World War II Movies
War Movies about World War II, 1939-1945
First Squad (2009)
OK, Nazi occultists are trying to resurrect some ancient Germanic wizard and its up to the Russian um, super psychic squad to stop them. Or something. And all but one of them are already dead. What? Usually I like this sort of thing. Raiders of the Lost Ark (AND The Last Crusade!) were pretty... »
Red Tails (2012)
I recall first seeing the trailer for Red Tails back in August or July. Saw Terrence or Cuba up on the screen in uniform and was like "oh, Tuskegee Airmen is going to be on again?" Then it was like "waaaiiiit a minute. This isn't that. And then it hit me. George is *finally*... »
Operation Crossbow (1965)
I hate that feeling where a movie sounds like it might be good, or at least interesting, and then, well, its not. That's what happened with Operation Crossbow, anyway. Billed as a movie about a "top secret operation to infiltrate the Nazi's secret rocket base!" turns out to be not much more than a... »
City of Life and Death (2009)
Quite frankly, this is the best, most brutal, most gut-wrenching war movie I've seen in a long, long time. City of Life and Death is everything Schindler's List could have been, should have been, and more. The short version: City of Life and Death is a condensation of the 1937 "Rape of Nanking" in... »
The Road to World War II (1978, 2011)
Questar's new DVD box-set, The Road to World War II, is an overdue re-release (with additions) of a 1970's television series which explored the time period between World War I, and World War II, with the notion of examining events "Between the Wars" (its original title.) It examines how the events of WWI and... »
The Bomber (2011)
Finally got a chance to sit down with "The Bomber," and although I had to watch it in segments over the busy weekend (its three hours long!) I'm glad I did. Short version: Russian Bomber pilot Andrei Grivstov (Nikia Efremoy) is shot down over German territory, along with his love and radio operator Katia... »
Mein Führer – The Absolutely Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler (2007)
You wouldn't think you could make a movie about a Jewish actor being pulled out of a concentration camp in order to help Hitler (Helge Schneider) with his speech presentation skills... and make it funny at that. But, its been done, right here. Adolf Grünbaum (Ulrich Mühe) is that actor. He's pulled from the... »
Red Tails?! Further Signs of the Apocalypse!
In another "I thought it would never actually happen" moment, .... Lucasfilm has actually finished Red Tails, a heavily CGI-laden movie about the Tuskegee Airmen. Actually I caught a brief glimpse of this trailer a few days ago, was like "eh? oh, its the Tuskegee Airmen" since I saw Cuba Gooding Jr. in it... »
The Bomber
Or, "Ballad of the Bomber" is a Russian/Ukrainian produced 8-part mini-series which will make its debut on DVD in Europe and the UK soon. No word on if we'll see it here or not. From the press material: In this high-budget all-action movie, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot and... »
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Aw, yeah. So what if its "yet another comic book movie?" Captain America is just a whole lot of old fashioned fantasy fun. Of course setting it against the backdrop of WWII doesn't hurt things either, and gets it a spot on the old WMB, too! The backstory: 98-pound weakling Steve Rogers gets tapped... »
