Tag Archives: Laurence Olivier

War Movie Mondays Again: Battle of Britain

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Douglas Barnett

Last time on War Movie Mondays Again we featured the film Kelly’s Heroes. This time it’s the 1969 Guy Hamilton directed classic Battle of Britain. This film depicts the valiant struggle of Great Britain’s Royal Air Force against the onslaught of … Continue reading →

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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

New On Blu-ray and DVD This Week

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Joe Gillis

Like most weeks, this time around we’ve got another bunch of new movies and TV shows hitting DVD and Blu-ray. Some of them are new, some are old and some are hitting Blu-ray for the first time. Of the ones … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-Ray, DVD, Movies, News, TV | Tagged Blu-Ray, Channing Tatum, Charlize Theron, DVD, John Ford, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Movies, Royal Pains, Spartacus, Stagecoach, Stanley Kubrick, The Road, True Blood, TV, Viggo Mortensen, Woody Strode | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘A Bridge Too Far’

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Richard Attenborough’s A Bridge Too Far (1977) which was based on the Cornelius Ryan novel about the Allied airborne invasion of Holland in September 1944. A Bridge Too Far is a sprawling Hollywood epic, filmed in … Continue reading →

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New on Blu-ray and DVD This Week

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Joe Gillis

This week sees more new film and TV releases on Blu-ray and DVD. Among the ones we’re more interested in this week are The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Ponyo, The Neverending Story, the Syfy miniseries Alice , Kurt Russell in Elvis, … Continue reading →

Posted in DVD, Movies, News, TV | Tagged 2012, Alice, Blu-Ray, Clash of the Titans, Doctor Who, DVD, Elvis, Harry Hamlin, John Cusack, Kurt Russell, Laurence Olivier, Luke Perry, Maggie Smith, Movies, Ninja, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The Neverending Story, TV, woody harrelson | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘Battle of Britain’

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1969 Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger, Force 10 From Navarone) directed classic Battle of Britain, which depicts the valiant struggle of Great Britain’s Royal Air Force against the onslaught of the numerically superior German Luftwaffe during the … Continue reading →

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