Category Archives: Academy Awards

War Movie Mondays: ‘Letters From Iwo Jima’

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Letters from Iwo Jima was Clint Eastwood’s follow up to Flags of Our Fathers as told through the Japanese defender’s perspective. Ken Watanabe stars as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, who was the man responsible for defending Iwo Jima from the American … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Flags of Our Fathers’

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Clint Eastwood’s World War II masterpiece Flags of Our Fathers that depicts the famous flag raising on Mt. Suribachi on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. The film stars Ryan Phillippe (Navy Corpman 2nd class John … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays (Tuesday Edition): ‘U-571’

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Happy belated 4th of July to all you War Movie Mondays fans. In celebration of our nation’s 235th anniversary, this week’s pick salutes American submariners of World War II with U-571 (2000) directed by Jonathan Mostow. The film stars Matthew McConaughey … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Das Boot’

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 masterpiece Das Boot (The Boat) which tells the story of a German U-boat crew and their amazing two month ordeal while on patrol in the North Atlantic in the fall of 1941. The … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ’12 O’Clock High’

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick salutes the valiant fliers of United States Army Air Corp in the 1949 release of director Henry King’s 12 O’Clock High. The film stars Gregory Peck (Brig. Gen. Frank Savage), Hugh Marlowe (Lt. Col. Ben Gately), Gary … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Platoon’

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Happy Memorial Day to all those currently serving in the U.S. armed forces, and to you vets of America’s foreign wars. This week’s pick is Oliver Stone’s 1986 Academy Award winner for Best Picture Platoon, which depicts the horrors and … Continue reading →

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ‘The Book of Mormon’ Scores 14 Tony Nominations

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Trey Parker has always been vocal about his love of musicals. Dating back to his time in college and his first feature film, Parker has shown a consistent appreciation of the musical experience. So it was only a natural that … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Guns of Navarone’

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the classic World War II commando caper The Guns of Navarone (1961) directed by J. Lee Thompson, and written by acclaimed author Alistair MacLean, (Where Eagles Dare). The film stars Gregory Peck (Capt. Keith Mallory), David … Continue reading →