Category Archives: Foreign Films

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Four Feathers’ (1939)

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is yet another African adventure. Zoltan Korda (Sahara) directs the 1939 version of The Four Feathers based on the novel by A.E.W. Mason, which is one of the greatest redemption stories set during the Sudanese campaign to … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Foreign Films, MGM, Movies, Netflix, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged A.E.W. Mason, Alexander Korda, C. Aubrey Smith, Donald Gray, Frederick Culley, Georges Perinal, Jack Allen, John Clements, John Laurie, June Duprez, Ralph Richardson, Zoltan Korda | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘Khartoum’

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the classic 1966 British colonial film Khartoum directed by Basil Dearden and written by Robert Ardrey. Charlton Heston stars as famed British General Charles “Chinese” Gordon who defended the ancient city against Muslim extremists in 1884-85 Africa. … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Foreign Films, MGM, Movies, Netflix, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Basil Dearden, Charlton Heston, David Lean, Johnny Sekka, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Green, Ralph Richardson, Richard Johnson, Robert Ardrey, Zia Mohyeddin | Comments Off

The Best Indian Sci-Fi Epic Ever Made

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Joe Gillis

You have got to hand it to the India film industry. They mostly turn out movies we will never understand which feature lots of dancing. However, occasionally they come up with a gem that’s just so blatantly absurd it turns … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Films, Movies, News, Trailers, Video | Tagged Endhiran, Foregin Films, Indian Cinema, Kaante, Reservoir Dogs, Robot, Sci-Fi, The Matrix, The Terminator, The Usual Suspects | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Academy Awards, Classics, Columbia Pictures, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Foreign Films, Netflix, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Bruce Bennett, Carl Harbord, Dan Duryea, David Lean, Guy Kingsford, Humphrey Bogart, J. Carrol Naish, Kurt Krueger, Lloyd Bridges, Louis Mercier, Patrick O' Moore, Rex Ingram, Richard Nugent, Sam Peckinpah, Zoltan Korda | Comments Off

Things Get Punchy In A New Trailer For ‘Ip Man 2′

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Sebastian Suchecki

While we may still be getting films like Warrior’s Way here in the states, there are still plenty of mind-blowing martial arts films being made across the world. One of those films is the first in the Ip Man franchise. … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Martial Arts, Movies, News, Trailers, Video | Tagged Donnie Yen, Ip Man, Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster, Kung Fu, Sammo Hung | Comments Off

Review: ‘The Nutcracker in 3D’

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Lon Harris

There have been worse movies than The Nutcracker in 3D. Certainly films made with less ambition, with less skilled actors and more modest sets and effects budgets. But it’s genuinely challenging to recall a more wrong-headed film than Andrei Konchalovsky’s … Continue reading →