Um, sure, why remake this at all?  I mean besides the inspiration for Metallica's "One", this  (the original) movie isn't good for a lot else.  Unless they've got a plan to make it better, I don't see the point....  Bizarre and confusing would be an understatement. After his stint on the teen drama series... »

Sometime in the 1980's, and I can't remember what brought it on, there was an onslaught of Vietnam MIA movies.  You had Chuck Norris in the aptly named "Mission in Action" series, and how could you forget Rambo: First Blood Part II (no matter how hard you try!)... ...and then there was 1983's Uncommon... »

Ahhhh, now that's more like it!  Parts three and four of TNT's miniseries, "The Company" did not disappoint, although I'm not exactly sure how the stories relate (well, mostly) to the... »

Here's a little more news on Defiance, a World War II story about the Russian resistance... Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos and Tomas Arana are joining the cast of the Daniel Craig starrer "Defiance" for Paramount Vantage. Ed Zwick wrote and is directing the World War II drama, which is based on a... »

There are some movies which are called classics, and which could have been classics, and which just fall short of the mark.  The Big Red One is just one of those films, and falls under all three categories. The cast is a line up of past, present, and future (for 1980) stars, including war... »

While it's true that '95 was a bit late to be making US vs. Russia Nuclear Missile Scare Movies(tm), Crimson Tide pulls it off in a big way.  I have to admit, I hadn't watched this movie in several years, and quite frankly forgot just how good it really is. The film's story really... »

TNT's "The Company" is a four-part miniseries which focuses on events within the CIA during the Cold War, from sometime in the mid-fifties up until the early nineties and the fall of the Soviet empire.  It is based on Robert Litell's book of the same name. In all honesty I was expecting a bit... »

Pre-World War II war movies like 1939's Wings of the Navy are, at least to me, interesting to watch.  Why?  They offer an insight to a world untouched by the events of that war, and have a certain optimism and quality that can never be reclaimed. So it is with Wings of the Navy. ... »

Have you ever seen those old Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons where somebody holds up a flag with a picture of a screw and a baseball (screwball!) or an ear of corn (corny!) in response to somebody? Well, I'm gonna hold up the corn flag for this film.  I'm sure the creators of... »

1942's Flying Tigers pays homage to the group of American volunteers who risked their lives to help the Chinese under Japanese occupation before World War II. John Wayne stars as Capt. Jim Gordon, in a role (although not the same character) he would play several more times in his career, such as in Flying... »

In 1955, the Cold War was just getting ramped up, and in that ten years since the end of WWII, the newly created Air Force ramped up as well, as we are shown in Strategic Air Command, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson.  Not to mention the short-lived B-36 Peacemaker and the even more... »

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission is the last in a string of made-for-television sequels to the venerable 1967 classic "The Dirty Dozen."  Having not seen the rest of the "films" which make up these broadcast sequels, I have to judge this by itself, and in comparison to its namesake. And in that respect... »

In the same vein as the thoroughly enjoyable Air Force and the dreadful Wake Island comes the light-hearted yet still deadly serious Bombardier.  It's basically a War Department-sponsored (with real Air Corps Brass no less!) bit of propaganda which follows the development of the first group of precision high altitude "bombardiers" through to the... »