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1917: Heart-Stopping Drama Conjures the Sorrows and Horrors of the Great War

By Kim Hughes

ReviewDecember 23, 20191917, Sam Mendes, World War I, George MacKay, Colin FIrth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dean-Charles Chapman, Roger DeakinsComment

Brotherhood: Legendary Kawartha tragedy stands as an unsteady metaphor for a lost generation of boys post WWI

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 5, 2019Brotherhood, Richard Bell, The Great War, World War I, Spanish Flu pandemic, Brendan Fehr, Brendan Fletcher, Coming of age stories, Teen tragedies, Masculinity, CanoeingComment

Trench 11: Tension-packed WWI "zombie" film adds a few more horrors to the horrors of war

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 29, 2018World War I, Canadian horror movies, Biological warfare, War movies, Rossif Sutherland, Karine Vanasse, Leo Scherman, Tunnel warfare, Zombie movies

Original-Cin Q&A/review: Journey's End's shell-shock rings true in the PTSD era

By Liam Lacey

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 29, 2018World War I, R.C. Sherriff, Trench warfare, PTSD, Shell shock, Paul Bettany, Saul Dibb, Prince Andrew, First World War Centenary