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GIVEAWAY! A Digital Copy of NEWS OF THE WORLD! (US Only)

March 9, 2021 by Steve Norton 2 Comments

Good news, everyone! ScreenFish has a digital copy of Paul Greengrass’ News of the World to give away!

Set five years after the conclusion of the Civil War, News of the World tells the story of Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) after he meets a 10-year-old girl who has been taken by the Kiowa people. After reluctantly agreeing to escort her back to there aunt and uncle, Kidd begins their perilous journey across the brutal Texas terrain where they face danger at ever turn.

In order to enter, simply like/share this post on Facebook and/or Twitter and tell us your favourite Tom Hanks movie and why!

Winners will receive a digital copy of News of the World.

All entries must be received by 11:59pm on Thursday, March 11th, 2021.

News of the World is available now to purchase on VOD.

Filed Under: Featured, Film, Giveaways, VOD Tagged With: News of the World, Paul Greengrass, Tom Hanks

Five Came Back – Hollywood Goes to War

May 17, 2017 by Darrel Manson Leave a Comment

For those who enjoy film, the names John Ford, Frank Capra, George Stevens, William Wyler, and John Huston will be familiar. All are Oscar-winning directors (with a total of 14 Oscars between them). They were also part of the World War II war effort as military filmmakers. Five Came Back is a three-part documentary about these five directors and how they used their filmmaking expertise during the war. The series is streaming on Netflix.

When the U.S. entered World War II after Pearl Harbor, there were many people who left their worlds of safety and comfort to fight in this war. These five filmmakers knew they had talents that could be of import to the war effort. Each volunteered and spent the war in uniform making films for the military. Each had different approaches to the task. For some it took them directly into battle—on Midway and at D-Day, or flying on bombers on combat missions. Others made films that helped American understand why this war had to be fought. But each found a way to serve their nation with the skills they had developed entertaining people with film. Some of their work was essentially newsreel material, often with a good dose of propaganda included. It served to bring the war back to Americans in such a way to keep morale high.

There are some big name directors of today who relate the stories of these earlier filmmakers: Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, Paul Greenglass, and Laurence Kasdan. They understand how difficult it is to make films under the best of circumstances. They relate the hardships and trials (which included pushing to make the films their way) faced by the early group.

The series introduces us to their work before the war, but the bulk of the film focuses on their wartime work. It also shows us how this experience changed them. For example, George Stevens (who filmed D-Day and, eventually, the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp) was known mostly as a director of comedies before the war; after the war he never made another comedy (but some marvelous serious films).

This is an excellent piece of film history, plus a nice bit of the history of the Second World War as seen by these filmmakers. Netflix is also streaming some of the wartime films so that viewers can not only learn the story of these men, but also the stories they brought back with them. Among the ones I’ve added to my list on Netflix are: The Memphis Belle (Wyler), The Battle of Midway (Ford), The Negro Soldier (Capra), Know Your Enemy—Japan (Capra), and Let There Be Light (Huston).

29 Aug 1943, London, England, UK — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

Filed Under: Reviews, Television Tagged With: D-Day, documentary, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Capra, George Stevens, Guillermo del Toro, Holocaust, John Ford, John Huston, Laurence Kasdan, Mark Harris, Meryl Streep, Netflix, Paul Greengrass, Steven Spielberg, William Wyler, World War II

Podcast: JASON BOURNE again?

August 9, 2016 by Steve Norton Leave a Comment

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This week on the show, Steve welcomes Wade Bearden, co-host of Seeing and Believing, to talk about Matt Damon’s return to JASON BOURNE. Has the franchise gone stale? How does Bourne deal with a new world and his past? All this and more, this week on ScreenFish.

Want to continue to conversation at home?  Click the link below to download ‘Fishing for More’ — some small group questions for you to bring to those in your area.

2.22 Jason Bourne

Filed Under: Film, Podcast Tagged With: action films, Alicia Vikander, Jason Bourne, Julia Stiles, Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, Spy, spy films, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Tommy Lee Jones

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