Category Archives: Columbia Pictures

New Trailer For ‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Blows More Stuff Up

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Sebastian Suchecki

Though 2010 was full of action in the box office, there was one thing missing: aliens. That’s where Battle: Los Angeles looks to be picking up the slack. Consider this film another alien invasion D-Day type scenario with the significant … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Sahara’ (1943)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is a unique look at behind the lines action during the North African campaign in the early days of World War II. Zoltan Korda directs the 1943 Columbia Pictures release of Sahara, a morale booster of a … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Wind and the Lion’

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Happy New Year to all you faithful War Movie Monday fans, and thank you for a fantastic year of classic war films. This week’s pick to ring in the start of a new year is the John Milius 1975 classic … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘A Midnight Clear’

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Christmas war pick is the 1992 release of Keith Gordon’s A Midnight Clear which was adapted from the novel by William Wharton. The film stars Ethan Hawke (Sgt. Will Knott), Peter Berg (Pvt. Bud Miller), Kevin Dillon (Cpl. … Continue reading →

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Film Review: ‘The Tourist’

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Erin Tuttle

The Tourist really wants to be the perfect Saturday night date movie. It is the kind of film that could be described entirely in clichéd one-liners, but that’s okay because it embraces this and wants to be entertaining nonetheless. Full of intrigue, … Continue reading →

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Marc Webb’s ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot Adds 4 More, Announces Second Villain

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Matt Raub

Finally, some more believable casting news for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. Lately, we’ve been fielding news about names like Sally Field (now playing Aunt May), Martin Sheen (Uncle Ben) and Denis Leary (Capt. Stacey) joining the film, but now we … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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