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Reach For The Sky (1956) Biopic of a Famous RAF Bomber Pilot
If Reach for the Sky wasn’t a true story it would be one of those movies which you’d just shrug off as way over the top but since it is based on a true story it leaves you astonished. Reach for The...
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Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
I wanted to finish the year in style and a review of the black and white movie Twelve O’Clock High seemed fitting. This is one of the most highly acclaimed war movies and while I wouldn’t exactly give...
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Platoon (1986) Oliver Stone’s Iconic Vietnam Movie
Platoon is one of those war movies I have seen quite a few times and every time I discover something new. It’s one of those which has stayed among my Top 10 after each viewing, I never even considered...
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12 Best War Movies of 2012
I just noticed yesterday that I didn’t write a post on the Best War Movies I’ve seen in 2012 and thought I’d remedy that immediately. Obviously the list consists of the movies I’ve watched this year...
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Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty (2012) The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden
I knew I was going to watch Kathryn Bigelow’s next movie, no matter what it would be about but I would have wished she had chosen another topic. Zero Dark Thirty is an almost 3 hour-long movie on the...
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They Were Not Divided (1950)
I’m usually quite lucky in my choices of older British movies. Some I’ve watched in the past make my extended best of list. However, They Were Not Divided will not be on that list. It’s not a bad...
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Hitchcock’s Notorious (1946)
Sure it is debatable whether or not Hitchcock’s Notorious is a war movie. Let’s say it has a war theme, although a very faint one. I’m fond of Hitchcock movies and since I have a big collection, I...
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Carriage to Vienna – Kočár do Vídně (1966)
A comment by Stillwell on my post War Romances: A Very Long List led me to the Czech movie Carriage to Vienna aka Coach to Vienna – Kočár do Vídně. While it’s not exactly what we would call a...
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El Alamein – The Line of Fire aka El Alamein – La linea del fuoco (2002) An...
Italian movies on WWII are rare, so when I saw El Alamein – The Line of Fire aka El Alamein La linea del fuoco in a DVD shop I had to buy it right away. Thankfully it was well worth buying as I will...
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We Are Looking for a Holocaust Movie
It’s been a while since the last We Are Looking For a Movie post. I had some requests via e-mail and was lucky to be able to say which movie it was but in this case I draw a blank. Can anyone help?...
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The Veteran (2011)
The British movie The Veteran is asking a few interesting questions but the story as such isn’t very convincing. Too bad. It had potential. What happens with all those young veterans coming home from...
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Turtles Can Fly aka Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand (2004) Iraqi – Iranian Movie...
Occasionally I’m tempted to stop watching war movies. After all, it’s hardly ever cheerful. But there is a huge difference between “not cheerful” and “utterly depressing”. And while combat movie’s are...
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A Very Long Engagement – Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
It’s entirely the fault of movies like A Very Long Engagement that this blog lies dormant most of the time. Who wants to write about a film like this? There are movies that I call “darlings” of the...
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Roland Joffé’s There Be Dragons (2011) A Movie of the Spanish Civil War? or A...
There Be Dragons is a movie on the Spanish Civil War, focussing heavily on the founder of the Opus Dei José Maria Escrivá. That’s in itself problematic, but the movie has other shortcomings besides...
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Lore (2012)
What a pleasant change, I’ve actually watched a movie and really, really liked it. I’d say it was certainly the best wartime movie I’ve seen in a long while. Lore is a German/Australian/UK...
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Colditz (2005) British TV Miniseries
Often when you expect nothing you’re in for a pleasant surprise. I’d read a few reviews that were critical of the 2005 miniseries Colditz and I expected it to be quite bad but must honestly say, I...
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Frozen Silence – Silencio en la nieve (2012) Spanish WWII Thriller
Set on the Russian front in 1943, this thriller shows a lesser known aspect of WWII, namely Spain’s participation on the Russian front. I may not be the history buff I should be to write a blog like...
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Generation War – Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter (2013) German TV Mini-Series
I finally got a chance to watch the German TV production Generation War – Unsere Mütter – Unsere Väter. It’s a Mini-Series in three parts, each 1.5hrs long. Berlin 1941. Five friends are having a...
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World War Z (2013)
Yes, I know I’m stretching the definition of war movies big time including Marc Forster‘s latest film. World War Z is an apocalyptic zombie movie with a very strong military element. It’s based on Max...
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Black Book – Zwartboek (2006) Dutch Resistance
I watched Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book aka Zwartboek when it came out in 2006 and absolutely loved it. That was four years before I started this blog. If I wanted to review it, I had to rewatch it. It...
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