1990s
War movies from the 1990′s
Gettysburg (1993/2011, Director’s Cut, Blu Ray)
I have to admit, first of all, that I have not seen the original 1993 cut of Gettysburg. Shame on me, I know, so I have nothing to compare any "Director's Cut" to. This film chronicles the events on both sides, surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. It does so in a... »
Hiroshima (1995)
In 1995 Showtime released this miniseries/docudrama about the events leading up to, and including the atomic bomb drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The short version: It's not bad, but its not great, either. The facts are pretty well known, as is the story, so I won't even attempt to lay it all out here. ... »
A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
A Bright Shining Lie is based on the true story and biography of John Paul Vann (played by Bill Paxton), who started out as a Lt. Col. and military advisor in the early days of the Vietnam War (c. 1962-3) and went on to return as a high-ranking civilian advisor until his death in... »
Memphis Belle (1990)
The Memphis Belle was the first B-17, along with her crew, to complete all 25 of her missions and bring everyone back alive. The 1990 movie Memphis Belle is an homage to the plane, and more importantly the crew. An admirable goal to be sure, but be warned: The first half of this movie... »
Saving Private Ryan (1998, Blu Ray)
Saving Private Ryan (1998, Blu Ray) Well, its finally happened!! Saving Private Ryan is available on Blu Ray! Awesome! I'm going to leave the gist of things to my other review of Saving Private Ryan, based on the DVD, and stick to the Blu here. In short. Wow. I can honestly say that this... »
Braveheart (1995, Blu Ray)
If you haven't seen 1995's Braveheart by now, you've probably been living under a rock, or in some remote Gobi-desert cave or something. I mean, really. The tale of William Wallace, 13th century champion of Scottish independence, Braveheart is indeed an epic film in every sense of the word. Painted here as a simple... »
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
2006's Rescue Dawn was the story of US Navy pilot Dieter Dengler, as he was shot down over Vietnam, and his successful escape from the POW camp, the only person ever to achieve such a feat. Little Dieter Needs to Fly is a documentary of that same story, told from the man himself, Dieter... »
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Heaven & Earth is Oliver Stone's final entry in his Vietnam Trilogy, and likely the most controversial of the three. Following the trials of a Vietnamese girl, Le Ly (Bussaro Sanruck) from a young girl at the outset of the war, all the way through to far after. »
Flight of the Intruder (1991)
I really wish I could nail down what Flight of the Intruder is trying to be. I think the problem is it tries to be too much, and fill too many different 'roles' as a movie that it never really succeeds at any of them. If that makes any sense. Maybe another case of... »
In The Army Now (1994)
Kind of like that quote from Beetlejuice, "it just gets funnier, every time I see it!!" Yeah, so I like Pauly Shore's In The Army Now. Not because I'm a child of the late 80s and early 90s, but just because it really is funny, and its got a decent story and isn't too... »
