In the 55th anniversary year of the much-loved film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, two of the vehicles that starred in the film are due to return to one of the filming locations as part of a commemoration service for Sally Ann Howes, who played Truly Scrumptious. On...
A new war movie, The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare, is expected to be in cinemas next year. Directed and co-written by Guy Ritchie, and starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González & Henry Golding, most movie reports describe it as an action spy film. That’ll be because it’s about...
In October last year I wrote a post speculating where Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg might shoot the airfield scenes for their new WW2 mini series, ‘Masters of the Air’. Since then I’ve been updating it as new bits of information come in, but that makes it...
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are producing Masters of the Air for Apple TV, a third WW2 mini series to follow their Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Where are the likely airfield locations? This post was first published in Oct 2020. We know now where MOA is...
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