Looks like a foreign film that will be seeing a limited release here in the states (not anywhere near me, like I have the time anyway!) The liberation of Italy, Provence, the Alps, the Rhone Valley, the Vosges and Alsace marked vital stages in the Allied victory. And in the place that France was... »

Ah context.  Context is everything, especially when you're watching war films of this era.  You've got the Hayes office, the Dept. of War, and in the end, you get propaganda films like 1943's Air Force. Of course, that's not to say that this is a bad film.  On the contrary, this is actually quite... »

So not a lot of good things have been said about Stealth.  Eh, I went into this expecting the worst, and came out feeling a little better about it.  Not much, but a little.  Bottom line is it's not as bad as everyone says.  *If* you perform a little "suspension of disbelief" black magic,... »

December 7, 1941.  A date which will live in infamy. Well it should anyway, its unfortunate that the Bruckheimer/Bay team got a hold of it and turned it into an unconvincing heart-string-tugging love story with a happy ending.  There, I said it. OK so maybe I'm being a bit harsh, but there are a... »

Tora! is the quintessential model for a pseudo-documentary war movie, painstakingly attempting to chronicle the events (on both sides) leading up to the infamous 1941 sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Is this an action-packed thriller that will keep you pinned to the edge of your seat, wondering what will happen next?  No.  Absolutely not. ... »

New this week is an early classic, and a new classic All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War... »

Quite possibly the first "hacker" movie of our times, WarGames shows us what can happen when we put our trust in these new-fangled computing machinery thingies, and then give them the power to destroy the planet. OK, so maybe thats overstating things a bit.  WarGames is still a fun romp through the world of... »

Earn this. There are your standard-issue war movies.  And then there are epic masterpieces such as Saving Private Ryan which should be the gold standard to measure all others against. It is primarily the story of Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squad of soldiers as they survive the hellish D-Day invasion, and are... »

Saigon. Shit. Few movies could pull off opening with those two words.  Apocalypse Now *is* that movie.  Period. Apocalypse Now:Redux is a "director's cut" of sorts which puts back several scenes / episodes into the film that were dropped from its initial 1979 release.  Additionally it puts back the original ending. A.N. is the... »

New war movies on DVD this week: Flyboys (2006) ... Directed by Oscar winner Tony Bill, this epic drama tells the true story of the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of Americans who volunteered for the French military before the United States entered World War I. Farm boy Blaine Rawlings (James Franco) joins up and... »

The US Civil War is a period that hasn't received as much attention as World War II, or Vietnam, but the few films or miniseries that have come out about it have been nothing short of great. 1989's Glory continues that legacy. Starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman, its the... »

When you think of war movies, there are a few movies that should immediately pop into your mind. Tora, Tora, Tora. Saving Private Ryan. Platoon. And of course, The Dirty Dozen. The story of twelve convicted death-row and long-term army misfit prisoners chosen to lead a covert operation behind enemy lines during the height... »

Normally I haven't been big on sub movies, heck or Navy movies in general. Lately I'm getting a bit of a thing for them. What with the strategic maneuvers, the tension of the crew, and the man vs. man and ship vs. ship aspect of the whole thing. The Enemy Below is just one... »