EMPIRE OF LIGHT Trailer (2022) Sam Mendes, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Toby Jones© 2022 - Searchlight Pictures

So when 1917 was first announced, it caught a lot of people’s attention. And when the film had its extremely limited release near the end of 2019, the few people who did get to see the movie, had next to nothing but fantastic things to say about the film.