Operation Mincemeat (2021) – A Review
A review of the 2021 WWII drama Operation Mincemeat, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen and Kelly Macdonald, based on the true British deception of using a corpse with false papers to trick the Germans
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A Man Escaped (1956) – A Review
A review of the 1956 French suspense drama A Man Escaped, about a POW who plans and executes an escape from his German captors
Bat*21 (1988) – A Review
A review of the 1988 Vietnam War film Bat*21. the true story about a U.S. army colonel who gets trapped behind enemy lines, starring Gene Hackman, Danny Glover and Jerry Reed
1941 (1979) – A Review
A review of director Steven Spielberg’s 1979 WWII comedy 1941, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Christopher Lee, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Stack and a huge cast of stars
Remake Recon: Sahara
I review the 1943 World War II film Sahara starring Humphrey Bogart as Tank commander Sergeant Joe Gunn and the 1995 remake starring Jim Belushi
Eye of the Needle (1981) – A Review
Donald Sutherland stars as a deadly Nazi spy during WWII who hides out on a remote island with a family who are unaware of the danger he poses in the 1981 WWII thriller Eye of the Needle. Also starring Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove and Ian Bannen
Kelly’s Heroes (1970) – A Review
A review of the 1970 action war comedy Kelly’s Heroes, starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles and Carroll O’Conner
36 Hours (1965) – A Review
A review of the 1965 war thriller 36 Hours starring James Garner, Rod Taylor and Eva Marie Saint, about an army Major drugged and convinced he’s awakened in 1950 and the war is long over and now it’s safe to divulge the Allied secrets of the planned invasion of Europe
Buck Privates (1941) – A Review
A review of the 1941 war comedy Buck Privates starring Abbott and Costello
Destination Tokyo (1943) – A Review
A review of the 1943 submarine war film Destination Tokyo starring Cary Grant, John Garfield and Alan Hale
Sahara (1943) – A Review
A review of the 1943 classic war film Sahara about a tank squadron trying to survive desert conditions, starring Humphrey Bogart
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) – A Review
A review of the 2011 action sci-fi movie Battle: Los Angeles about soldiers battling invading aliens, starring Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez
Red Cliff (2008) – A Review
A review of the 2008 epic big-budget Chinese war film Red Cliff by director John Woo
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) – A Review
A review of the 1991 documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse about the drama while making Francis Ford Coppola’s war film Apocalypse Now
Gettysburg (1993) – A Review
A review of the 1993 epic war film Gettysburg about the historic Civil War battle, starring Martin Sheen, Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels and Sam Elliott