Tag Archives: War Movie Mondays

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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War Movie Mondays: ‘Rough Riders’ Miniseries

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick salutes the heroes of a forgotten American war, The Spanish American War which until the First Gulf War, was the shortest war in American history. John Milius (Red Dawn, Flight of the Intruder, The Wind and the … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Merrill’s Marauders’

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is another cinematic masterpiece from acclaimed director and combat veteran Samuel Fuller (Fixed Bayonets, The Steel Helmet). Merrill’s Marauders (1962) tells the story of Brig. General Frank Merrill and his American jungle fighters in Burma during World … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Beast’

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1988 cult classic from director Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) The Beast a.k.a. The Beast of War, which stars George Dzundza (Commander Daskal), Jason Patric (Konstantin … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Great Escape’

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

The Great Escape (1963) is one of those films that no matter how many times I see it, I find a new way to appreciate it even more. Director John Sturges (Never So Few, The Magnificent Seven) brings to the … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Dogs of War’

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick pits a small group of international mercenaries sent by a British corporation to overthrow a two bit Idi Amin dictator in Sub Saharan Africa. John Irvin (Hamburger Hill, When Trumpets Fade) directs The Dogs of War (1980) … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Full Metal Jacket’

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

1987’s Full Metal Jacket is Stanley Kubrick’s riveting classic about U.S. Marines who survive the brutality of basic training only to be caught up in the horrific 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The film is based on Gustav … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Zulu’

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Zulu (1964) directed and co-written by Cy Endfield, is a film which follows in the tradition of such films like The Four Feathers, The Charge of the Light Brigade, and Gunga Din. It is the screen story of a small … Continue reading →

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