Sam Mendes delivers in 1917 an admirable if gimmicky videogame-style World War I movie inspired by his beloved grandfather’s stories of two years of fighting as a lance corporal in Flanders Fields.
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‘1917’ movie review and trailer
January 28, 2020
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