Tag Archives: Burt Lancaster

War Movie Mondays Again: Zulu Dawn

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Douglas Barnett

It’s time for another edition of War Movie Mondays Again. This week’s movie is 1979’s Zulu Dawn. Zulu Dawn is a prequel to the 1964 film Zulu and tells the story of a proud British army unit which suffered the … Continue reading →

Posted in War Movie Mondays Again | Tagged Bob Hoskins, Burt Lancaster, Denholm Elliot, Ken Gampu, Peter O' Toole, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Simon Sabela, Simon Ward, War Movie Mondays Again, War Movies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Zulu Dawn | Comments Off

Western Wednesdays Again: Vera Cruz

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Elisabeth Rappe

It’s time for another edition of Western Wednesdays Again. This week it’s the 1954 release Vera Cruz, a film that’s often name-dropped in the discussion of “Great and Influential Westerns.” Starring genre heavy-weights Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, every synopsis … Continue reading →

Posted in Western Wednesdays Again | Tagged Burt Lancaster, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Gary Cooper, Movies, Reviews, Robert Aldrich, Vera Cruz, Western Wednesdays Again, Westerns | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘Castle Keep’

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Castle Keep (1969) is a very anti-heroic World War II film filled with lots of dark humor and beautiful photography. The film is based on William Eastlake’s novel about a weary squad of American soldiers who come upon a tenth … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Columbia Pictures, Drama, DVD, Editorial, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Al Freeman Jr., Bruce Dern, Burt Lancaster, Columbia Pictures, DVD, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Michael Conrad, Netflix, Patrick O' Neal, Peter Falk, Scott Wilson, Sydney Pollack, Tony Bill, William Eastlake | Comments Off

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

War Movie Mondays: ‘Zulu Dawn’

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Zulu Dawn (1979) is the prequel to the 1964 film Zulu which tells the story of a proud British army which suffered the worst defeat ever inflicted by a native army during the Victorian era. Burt Lancaster (Colonel Anthony Durnford), … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Movies, Prequels and Sequels, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Bob Hoskins, Burt Lancaster, Denholm Elliot, DVD, Peter O' Toole, Simon Ward, Sir John Mills, War Movie Mondays, Zulu Dawn | 3 Comments

Western Wednesdays: ‘The Professionals’

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Elisabeth Rappe

When I grow up, I want to be Claudia Cardinale. There are plenty of beautiful women in movies, but few goddesses. Cardinale is a goddess. Even when she’s sunburned and running around in a rag, as she is in The … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Reviews, Western Wednesdays, Westerns | Tagged Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Palance, Lee Marvin, Ralph Bellamy, Robert Ryan, The Professionals, Western Wednesdays, Woody Strode | 4 Comments