Category Archives: Editorial

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Devil’s Brigade’

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

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 the Aleutian islands during World War II. Director Andrew … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, MGM, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Andrew Prine, Andrew V. McLaglen, Carroll O' Connor, Claude Atkins, Cliff Robertson, Jack Watson, MGM/UA, Michael Rennie, Neflix, Richard Dawson, Richard Jaeckel, Vince Edwards, William H. Clothier, William Holden | 4 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Merrill’s Marauders’

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is another cinematic masterpiece from acclaimed director and combat veteran Samuel Fuller (Fixed Bayonets, The Steel Helmet). Merrill’s Marauders (1962) tells the story of Brig. General Frank Merrill and his American jungle fighters in Burma during World … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, DVD, Editorial, Features, IFC Films, Movies, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Claude Atkins, Jeff Chandler, John Hoyt, Netflix, Peter Brown, Samuel Fuller, Ty Hardin, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | 1 Comment

Interview: ‘Eureka’s Neil Grayston Talks Giant Robot Spiders & Hover Bikes

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Diane Panosian

In a world of constantly evolving tech, SyFy’s Eureka stays ahead of the game. The writers seem to have an unending amount of innovations up their sleeves. Between the giant robot spiders, A.I. in the house of tomorrow, and cloud sculpting … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Beast’

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1988 cult classic from director Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) The Beast a.k.a. The Beast of War, which stars George Dzundza (Commander Daskal), Jason Patric (Konstantin … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbia Pictures, Cult Cinema, Drama, DVD, Editorial, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Columbia Pictures, Don Harvey, DVD, Erick Avari, George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Kevin Reynolds, Netflix, Stephen Baldwin, Steven Bauer, War, War Movie Mondays | Comments Off

Indie Review: ‘Wild Grass’

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Grace Suh

The 88-year-old Alain Resnais’s latest film, WILD GRASS, shows him remaining true, all these decades later, to the principles of the French “Nouvelle Vague” of which he was a leading proponent: anarchy, whimsy, visual antics, nonlinear and nonsensical story lines, … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Great Escape’

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

The Great Escape (1963) is one of those films that no matter how many times I see it, I find a new way to appreciate it even more. Director John Sturges (Never So Few, The Magnificent Seven) brings to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, MGM, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Angus Lennie, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, Hannes Messemer, James Coburn, James Donald, James Garner, Neflix, Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, War Movie Mondays, War Movies, World War II | 3 Comments

Review: ‘Countdown to Zero’

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Grace Suh

One of the few documentaries ever to show at Cannes, granted a private screening for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the agitprop activist documentary Countdown to Zero delivers a blast from a collective past when the threat of nuclear … Continue reading →

Posted in Documentary, Drama, Editorial, Indie, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Countdown to Zero, Documentary, Lucy Walker, Magnolia Pictures | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Dogs of War’

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick pits a small group of international mercenaries sent by a British corporation to overthrow a two bit Idi Amin dictator in Sub Saharan Africa. John Irvin (Hamburger Hill, When Trumpets Fade) directs The Dogs of War (1980) … Continue reading →