by Tom Preston | May 23, 2026 | Heros, Latest, People, War
Shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission at the height of the Cold War, Francis Gary Powers’s story of being captured and exchanged for a Russian spy went on to be immortalised in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies. His son, Gary Powers Jr discusses...
by Matthew Stanger | May 23, 2026 | Latest, People, Sport
For generations, chess had been the Soviets’ game, a symbol of strategy and intellect that the US simply couldn’t attain. This wasn’t until Bobby Fischer’s American Dream style took offence to the Eastern reign and defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess...
by Matthew Stanger | May 23, 2026 | Leaders, People, Present Day, Top Story
Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice laid bare one of the most revealing chapters of Donald Trump’s past. From Roy Cohn’s mentorship to Trump’s furious public backlash, the film traces how an origin story long dismissed suddenly became politically explosive in the shadow of...
by Tom Preston | May 23, 2026 | Latest, People
Centring on the life of Hugh Glass, a 19th-century fur trapper who survives a near-fatal grizzly bear attack, Tom Preston delves into the historical truth behind The Revenant for HistoFlick to reveal just how far the triple Oscar-winning epic strays from reality. One...
by Moleed Mire | May 23, 2026 | Latest, People, Present Day, Sport
When people think of sporting underdogs, one name that often comes to mind is Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards. The British ski jumper captured the hearts of millions at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games and inspired his own biopic starring Taron Egerton and Hugh...
by Max Newman | May 23, 2026 | Extra, Latest, People
Dr. Elizabeth Norton, a British historian who specialises in queens of England and the Tudor period, shared which historical figures deserve their own feature film. The Tudors have been no strangers to the big screen, with 1998’s Elizabeth, covering the reign of...
