Category Archives: War

War Movie Mondays: ‘Cromwell’

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1970 British epic Cromwell which stars veteran actor Richard Harris as the man who led Parliamentary forces to victory during The English Civil War. The film also stars Sir Alec Guinness (King Charles I), Robert … Continue reading →

Posted in Biopic, Classics, Columbia Pictures, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Netflix, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Alec Guinness, Columbia Pictures, Ken Hughes, Michael Jayston, Netflix, Nigel Stock, Patrick Wymark, Richard Harris, Robert Morley, Timothy Dalton | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘Lion of the Desert’

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is from the forgotten pages of colonial history which deals with the Italian colonization of Libya before WWII. Anthony Quinn stars as famed guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar in Moustapha Akkad’s Lion of the Desert (1981) which was … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Starz, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Anchor Bay Entertainment, Anthony Quinn, DVD, Maurice Jarre, Moustapha Akkad, Netflix, Oliver Reed, Raf Vallone, Rod Steiger, Starz | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ’1941′

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1979 least known and only comedy from director Steven Spielberg, 1941 which stars Saturday Night Live originals Dan Aykroyd (Sgt. Frank Tree), and the incomparable John Belushi (Capt. “Wild” Bill Kelso, U.S. Army Air Corp.) Other … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Classics, Columbia Pictures, Comedy, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Universal Pictures, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Bob Gale, Bobby Di Cicco, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, DVD, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Candy, John Milius, John Williams, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Ned Beatty, Netflix, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates | 8 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb’

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove (1964) is the ultimate black comedy, war movie which pokes fun at the absurdity of nuclear war and those responsible for escalating tensions throughout world during the Cold War. The film stars the great Peter Sellers … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-Ray, Classics, Columbia Pictures, Comedy, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Netflix, Novels, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged George C. Scott, James Earl Jones, Peter Bull, Peter George, Peter Sellers, Sidney Lumet, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Terry Southern | 6 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Apocalypse Now’

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick takes us back into the heart of darkness with Francis Ford Coppola’s riveting Vietnam classic Apocalypse Now (1979). The film was written by Coppola and John Milius, along with brilliant narration written by Michael Herr. The movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-Ray, Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Lionsgate, News, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Albert Hall, Blu-Ray, DVD, Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, G.D. Spradlin, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, John Milius, Lionsgate Home Video, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Sam Bottoms, Steven Spielberg | 4 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Saving Private Ryan’

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick salutes Steven Spielberg’s epic Saving Private Ryan (1998) which tells the story of an eight man rifle squad which is chosen to find and safely bring back Pvt. Ryan after it is discovered that his three older … Continue reading →

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‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ Single Player Trailer

Posted on October 12, 2010 by John Carle

As we mentioned yesterday, there was a reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops single player campaign during the Monday Night Football game between the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings. Due to the late start on the game, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activision, Games, Marketing, News, PC Games, Playstation 3, Trailers, Video Games, War, Wii, Xbox 360 | Tagged Activision, Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Black Ops, ESPN, First Person Shooter, FPS, Games, Monday Night Football, Nintendo DS, PC Games, Playstation 3, Teaser, Teaser Trailer, Trailers, Treyarch, Video Games, Wii, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the Tony Richardson 1968 remake of The Charge of the Light Brigade which tells the story of a British expeditionary force sent to the Crimean peninsula in 1854 to halt the spread of Russian dominance over … Continue reading →