Category Archives: Editorial

War Movie Mondays: ‘Red Dawn’

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Red Dawn is the ultimate “what if” Cold War movie. Set some time in the mid alternate 1980’s, Red Dawn depicts a world which has fast been assimilated into the sphere of Soviet influence. After NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Cult Cinema, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, MGM, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Ben Johnson, Brad Savage, C. Thomas Howell, Charlie Sheen, Darren Dalton, Doug Toby, DVD, Harry Dean Stanton, Jennifer Grey, John Milius, Kevin Reynolds, Lea Thompson, MGM, Neflix, Patrick Swayze, Powers Boothe, Ron O' Neal, War | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘Paths of Glory’

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Paths of Glory (1957) is one of the first masterpieces from acclaimed director Stanley Kubrick. It was loosely based on a rather obscure novel by Humphrey Cobb who published the story in 1935 about an actual group of French soldiers … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, MGM, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Adolphe Menjou, DVD, George Macready, Joe Turkel, Kirk Douglas, MGM/UA, Netflix, Ralph Meeker, Richard Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Timothy Carey, War, Wayne Morris, World War I | 3 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘MAS*H’

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1970 comedy classic M*A*S*H, from acclaimed director Robert Altman. M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was adapted by screen writer Ring Lardner, Jr. and based on the hit novel from Richard Hooker about three military surgeons … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Blu-Ray, Books, Classics, Comedy, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Blu-Ray, Donald Sutherland, DVD, Elliott Gould, Gary Burghoff, Korean War, Neflix, Rene Auberjonois, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner, Robert Altman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘Where Eagles Dare’

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

1986’s Where Eagles Dare is a World War II spy/action film which is based on Alistair MacLean’s novel about a group of allied commandos who must break into an impregnable German fortress in the Bavarian Alps and rescue an American … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-Ray, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, MGM, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Alistair MacLean, Brian G. Hutton, Clint Eastwood, Derren Nesbitt, Ferdy Mayne, Ingrid Pitt, Mary Ure, MGM/UA, Richard Burton, Ron Goodwin, Warner Bros | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘Go Tell the Spartans’

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick takes us to ‘Nam with Go Tell the Spartans (1978) which shows the first ever encounter among American forces and the Viet Cong before major American involvement in Vietnam took place. Director Ted Post adapts Daniel Ford’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, HBO, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Dolph Sweet, DVD, Evan Kim, HBO films, Joe Unger, John Goldsmith, Marc Singer, Netflix, Warner Bros | 2 Comments

Could The Sci-Fi Short ‘The Raven’ Be The Next ‘District 9’?

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Matt Raub

Back in 2005 an unknown director named Neill Blomkamp made a science fiction short with a few friends, a modest budget, and a Canadian production team. The short, titled Alive in Joburg, blew away many powerful people with its premise … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Editorial, Fan Films, Fandom, Fantasy, Filmmaking, Indie, Movies, News, Recommendations, Sci-Fi, Short Films, Thriller, Video | Tagged Alive in Joburg, Antonio Perez, District 9, Fede Alvarez, Neill Blomkamp, Panic Attack!, Peter Jackson, RIcardo de Montreuil, Sam Raimi, Short Films, The Raven, Victor Lopez | 2 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Beach Red’

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

In honor of the HBO mini series The Pacific, this week’s pick goes out to the “devil dogs” of the United States Marine Corp with the 1967 release Beach Red, directed by and starring Cornel Wilde. Beach Red is a … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Battle of the Bulge’

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Battle of the Bulge (1965) was an Anglo-American production directed by Ken Annakin (The Longest Day). The film debuted at the Cinerama Dome Theater in Hollywood on December 16, 1965, which was the twenty first anniversary of when the … Continue reading →