Category Archives: War

War Movie Mondays: ‘Cross of Iron’

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is legendary filmmaker and pioneer of balletic death scenes Sam Peckinpah’s 1977 production of Cross of Iron. The film stars James Coburn (in one of his finest performances, and as one of Peckinpah’s go-to-actors) as Sgt. Rolf Steiner, … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Longest Day’

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

In celebration of the Normandy D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, this week’s review is the 1962 “Grandaddy of all war movies” The Longest Day. Legendary producer Darryl F. Zanuck and directors Ken Annakin (British scenes), Andrew Marton (American scenes), Bernhard … Continue reading →

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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 →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Von Ryan’s Express’

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick bring us back to my favorite of all the wars, World War II. The chairman of the board, Frank Sinatra leads an all star cast in Von Ryan’s Express (1965) which tells the story of a massive … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Hamburger Hill’

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Hamburger Hill (1987) is an intensely, well acted Vietnam War movie which shows seasoned combat troops at their very best. The film follows a group of men of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Boys in Company C’

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

1978’s The Boys in Company C, along with Go Tell the Spartans, was one of the first Vietnam films to be made after the war. Directed by Sidney J. Furie, the film follows a group of young Marine recruits from … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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