Sony Pictures have released the trailer for ‘Devotion’. Devotion, an aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the same name, tells the harrowing
Category: War
The Delta Force (1986) – Review
Say what you will about First Blood Part II’s bombastic attempts at catharsis in the wake of the Vietnam war, at least it never contained
Tears Of The Sun (2003) – Review
Whenever Hollywood decides to poke its nose into actual conflicts that rage around the globe, things can often get a little awkward. Sometimes we get
Top Gun (1986) – Review
Anyone familiar with the comedy stylings of stoney faced, stand-up Rich Hall must be familiar with his bit about how Tom Cruise movies are all
Too Late The Hero (1970) – Review
If you were feeling in a highly generalizing kind of mood you could argue that there’s usually only two types of Second World War movie
Between Heaven And Hell (1956) – Review
Whether you’ve heard of him or not, Richard Fleischer had pretty much done it all and chances are you’ve experienced part of his robust filmography
Three Kings (1999) – Review
By 1999, movies involving the Persian Gulf war were usually ramrod straight dramas that treated the still-fresh struggle against Saddam Hussein with a grave respect
Inglorious Basterds (2009) – Review
After Tarantino ditched the suited, gangster goings on of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Bell for the super stylized shenanigans of the Kill Bill
The Inglorious Bastards (1978) – Review
Not to be confused with Quentin Tarantino’s masterful slice of wartime lunacy (although he did steal and misspell the title as a tribute to this
The King’s Man (2021) – Review
While I consider the first movie a work of subversive genius (yes, even the joke about anal), was anyone really clamouring for a Kingsman prequel
‘Munich – The Edge Of War’ – Official Trailer
Netflix have released the trailer for ‘Munich – The Edge Of War’. Based on the international bestseller by Robert Harris. It is Autumn 1938 and
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) – Review
The sub-genre (pun not intended) of the submarine based war movie seems to only have a handful of tropes. Watch a couple in a row
Invisible Agent (1942) – Review
Much like the various invisible men and women of the H.G. Wells inspired series of films, once 1940’s The Invisible Woman took the franchise into
‘Operation Mincemeat’ – Official Trailer
Warner Bros. have released the trailer for ‘Operation Mincemeat’. It’s 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe and plan an
Bullet In The Head (1990) – Review
Those of you familiar with the Hong Kong output of action maestro John Woo – before he moved to the States and gave us Broken
Cross Of Iron (1977) – Review
What with lunatic/maverick filmmaker Sam Peckenpah’s proclivity for fashioning incredibly brutal adventures featuring unfeasibly grizzled men trying to find a sliver of decency in horrific
The Dirty Dozen (1967) – Review
You know what most of those war time movies featuring men on a desperate mission have in common – apart from usually having big Hollywood
The Guns Of Navarone (1961) – Review
When you amass the titans of the men on a mission sub-genre of the movies made about the Second World War, more often than not
Where Eagles Dare (1968) – Review
The “men on a mission” movie has had some cracking entries over the years with everything from most of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible movies to
Outside The Wire (2021) – Review
Another month and it yet another sci-fi action film materializes on Netflix with barely a week of fanfare to precede it. I’m not sure if
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