Ah, medieval England. King John has declared the Magna Carta invalid and has gone on a mission of conquest across the land to reclaim his keeps from the peoples. Or at least that's the version portrayed here. Just to get this out in the open, this movie is (very) loosely based on the Siege... »
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... »
Caught wind of an upcoming documentary collection from Reader's Digest (same folks who brought us "WWII in the Pacific" called "The Road to World War II." It's the first release of this on DVD, which was aired in the 70's under the title "Between the Wars," and I don't believe has been seen since.... ... »
No words needed! Just look at it! Russian epic "The Bomber" appears on DVD ("over there") Sept. 26th. No US date that I can find, but will keep you all updated. »
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... »
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... »
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... »
Glee's (ick) Max Adler spills something about his role in an upcoming Vietnam war movie, AWOL. I'll have to do some digging to uncover some more on this one. But, FTA: ....I'm going back to Michigan in August to film my next movie, "AWOL." It's a Vietnam war movie, dealing with soldiers and the... »
Watched X-Men: First Class last night. So, is it a war movie or not? Sure its a total fantasy-fest, re-writing the history around the Cuban missile crisis and there's plenty of covert CIA and US vs. Russia military action at the end, a bit of WWII Nazi treachery, and probably the biggest U-boat the... »
Well. I guess its time to say something about "War Horse." I've been avoiding it, because, well, its a "horse movie" and I'm really not sure how this is going to play out. But, judging from the trailer there will be lots of WWI scenery and CGI eye-candy to take in, so... From the... »
I just started watching the 1987 CBS TV show, "Tour of Duty" again, thanks to Netflix. I've only (re)seen the pilot, but man, even watching that again brought back some memories. I would have to say that this show is one of the things that made me a fan of the war movie genre.... »
I know, I know, WTF are you doing, right? Well, here it is. America's favorite WWII comic book hero hits the big screen in yet another Marvel reboot. The good captain is just a part of WWII history, so just deal with it, OK! Yes, I will put a review up when I see... »
I am a huge fan of Laurel and Hardy, and was sorely disappointed by their war-time effort, Air Raid Wardens, made a few short years after Great Guns. They looked worn out, and just sick of it all. Maybe they'd done one too many USO tours or whatever, I dunno. Definitely not so here,... »
