwell became one of the greatest spy novelists of all time under his pen name John le Carré. His intelligence officer character George Smiley, a short, balding and overweight man with glasses, was created as a more accurate …

Over the decades, incredible war epics have been made covering conflicts ancient and modern. Daily Express has looked through the major streaming services, from Netflix and Amazon Prime to Disney+, to rank the 12 best on offer. And it turns out two of the films listed are available to watch …

This morning, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has died after 12 years as the Head of the Roman Catholic Church. The late Jorge Mario Bergoglio became pontiff after Pope Benedict XVI resigned in 2013, the first to do so voluntarily since 1294. The stark contrast between the traditional conservative …

As the Catholic Church prepares for a new conclave, a timely political thriller exploring the traditions and tensions of a papal election is now available to watch at home. Conclave (2024), starring Ralph Fiennes and directed by Edward Berger, is based on the bestselling novel by Robert Harris. The film …

It’s been called ‘arguably the funniest movie of the 90s’ and has since spawned what some describe as a cult, so beloved is the movie’s main character. As well as being a comedy, it is also a kidnap mystery (although nobody actually gets kidnapped).  The Big Lebowski was released in …

Last year, 28 Days Later’s Alex Garland released Civil War, a dystopian imagining of the Second American Civil War set in modern times. And now, the British writer-director returns with Warfare, an edge-of-your-seat action thriller set during the Iraq War, co-helmed by former US Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza. Set during …

Forty years on from its release, war film Ran continues to prove popular among movie enthusiasts and is available on the British Film Institute’s streaming service as well as Amazon Prime Video. The film, which has been labelled by Vulture as “the greatest war movie ever made” in its latest …

He is one of the greatest actors of our time, whose leading man good looks have never detracted from his skill in front of the camera. His filmography includes some of the greatest films ever made, from Inglorious Basterds to Fight Club. But so strong is the list of films …

A 2001 crime drama starring Jack Nicholson has made a quiet comeback on Amazon Prime Video, attracting new attention from viewers and reigniting debate around its polarising ending. The Pledge, directed by Sean Penn, was released with relatively modest fanfare at the time, but it has steadily gained a cult …