Actor who shared some personality traits with the volatile characters he played in films such as Heat and Natural Born Killers
Tom Sizemore: the tough guy who held his own opposite Hollywood’s biggest names
Peter Bradshaw
In a career which often saw him play characters with a streak of ruthlessness, it was as a soldier with a heart of gold in Saving Private Ryan that he truly excelled
Tom Sizemore, star of Saving Private Ryan, dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm
The actor, best known for his tough-guy roles in war and action movies including Black Hawk Down, also had a turbulent private life
June 2019
Saving Private Ryan review – war epic still hits with sledgehammer force
The trauma of war is made viscerally clear in Steven Spielberg’s dazzling fusion of audacity, action and poignant human drama
May 2018
Antony Beevor: the greatest war movie ever – and the ones I can't bear
He groaned at Valkyrie and despaired at Saving Private Ryan. The award-winning historian takes aim at the war films that make him furious – and reveals his own favourite
October 2017
Tom Hanks: ‘I’ve made a lot of movies that didn’t make sense – or money’
In the downtime between movies, Tom Hanks has written his first collection of short stories. He talks books, regrets, Hollywood egos and fat astronauts
March 2017
Film blog
You've Got Mail: the forgotten world of 90s movie websites
Shonky graphics, confusing menus, weird picture galleries … the film websites from the internet’s early days haven’t aged well. So why are they still there?
January 2017
The best battle scenes ever shot from Apocalypse Now to Hacksaw Ridge
The people behind the cameras, stunts and special effects on six classic war movies explain their creation
January 2015
American Sniper: an old-fashioned western in military uniform
Danny Leigh: Clint Eastwood’s film about navy Seal Chris Kyle is on target to become the biggest-grossing war movie in history. How did it win the nation’s hearts and minds?
October 2014
Fury review – stirring, macho tank drama
First look review
Fury first look review – Brad Pitt's punchy, muscular videogame of a war movie
July 2014
Why are we so obsessed with films about the second world war?
Andrew Pulver: The events they depict happened decades ago and they're often historically dubious. Yet second world war films are more in fashion than ever. Why can't Hollywood get enough?
June 2014
D-day landings on film: Hollywood's best second world war tributes
As long as there have been movies, there have been war movies. A sampler of films featuring the D-day landings
February 2012
TV tonight
TV highlights 14/02/2012
Saving Private Ryan: The True Story | First Love | Friday Night Lights | How to Grow a Planet | Big Fat Gypsy Weddings | Frontline: My Father, My Brother and Me
November 2004
Saving Private Ryan for later
US TV stations refuse to show Spielberg's epic film, citing concerns over Federal Communication Commission's crackdown on indecency
September 2002
Channel 5 to show Saving Private Ryan uncut
Channel 5 is set to test the viewing public's taste for violence next week with two broadcasts of Steven Spielberg's Oscar-laden war epic Saving Private Ryan, reports Jason Deans.
February 2002
Channel 5 saves Private Ryan
6pm: Channel 5 has secured the rights to the terrestrial TV premiere of Saving Private Ryan, writes Claire Cozens.
