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Author: Greg Gottfried

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Movie Club: 1917
Thursday, 26 March, 2026

The Oscars are finally (after what felt like decades) done. And so now it’s time to relax a little by watching a World War I thriller from seven years ago. That’s right; it’s 1917 time, starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, a bunch of big names spread out over 119 minutes and my former Sober Up podcasting partner, Ben Wittenstein.No, Ben’s not in the movie … I think. But the Chicago native picked out the Sam Mendes war epic for this week’s Aerial Shot Movie Club. We both hadn’t seen it in a while and had quite a bit to say.Where are the cuts? Why didn’t this win Best Picture? Is Benedict Cumberbatch good in this movie? All those pressing questions and more will be answered over a tidy 51 minutes and 39 seconds. Not even 52 minutes. It’s basically a voice memo at that point. Get full access to Aerial Shot at aerialshot.substack.com/subscribe