by Joe Beck | Jun 5, 2026 | Culture, Latest, People, Top Story
When Cameron Crowe adapted Benjamin Mee’s memoir into We Bought a Zoo (2011), years of hardship, loss and struggle were transformed into a feel-good Hollywood drama. Mee reflects on the changes, the emotional truth that survived, and why the zoo’s greatest...
by Joe Beck | Jun 1, 2026 | Culture, Latest, People
Organised crime has inspired some of cinema’s most iconic stories. From the Corleone family in The Godfather (1974) to the hedonistic Henry Hill in Goodfellas (1990), generations of filmmakers have sought to capture the world of the Mafia on screen. But how much of...
by Joe Beck | Jun 1, 2026 | Culture, Latest, People
From The Godfather to Goodfellas, mob movies have defined how audiences understand organised crime. But how much of that image is rooted in reality? HistoFlick spoke to The Mob Museum’s Zach Jensen about Mafia myths, cinematic glamour and the films that came...
by Joe Beck | Jun 1, 2026 | Activism, Heros, Latest, People, Top Story
On 11 April 1890, Joseph Merrick was found dead in his room at the London Hospital. Ninety years later, his life was immortalised in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980), where, in one of cinema’s most famous final scenes, Merrick lies down to sleep ‘like normal...
by Joe Beck | May 29, 2026 | Histo-Views
Our rating Accuracy 3.5 / 5 Entertainment Value 2 / 5 Josie Rourke’s Mary Queen of Scots is the third major Hollywood adaptation of Mary Stuart’s life, and yet a truly accurate portrayal of the famed monarch remains elusive on the screen. Previously played by...
