Home of the Brave Where did this one come from?! Out of nowhere!  I hadn’t heard of this at all until just now! The film tells the story of four American soldiers nearing the end of their tours of duty in Iraq. Shortly after learning their unit will soon return home, they are sent on one... »

Just learned of this movie, expected in theatres on 7/4 of this year (fighting the Transformers juggernaut, have to flip a coin for this one!) Christian Bale and Steve Zahn will star in Rescue Dawn, an action drama by Werner Herzog and based on the director’s acclaimed 1997 documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly. The... »

If ever there was a film that would belong in a “top ten war movies of all time” list, this would be it. Starring legends Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, and more stellar players, it is one of those movies that was “before its time” if you will. The basic plot is simple enough, a... »

This week a trio of classics makes with some DVD releases, Two Four from the much respected "Fox War Classics", and the first from Warner Brothers….  None of which have reviews here on WMB…yet! [4/26 EDIT Number 2: And a fifth! That makes FOUR from the... »

Man, all I can say about this one is this. Excellent stuff. This gem from 1940 pits master comedian Charlie Chaplin absolutely tearing apart the European dictatorships of the time. Before the US even got involved. You’ll find yourself in a mix of laughing hysterically and just in jaw-dropping disbelief at some... »

Overlord (1975) Can’t say I’ve ever heard of this one, let alone seen it.  But it sounds interesting as hell. Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, Stuart Cooper’s immersive account of one 20-year-old’s journey from basic training to the battle front lines at D-day brings all the terrors and isolation of war to... »

1943’s Action in the North Atlantic is quite frankly an enjoyable bit of film, and is one of the few WWII films to focus on the efforts of the civilian merchant marine fleet which brought much-need supplies to Allied troops all over the world. Sure it’s a period “propaganda” film. That much is almost... »

The Great Raid focuses on the 1945 rescue mission mounted by the Rangers against the Japanese prison camp at Cabanatuan in the Philippines. It was an ambitious mission, to be sure, and it had to be done to keep the Japanese from burning their prisoners alive, as they’d taken to doing in some... »

A Pair of 1930’s films appeared on DVD today (again!), this time it is: 1938’s The Dawn Patrol In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled “crates” and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can’t make the “brass hats” at headquarters see... »

Starring legends Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, 1958’s “Run Silent, Run Deep” is a typical World War II Submarine adventure. What makes this one not so typical though, is the incredible tension and suspense that happens on board the sub, the USS Nerka. Capt. Richardson (Gable) has been sidelined after being sunk in the... »

This is a story of a ship. And so it is, and of the men who serve on them, and of their families back at home.  A British film, it focuses on the captain and select crew of the HMS Torrin, a destroyer which is sunk early on in the film. The rest of the film... »