which is the 19405 kind of wartime spy thriller starring colin firth and matthew mcfadden. then we re going to the jungle for the lost city. this is a romantic comedy with sandra bullock and channing tatum, quite different in flavour. and then finally, we are off to 17th century italy for benedetta, which is the true ish story of a lesbian nun from controversial director paul verhoeven. 0k. it s a pretty intriguing mix. let s kick off with operation mincemeat, which was the subject of a book by ben macintyre. it s an absolutely incredible story, isn t it? it s an extraordinary story, and this is the first film based on that book. there have been other films and tv series about this, but it really is an incredible true story in world war two, where british intelligence basically plotted to plant a body in the sea near spain with false documents to imply that the allies were going to be invading greece rather than sicily so effectively to put the nazis off the scent. and let s see a clip
something a little bit sharper, a little bit different in terms of gender. and brad pitt? brad pitt is so worth seeing this film for and definitely hold on till the end credits watch the whole thing, but he plays the kind jack trainer. because you see him with comedy so much, he s very good at when he does it. yeah. so i love to see him doing more, and he is indeed doing quite quite a bit more comedy. but definitely brad pitt steals the show. i think benedetta, this is very striking to look at visually, isn t it? it is hard to describe. it s from director paul verhoeven, who, of course, gave us basic instinct, showgirls and more recently, the rather more thoughtful film l. but he s kind of still known for those tawdry films. it s a french language film based on the true story and the book set in the 17th century italy. and it stars virginie figure as benedetta. now, she is a young girl who claims to have visions. she s very religious. she s devout. she s sent to a convent where she mee
The Dutchman that can do it all, and do it all at its most horny and subversive, Paul Verhoeven has made Hollywood hits and indie gems. We ve ranked his best movies.