Category Archives: War Movie Mondays

War Movie Mondays: ‘Crimson Tide’

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the post Cold War thriller Crimson Tide which stars Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman as U.S. Submariners who clash over their orders to launch nuclear weapons in this Tony Scott action classic. Crimson Tide begins during a … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘War Games’

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1983 Cold War classic War Games directed by John Badham and starring Matthew Broderick (David Lightman), Dabney Coleman (Dr. John McKittrick), John Wood (Dr. Stephen Falken), Ally Sheedy (Jennifer Mack), and Barry Corbin (General Beringer). … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Eagle Has Landed’

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is director John Sturges’s classic World War II thriller The Eagle Has Landed. The film stars some of Hollywood’s best talent: Michael Caine (Col. Kurt Steiner), Donald Sutherland (Liam Devlin), Donald Pleasence (Heinrich Himmler), Robert Duvall (Col. Max … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Letters From Iwo Jima’

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Letters from Iwo Jima was Clint Eastwood’s follow up to Flags of Our Fathers as told through the Japanese defender’s perspective. Ken Watanabe stars as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, who was the man responsible for defending Iwo Jima from the American … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Flags of Our Fathers’

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Clint Eastwood’s World War II masterpiece Flags of Our Fathers that depicts the famous flag raising on Mt. Suribachi on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. The film stars Ryan Phillippe (Navy Corpman 2nd class John … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Hiroshima’

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Hiroshima (1995), which was a made for T.V. mini series on Showtime Network, and was directed by both Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode . The film is about the events that led up to the dropping … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘A Walk in the Sun’

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Lewis Milestone’s classic A Walk in the Sun (1945) that tells the story of a hardened platoon that hits the beaches of Salerno, Italy in World War II. The film stars Dana Andrews (Sgt. Bill Tyne), … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?’

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the classic Blake Edwards 1966 comedy What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? which stars legendary comedian Dick Shawn of The Producers (Captain Lionel Cash), James Coburn Cross of Iron (Lt. Christian), Aldo Ray Men … Continue reading →

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