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  • NYCC10: ‘The Thing’ 2011 Preview Panel

    This past weekend at New York Comic Con, we got the opportunity to sit in on the panel for director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s prequel of John Carpenter’s 1982 classic The…

  • War Movie Mondays: ‘The Thin Red Line’

    The Thin Red Line (1998) marks the triumphant return of American film maker Terrence Malick’s return after a twenty year hiatus from the studio system. Anyone who was anyone in Hollywood…

  • War Movie Mondays: ‘Castle Keep’

    Castle Keep (1969) is a very anti-heroic World War II film filled with lots of dark humor and beautiful photography. The film is based on William Eastlake’s novel about a weary…

  • War Movie Mondays: ‘Rough Riders’ Miniseries

    This week’s pick salutes the heroes of a forgotten American war, The Spanish American War which until the First Gulf War, was the shortest war in American history. John Milius (Red…

  • War Movie Mondays: ‘Patton’

    This week’s pick is Patton (1970) which is a bio pic of famed World War II American General George S. Patton. George C. Scott stars as the man who was feared…

  • War Movie Mondays: ‘The Devil’s Brigade’

    The Devil’s Brigade (1968) is the story of the military unit known as the 1st Special Service Force, a unit comprised of American and Canadian commandos which fought throughout Europe and…