Netflix put up a new “show” this weekend – really three hour-long documentaries called Five Came Back. It’s about five Hollywood directors who joined the armed forces during WW2 – primarily to make films for the government (don’t call it … Continue reading
Went to see the new Brad Pitt WW2 spy flick Allied over the weekend. This is the new flick by Robert Zemeckis though it doesn’t really feel like it. This is the dude who directed Back to the Future, The … Continue reading
Watched the film (On Demand) USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (subtitle unnecessary) which is the true story of the Indianapolis, which delivered the Hiroshima bomb to the staging island before returning to the US, getting torpedoed and sunk by a … Continue reading
Checked out (the movie!) Little Boy… which is a sentence one should probably not type too often. But, yeah, this is an under-the-radar indie drama at the theaters right now. It’s about a little boy (derp) whose family lives on … Continue reading
Checked out the movie Woman in Gold that was released a couple weeks ago starring Ryan Reynolds and Helen Mirren. It’s based on an interesting true story of a painting (“Woman in Gold”) that was stolen by the Nazis back … Continue reading
Woman in Black: Angel of Death is the pointless sequel to the Daniel Radcliffe haunted house flick from a few years ago… only now with 100% less Harry Potter! It’s pretty much an in-name-only sequel… I think they had the … Continue reading
Checked out Angelina Jolie’s 2nd directorial effort – Unbroken – the true story of Louis Zamporini, a man who grew up during the Great Depression, ran track during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, became a Pacific Theater bombardier, ultimately crashed into … Continue reading
Checked out the movie The Imitation Game – the new (mostly) true story about Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his team that broke the Nazi enigma code during World War II. I say mostly true because of some things I … Continue reading
Stalingrad is a Russian-made, Russian/German language (with subtitles) World War II movie that’s more-or-less about the Battle of Stalingrad. I say more-or-less because, for a movie named after the city / battle, it’s almost entirely focused on a smaller battle … Continue reading
Went to see The Monuments Men – the new George Clooney, Matt Damon, Kate Blanchett, Bill Murray, John Goodman, etc. WW2 movie about a crew of art historians sent into Europe during the closing days of the war to ensure … Continue reading