Author Archives: Douglas Barnett

About Douglas Barnett

A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Doug majored in History with a double minor in film studies and political science. He enjoys films of all types which range from the good, to the bad, to the excellent. His vast knowledge of film makes him the best at cocktail parties and in many social circles. Don't play him in the game scene it, unless you are willing to except defeat.

War Movie Mondays: ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Greetings War Movie Monday fans. This week’s pick is the 1970 20th Century Fox classic Tora! Tora! Tora! which depicts the attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday December 7, 1941 as seen through the eyes of both the American and … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Academy Awards, Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, DVD, E.G. Marshall, George Macready, James Whitmore, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Kinji Fukasaku, Martin Balsam, Netflix, Richard Fleischer, Soh Yamamura, Toshio Masuda | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘When Trumpets Fade’

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

John Irvin’s (Hamburger Hill & The Dogs of War) 1998 HBO film When Trumpets Fade is an intense, brutally honest look at front line combat at the closing end of World War II. As the German Army is in full … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, DVD, Editorial, HBO, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Dan Futterman, Devon Gummersall, DVD, Dwight Yoakam, Dylan Bruno, Frank Whaley, John Irvin, Martin Donovan, Netflix, Ron Eldard, Steven Petrarca, Timothy Olyphant, Zak Orth | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘Cromwell’

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1970 British epic Cromwell which stars veteran actor Richard Harris as the man who led Parliamentary forces to victory during The English Civil War. The film also stars Sir Alec Guinness (King Charles I), Robert … Continue reading →

Posted in Biopic, Classics, Columbia Pictures, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Netflix, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Alec Guinness, Columbia Pictures, Ken Hughes, Michael Jayston, Netflix, Nigel Stock, Patrick Wymark, Richard Harris, Robert Morley, Timothy Dalton | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘Lion of the Desert’

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is from the forgotten pages of colonial history which deals with the Italian colonization of Libya before WWII. Anthony Quinn stars as famed guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar in Moustapha Akkad’s Lion of the Desert (1981) which was … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Starz, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Anchor Bay Entertainment, Anthony Quinn, DVD, Maurice Jarre, Moustapha Akkad, Netflix, Oliver Reed, Raf Vallone, Rod Steiger, Starz | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ’1941′

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1979 least known and only comedy from director Steven Spielberg, 1941 which stars Saturday Night Live originals Dan Aykroyd (Sgt. Frank Tree), and the incomparable John Belushi (Capt. “Wild” Bill Kelso, U.S. Army Air Corp.) Other … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Classics, Columbia Pictures, Comedy, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Universal Pictures, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Bob Gale, Bobby Di Cicco, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, DVD, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Candy, John Milius, John Williams, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Ned Beatty, Netflix, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates | 8 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb’

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove (1964) is the ultimate black comedy, war movie which pokes fun at the absurdity of nuclear war and those responsible for escalating tensions throughout world during the Cold War. The film stars the great Peter Sellers … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-Ray, Classics, Columbia Pictures, Comedy, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Netflix, Novels, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged George C. Scott, James Earl Jones, Peter Bull, Peter George, Peter Sellers, Sidney Lumet, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Terry Southern | 6 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Apocalypse Now’

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick takes us back into the heart of darkness with Francis Ford Coppola’s riveting Vietnam classic Apocalypse Now (1979). The film was written by Coppola and John Milius, along with brilliant narration written by Michael Herr. The movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-Ray, Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Lionsgate, News, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Albert Hall, Blu-Ray, DVD, Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, G.D. Spradlin, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, John Milius, Lionsgate Home Video, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Sam Bottoms, Steven Spielberg | 4 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Saving Private Ryan’

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick salutes Steven Spielberg’s epic Saving Private Ryan (1998) which tells the story of an eight man rifle squad which is chosen to find and safely bring back Pvt. Ryan after it is discovered that his three older … Continue reading →