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First Look at the ‘Valkyrie’ Trailer

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Well, the first trailer for Valkyrie is out. And the initial reaction is not good. At least not from the EW staff... Tom Cruise's latest flick, Valkyrie, is set in Nazi Germany, and it's not a comedy, so why does its new trailer (embedded below, or streaming in a higher-quality clip at Yahoo) leave... »

Stop-Loss

Sunday, November 11, 2007

I was informed of an upcoming movie from Paramount/Dreamworks... Stop-Loss.  Looks like it might be good.  Of course one of the sh*ttier policies of today's military is that once you're finished with your tour, guess what? You're not.  Hence "Stop-Loss." Check out the trailer, and visit the site and it's 'soundoff' section. I'm not... »

British Vets Name Their Favorite War Movie

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

According to Ananova, The Winner is 1962's The Longest Day: The Longest Day has been voted the best war film by British veterans. The 1962 movie charts the D-Day invasion on Normandy in 1944 and stars Richard Burton, John Wayne, Sean Connery and Richard Todd. Saving Private Ryan came second in the nationwide survey... »

CNN on “War Films”

Friday, October 26, 2007

In this video clip from what looks like CNN's London desk (I think) some bloke talks about the current "trend" of war movies, and talks briefly about three, only one of which I'd consider an actual "war movie," which would be DePalma's Redacted (still haven't seen it.)  A Mighty Heart and Rendition might be... »

Woody Harrelson Signs on For ‘Pinkville’

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Still undecided on my feelings about this.  It'll either be good or it'll really piss a lot of folks off....  Anyway. LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Woody Harrelson is reteaming with his "Natural Born Killers" director Oliver Stone for the Vietnam War drama "Pinkville." Harrelson joins Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum in the United... »

The Return of Rambo

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

And here I thought we'd be wise enough to let some franchises just fade away.  Looks like Stallone is hard at work on a fourth Rambo movie.  Wow, who would have thought.  And its news to me as well, didn't see this one coming! The plot of 'John Rambo' follows a group of Christian... »

‘Redacted’ set to show at NY Festival

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Ouch, these guys don't seem to have much good to say about it.  Looks like we should be getting some good solid reviews soon, though.  Also appears to have a release from Magnolia on Dec. 14.  Just in time for Christmas! Um, yeah. "How could these boys have gone so wrong?" De Palma asks... »

PBS’s “The War” starts Sep. 23

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Just a reminder to set those VCR's and DVR's.  PBS's and Ken Burns' epic documentary mini-series "The War" starts this Sunday night, Sept. 23.  The seven two to two-and-a-half hour episodes will air each Sun-Wed evening over two weeks...  Here's a breakdown of the episodes and the dates they'll cover.  (apologies to those involved... »

In The Valley of Elah

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Well, here I was ignoring this because I thought it was more police detective story than war movie, but I may have to give it a second look, all politics aside.  This review from The Pitch in Kansas City seems to like it well enough.... Like Haggis' Crash, In the Valley of Elah is... »

Another Take on “Redacted”

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Yikes! The controversy abounds! Check this page out and read the opinions on DePalma's "Redacted."  A little bit of re-hash from the Reuters article, but a whoooole lot of opinion.  Just roll down the page in the link and check out the comments there. And I gotta say I'm agreeing with some of it.... »