1917 (2019)

Published: July 31, 2020, 2:40 a.m.

I'm no fan of director Sam Mendes at all - he stank up the Bond universe and few films got old quicker than American Beauty. Here he tried the time honored graft of releasing a film based on a gimmick just before the Oscars to hoodwink everyone for a month until they realise it wasn't very good after all - and if it wasn't for those pesky kids...