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War Movies 3 – Troy
This is a slightly different approach for a war movies month subject. While we now know that there was a historic walled city called Troy, and it was completely burned sometime in the 12th century BC, there isn’t a lot … Continue reading
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War Movies Month 2 – A Bridge Too Far
Even after I said last week that I’d be watching Battle Of Britain, I changed my mind for this month’s World War 2 movie. I ended up watching A Bridge Too Far, which was one of the movies I considered … Continue reading
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War Movies Month 1 – 1917
It often feels like there aren’t enough good movies about the first World War. Most war focused movies tend to revolve around either World War II, the Vietnam war, or relatively modern wars. Even with movies about ancient wars, a … Continue reading
War Movies Month 4 – Hitler: Dead Or Alive
The first three movies I looked at for this month’s movie theme were all relatively serious. Rightfully so, because war should be taken very seriously. But to close this theme month off, let’s look at something completely different. Let’s look … Continue reading
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Tagged alcatraz, columbia pictures, comedy, gangsters, hans havermann, harry cohn, hitler, hitler: dead or alive, joe conway, movie review, movies, paul fix, propaganda film, second world war, steve maschick, war movies, ward bond, warren hymer, wartime propoganda, world war 2, ww2
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War Movies Month 3 – Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia is a great example of a classic film. It’s an epic historical drama based on the life of T.E Lawrence, a British military officer, archeologist, diplomat and writer. He is most known for helping the various Arab … Continue reading
War Movies Month 2: Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan is often regarded as one of the greatest war movies of all-time, and for good reason. It doesn’t hold back with showing the horrors of war, most notably with the near half hour D-Day beach invasion scene. … Continue reading
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War movies month 1: Saving Private Ryan
Well, I’m in the middle of my first week of living on my own, in a house that I own. I’m planning on doing some sort of “Adventures in home ownership” blog post this weekend, possibly turning it into a … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, captain john h. miller, d-day, dreamworks, edward burns, john williams, matt damon, movies, niland brothers, normandy, omaha beach, paramount pictures, paul giamatti, private ryan, robert rodat, roger ebert, saving private ryan, second world war, stephan e. ambrose, steven spielberg, tom hanks, tom sizemore, vin diesel, war movies, world war 2, ww2
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