Category Archives: DVD Reviews

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Ninth Configuration’

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1980 release of William Peter Blatty’s The Ninth Configuration which is a Gothic, thriller, comedic, war picture. The film stars Stacy Keach (Col. Hudson Kane), Scott Wilson (Capt. Billy Cutshaw), Jason Miller (Lt. Frankie Reno), … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Cult Cinema, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Mystery and Suspense, Netflix, Reviews, Thriller, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Ed Flanders, George DiCenzo, Jason Miller, Joe Spinell, Moses Gunn, Neville Brand, Richard Lynch, Robert Loggia, Scott Wilson, Stacy Keach, Steve Sandor, Tom Atkins, William Peter Blatty | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Academy Awards, Biopic, Blu-Ray, Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, MGM, Netflix, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Charlie Sheen, Chris Pedersen, Corey Glover, Dale Dye, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, John C. McGinley, Johnny Depp, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, Mark Moses, Oliver Stone, Reggie Johnson, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Exterminator’

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1980 release of James Glickenhaus’s ‘The Exterminator‘ which takes us from the jungles of war torn Vietnam to the urban jungle of the crime stricken and bankrupt New York City of 1980. The Film stars … Continue reading →

Posted in Anchor Bay, Blu-Ray, Cult Cinema, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Netflix, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Christopher George, Dick Boccelli, James Glickenhaus, Patrick Farrelly, Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar, Steve James | 3 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Missing in Action’

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1984 release of director Joseph Zito’s Missing in Action which was the first installment of the franchise. Chuck Norris stars for the first time as Col. James Braddock, who years earlier escaped a POW camp … Continue reading →

Posted in Cult Cinema, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, MGM, Netflix, Prequels and Sequels, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Chuck Norris, David Tress, James Hong, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joseph Zito, Lenore Kasdorf, M. Emmet Walsh, Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus | 9 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Missing in Action 2: The Beginning’

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is yet another classic from the world of Golan Globus a.k.a. Cannon Films, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985) which was directed by Lance Hool and stars Chuck “White Lightning” Norris as Colonel James Braddock in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, MGM, Netflix, Prequels and Sequels, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Bennett Ohta, Christopher Cary, Chuck Norris, Cosie Costa, David Chung, Joe Michael Terry, John Wesley, Lance Hool, Menahem Golan, Pierre Issot, Professor Toru Tanaka, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, Yoram Globus | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Hanoi Hilton’

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is from the wonderful world of Cannon Pictures with the 1987 feature The Hanoi Hilton. It was directed by Lionel Chetwynd and tells the story of downed American airmen who suffered greatly at the hands of their North … Continue reading →

Posted in Cult Cinema, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Netflix, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Aki Aleong, Cannon Films, David Soul, Doug Savant, Jeffrey Jones, Jesse Dabson, John Diehl, John Vargas, Lawrence Pressman, Lionel Chetwynd, Menahem Golan, Michael Moriarty, Paul Le Mat, Stephen Davies, Yoram Globus | 3 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Andersonville’

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is The TNT original film Andersonville (1996) from acclaimed film maker John Frankenheimer (Seven Days in May, Against the Wall). The film stars Jarrod Emick (Pvt. Josiah Day), Frederic Forrest (Sgt. McSpadden), Ted Marcoux (Martin Blackburn) Gregory Sporleder … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Emmy Awards, Movies, Netflix, Networks, TNT, TV, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Cliff De Young, Frederic Forrest, Frederick Coffin, Gregory Sporleder, Jan Triska, Jarrod Emick, John Frankenheimer, Olek Krupa, Peter Murnik, Ted Marcoux, William H. Macy, William Sanderson | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘Gettysburg’

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American War between the states, this week’s pick is the 1993 epic Gettysburg directed by Ronald F. Maxwell and adapted from the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. … Continue reading →