I'm going to write up a review of the first episode of HBO's new miniseries, The Pacific, just because I don't want everyone to think I'm asleep at the wheel here! Without a doubt, The Pacific is a companion piece to 2001's Band of Brothers, from the long somber intro, to the black, red,... »
Hart’s War (2002) Hart's War is a courtroom mystery twist drama movie wrapped up in a war movie. There, I said it. While it turns out to be a fair contender in the first categories, as a war movie it just isn't all that. Lt. Thomas Hart (Colin Farrell) gets sent to Augsburg prison... »
Tears of the Sun (2003) Well, if there's one thing Bruce Willis does well, its play hard-nosed military types, such as Lt. A.K. Waters in Tears of the Sun. Part of a Navy Special Ops team, he's dropped into Nigeria to rescue one Dr. Kendricks (Monica Bellucci) and a few other do-gooders at a... »
Awesome news! Except that there are no concrete details as of yet, including extras or a firm release date... but its still totally excellent news!!! I'm hoping that Spielberg takes full advantage of the format. Lots of extras, maybe some new stuff. Dreaming of a 7.1 Master Audio soundtrack but its pretty unlikely. Link:... »
Well, I finally got around to watching 1968's The Green Berets again. It's been a long, long time, and parts of it were just as I remembered, I found myself thinking much differently about it. Age and experience, plus a few years of writing this site I suppose, but here's the skinny. To my... »
Thank God for small miracles. Personally I think Rambo should be left alone. I mean, I thought Rambo 4 was a fitting piece of closure for the character. To resurrect him now that he's gone home for good would seem to defeat the purpose. Am I wrong? But this, this would have been completely... »
CNN has a brief interview with the author of a new book (give your agent a bonus!), historian Antony Beevor, who seems to have a beef with "Saving Private Ryan." First off let me say I agree with some of what he's got to say in the article. I especially think he's right about... »
The Springfield News-Sun posits the question, "What is the best film ever made about the U.S. military?" and gets some interesting results. Personally I find it telling that most of the answers are more-or-less recent films.... So what's your answer? Here's a few of theirs.... STEVE BILLINGSLEY, Fairborn: “It would be ‘Saving Private Ryan’... »
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... »
