A little late to the party, but with the 11th falling square in the middle of the week, doesn't look like they're doing the big weekend marathons this time... Turner Classic Movies dredges up some real obscurities this time around, at least ones I can't say I'm familiar with. Wish I still had my... »
Sitting here trying to figure out what to write about 2004's The Fallen. Honestly, I can't come up with an awful lot. What you get here is some eh, alright-to-fair acting by a group of relative unknowns, in a picture that attempts to (I think) pay tribute to soldiers on three sides of WWII... »
In 2005's The Last Drop, a team of British paratroopers get diverted on a super-top-secret mission on the heels of Operation Market Garden. As "The Last Drop" (referring to the last glider drop of the operation) they will, well, they don't know that yet... All the while, there's this Nazi SS dude who's trying... »
Yeah, I know, I know. I'm so far behind the curve I can't even see it anymore from here... Here's the trailer, anyway. Hopefully I'll get out to see it real soon now (tm). Somehow or another.... Looks damn hilarious, though. Here's the official movie site: http://www.themenwhostareatgoatsmovie.com/ »
Hm, not sure what to make of this. I would think that 1) It's way too soon to make any kind of film out of this that isn't one-sided in some way. Do we really have all the facts here? and 2) Unless he's got a bunch of insiders from both sides of the... »
An interesting article from JoBlo.com (ha), interviewing director John Woo about a couple of his upcoming war movie projects. The biggest is "Red Cliff"... RED CLIFF is the most expensive Chinese film ever made, and as far as I'm concerned, worth every penny. This story of the Battle of Red Cliff is very familiar... »
Caught this little snippet about a film shown at this year's Nordic Film Festival, Max Manus.... Max Manus fought Adolf Hitler's forces in Finland, then returned home to lead a group of saboteurs to battle them in his homeland. What distinguishes the film is its depiction of Manus as a vulnerable leader and a... »
The French Foreign Legion. Last refuge of scoundrels, criminals, and scumbags left over from the first world war. At least that's what 1977's March or Die would have you believe. American and Legion Major William Sherman Foster (Gene Hackman) is tasked with protecting a French archaeological expidition in Erfeud. The problem is, that he's... »
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... »
Let's hope not. Having never played the game, I can't comment on that aspect of it, but unless they come up with something that would make it stand apart by itself, I just can't see that ending well.... Trademonk has discovered that Activision has filed a trademark to protect the video game property Call... »
1959's On The Beach is a chilling look at what a post-apocalyptic future might look like, from the viewpoint of people who escaped the initial torrent of destruction. It seems that Australia has "dodged the bullet" as it were, and was spared annihilation. US Submarine captain Lionel Towers (Gregory Peck) brings his ship into... »
Where do I even begin. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is, plainly put, an excellent film that should move even the most hardened person in some way. Young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) is the son of a Nazi officer (David Thewlis) who moves his family to a country house/bunker to avoid the coming Berlin... »
Part social commentary, part war movie, 1956's Between Heaven and Hell is all of one thing: dark. Not that dark is bad, and in this case, actually makes for one hell of a good film. The story revolves around one Francis Gifford (Robert Wagner), an affluent plantation owner in "the South." As luck would... »
