Chris Connor reviews the finale of Masters of the Air… Masters of the Air has perhaps not been discussed in the same manner as Band of Brothers or The Pacific but it has proven a smash hit regardless, carried by its star cast and exhilarating action. It’s the quieter, character-driven moments that have been most […]
Masters of the Air – Part Eight Review
Chris Connor reviews the eighth episode of Masters of the Air… Masters of the Air’s penultimate episode sets the stage for the show’s conclusion as the allied forces move closer to reclaiming Europe both in the build-up and aftermath of the D-Day landings, of course, depicted in the previous series Band of Brothers. The focus […]
Masters of the Air – Part Seven Review
Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Masters of the Air… Following his capture at the end of the previous episode, John “Bucky” Egan finds himself reunited with his friend Major Cleven but not in the circumstances they might have wanted. They are in Stalag Luft III, a German POW camp famous for The Great […]
Masters of the Air – Part Six Review
Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Masters of the Air… After the all out action of the previous episode and sense of loss, Masters of the Air’s sixth episode takes a more sedate pace with the focus split between Callum Turner’s Major Egan, stranded in Germany to fend for himself, and Harry Crosby and […]
Masters of the Air – Part Five Review
Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Masters of the Air… After the shocking conclusion of the previous episode and the revelation that Austin Butler’s Buck Cleven may have perished, we immediately find that Harry Crosby (Anthony Boyle) and several of his crew survived their presumed deaths. This opening burst of positivity is offset by […]
Masters of the Air – Part Four Review
Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Masters of the Air… After an episode focusing heavily on aerial combat and missions, part four of Masters of the Air moves at a more leisurely pace, giving us a feel for the personalities of the crew outside of the cockpit. The focus is split between a couple […]
Masters of the Air – Part Three Review
Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Masters of the Air… The opening two episodes of Masters of the Air set the stage admirably with a sweeping sense of scale and an ensemble cast that most shows would envy as we were introduced to our rag tag crew of aviators leading the fight for the […]
Masters of the Air Part One & Part Two Review
Chris Connor reviews the first two episodes of Masters of the Air… Band of Brothers revolutionised television in the early 2000s, making a star out of many of its leads and guest stars and providing one of the early signs that TV could rival cinema for top-tier storytelling. The brainchild of Steven Spielberg and Tom […]
Austin Butler, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks discuss Masters of the Air with inside look at Apple TV+ WWII epic
Apple TV+ has dropped a behind-the-scenes trailer for their epic WWII limited drama series Masters of the Air, which features stars Austin Butler (Elvis) and Callum Turner (The Boys in the Boat), as well as producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman (Band of Brothers and The Pacific), talking about what it was like to bring […]
Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air takes off with new trailer and posters
Apple TV+ has released a new trailer for Masters of the Air, the WWII limited drama series from Band of Brothers and The Pacific executive producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman. The series follows the soldiers of the 100th Bomb Group as they fight to destroy Hitler’s Third Reich, conducting perilous bombing raids […]
