Movie Review: All Quiet on the Western Front
I understand the hesitancy. All Quiet on the Western Front was THE definitive book on World War I written in 1929, then a year later …
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Movie Review: Mulan (2020)
Live action Disney movies have been mostly mediocre cash grabs. The last great one was Pete’s Dragon in 2016, and that’s in part because that …
Covid Classics: War!!! What is it good for? Moviemaking!!!!
War. Boys with toys. The built in epic scope and stakes make wartime moviemaking extremely compelling for sure. There’s no shortage of great war time …
Movie Review: 1917
Other than Peter Jackson’s efforts, there hasn’t been a lot of great recent movies about World War I. Well Sam Mendes and Roger Deakins changed …
Movie Review: Midway
Midway had Roland Emmerich at Dick Best. That’s right. One of America’s greatest heroes, one of the reasons the United States won the Battle of …
Movie Review: Shadow
Every year there’s usually at least 1 great foreign film I go to bat for. Despite LOTS of great films being made in America, there’s …
Movie Review: They Shall Not Grow Old
I was fortunate enough in junior high and high school to have seen real life World War I veterans. Seeing real people like that made …
Movie Review: Outlaw King
Outlaw King is the Braveheart Sequel clearly Netflix wanted. Being a Netflix movie, I’m guessing the streaming service executives want this movie to be a …
Movie Review: A Private War
Anyone who thinks the press are the enemy of the people needs to see A Private War. Marie Colvin, one of the greatest journalists of …
Movie Review: Overlord
I never thought about it, but Saving Private Ryan would have been scarier if zombies were involved. Overlord successfully merges a zombie movie with a …