Few films have brought the American Revolution to the big screen with the scale and spectacle of The Patriot. Released in 2000, the Mel Gibson-led epic combined large-scale battle sequences with an ...

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 22 September) is The Patriot, the 2000 historical war epic starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.

When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, the Founders – many of whom were slaveholders – declared: “all men are created equal.” As their aspirational words and ideals of freedom ...

There is cannon fire. Gunfights. Soldiers felled by bullets. Bodies pulled from a stream, blood stains marring their white shirts. There is stirring music with pounding, ominous drums. Over it all is ...