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‘Operation Mincemeat’ review: How Colin Firth and company faked an invasion and helped win WWII, now on Netflix

With any war movie, the safe audience bet typically favors the immediate, graphic horrors of battle. That way, when you see a title such as “Hacksaw Ridge,” you know a director (in that case Mel Gibson) will be operating with a cinematic license to slaughter.

Chicago Tribune

Movie review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ a nicely crafted telling of fascinating slice of British deception during World War II

It is said that dead men tell no tales.

Tribune News Service

Operation Mincemeat Netflix: Bizarre true story of how a corpse fooled Hitler

Operation Mincemeat is a daring tale of wartime intrigue and deception. A film starring Colin Firth looks into the top-secret World War 2 operation that helped changed the course of the war

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A tale of betrayal

Inspired by the 2004 docuseries of the same name by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, HBO recently released the first episode of The Staircase, a crime drama starring Toni Collette and Colin Firth and created by Antonio Campos. The Staircase is based on real-life events and the infamous murder of Michael Peterson…

Bangkok Post

TV takes a dark turn as true crime is turned into primetime drama

Infamous real-life British cases are providing inspiration for a suite of new fictional series

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: DI Ray; The Staircase; The Dry; Prisoner C33

Parminder Nagra’s spirited DI battles a thicket of social issues; a raked-over US murder is overplayed as drama; and drink addiction fuels a sharp new Irish dramedy

The Guardian - UK

Shagged, married, arrived: how Chris and Rosie Ramsey turned their life into comedy gold

Chris and Rosie Ramsey make one of the country’s most-loved weekly podcasts, with more than 100m listeners. Now they are taking their own brand of self-deprecating humour to the BBC. And no one is more surprised than them...

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'Staircase drama is a real step up as it moves a great documentary forward'

Sara Wallis says a new incarnation of The Staircaseon Sky Atlantic - with Colin Firth and Toni Collette heading up the cast - is a starry A-list dramatised version

Daily Mirror

What links a 2001 murder to Donovan and Claire Danes?

With cult true-crime story The Staircase returning as a miniseries, take a dive down the rabbit hole with some British folk and an Oscar nod

The Guardian - UK

‘I was literally shocked’: the true story behind new TV drama The Staircase

The confounding, and unsolved, case of a man accused of killing his wife that inspired a landmark docuseries has led to a star-studded new crime drama

The Guardian - US

As the The Staircase starts streaming on Binge, there is so much to discuss and unpack

The iconic documentary is streaming on Netflix and the dramatised series has just started on Binge

The Canberra Times

Column: With Colin Firth and 'The Staircase,' HBO Max turns true crime into truly riveting drama

In these times of Extreme Peak TV, true crime is the streaming gift that keeps on giving.

Tribune News Service

Colin Firth open to Mamma Mia 3: ‘I would do it just to see my friends again on some beautiful island’

‘If you manage to make a second one, I guess you can make a third, a fourth, and a fifth. It was already a miracle,’ Firth said

The Independent UK

This "Staircase" takes on the owl theory

Here's a look at one of the oddest yet entirely possible hypotheses in all of true crime hoo-dunnits

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘Operation Mincemeat’: A dead body dupes the Nazis in stylish film that’s sometimes heavy, sometimes crazy

The changes in tone work as a British officer (Colin Firth) uses a ridiculous plan to save thousands of lives.

The Guardian - UK

The Staircase review – Colin Firth and Toni Collette scale the heights in riveting true-crime tale

The notorious documentary series about the death of an author’s wife gets a star-packed fictionalisation that is practically fizzing with tension

Chicago Tribune

‘The Staircase’ review: Now streaming on HBO Max, a true-crime highlight of 2022 thanks to Colin Firth, Toni Colette and creator Antonio Campos

The first three installments of HBO Max’s “The Staircase” are now streaming. I’ve seen five of the eight in this limited series, based on the long-form documentary of the same name.

Los Angeles Times

A new, scripted ‘Staircase’ offers an intriguing, meta twist on a true-crime classic

Some history: In 2001, in the city of Durham, N.C., Michael Peterson, a writer and sometime political candidate, either did or did not kill his wife, Kathleen, who either fell down a flight or stairs or was beaten to death at its foot. A French television crew, under the direction…

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Daily Mirror

Is The Staircase a true story and what is terrifying new thriller about?

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains information about happenings beyond the first episode of The Staircase and the real-life events it is based on

Manchester Evening News

The Staircase full cast, release date and plot as Sky Atlantic murder drama premieres

The eight-part series follows the trial of Michael Peterson who was convicted of murdering his wife

Daily Mirror

Where The Staircase's Michael Peterson is now - prison release and divided family

Michael Peterson, who is played by Colin Firth in new Sky Atlantic drama The Staircase, pleaded guilty to killing wife Kathleen by involuntary manslaughter as part of an 'Alford plea' but denies attacking her

The Independent UK

The Staircase review: Colin Firth drama fails to live up to the iconic documentary

This fictionalised remake, starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette, of the 2004 true crime mini-series is somehow more concrete than the original but altogether less captivating

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Colin Firth and Toni Collette lead true-crime drama The Staircase

Can this dramatisation of the events covered in the hit Netflix documentary add anything new? Plus: one of TV’s most conceptually perfect shows. Here’s what to watch this evening

Wales Online

The Staircase: What's the true story behind Sky Atlantic's new drama?

Colin Firth and Toni Collette lead the new drama which follows-up a Netflix documentary on the true crime story

WEKU

New 'Staircase' series emphasizes the tragedy behind the sensational true crime story

In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead in her Durham, N.C., home. Her husband, Michael, was accused of her murder, and a Netflix documentary followed. Now, a new HBO Max series revisits the case.

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