I consider myself the quintessential Charlie Bronson fan and by that I mean I am a fan of ALL of his films, not just his big features that most people give him acclaim for. Bronson, like Eastwood and Mitchum, came from an era in Hollywood when men were men and damn proud of it. There…
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Call me old fashioned and a kid at heart, but with the latest news of the modern day Pravda commie TV networks not airing Charlie Brown holiday TV Specials anymore but making them Pay-Per-View on Apple TV, I wanted to share a link below where you can watch the Charlie Brown Christmas Special for FREE….
Better Dead than Red: A Holiday Viewing List
The good folk over at WRSA put out a decent list so I thought I would add mine to the mix. Some of these are Cold War Classics, others are lesser known Foreign Films worth a look. Firefox (1982) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) The Man Who Saved the World (2014) …
The Plot Against the President Documentary
THE PLOT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, AN AMAZON PRIME MUST SEE For those of you that don’t want to give money to comrade Bezos at Amazon Prime, you can Stream this Doc free of charge on your Laptop or Phone at the link below. *I recommend you download a free Ad-Blocker like U-Block Origin for…
Sean Connery Movie Tribute: Highlander
With Sean Connery’s passing today I wanted to take some time and watch one of my favorite films of his: Highlander. I must have watched this show 50 times when I was a teenager. This movie has one of my favorite bad guys of all time: The Kurgan! This movie was one of the primary…
Military History Movies Worth A Damn: Asian Top 5 List
1. City of Life and Death (2009) This gritty epic from 2009 depicts the Rape of Nanking by the Japanese Imperial Army in 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The majority of the movie is in black and white which adds to the authenticity and historical realism. Chinese with English subtitles. 2. Back to 1942 …
Foreign WW2 Movies Worth A Damn: Back to 1942
Back to 1942 a Chinese Made Period Piece/War Movie from 2012 that tells the tragic story of the great Henan Famine of 1942-43 and the invasion of mainland China by the Japanese. It stars Adrien Brody and Tim Robbins. (Chinese with English subtitles.) I will warn you right now, this is a tough, gritty watch….
Historical Films Worth A Damn: Beowulf and Grendel (2005)
There have been may versions of this Old Norse story/poem told through the ages and although this one did not get a lot of fanfare or love from “critics” when it was released in 2005, I personally think it is one of the most authentic Fantasy/Viking movies made in the last twenty years. It is…
Historical Movies Worth A Damn: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Any Martial Citizen worth his salt should own a book or two on the Irish Struggle for Independence against the British Empire, also know as “The Troubles”. When it comes to this topic and Guerilla Warfare as a whole, few movies are as historically accurate and as well made as The Wind that Shakes the…
WW2 Movies Worth A Damn: The Railway Man (2013)
It’s no secret I am a Writer, Veteran and all around Military History Nut, but I am also somewhat of a amateur film enthusiast. So when I come across a film(particularly a WW2 film) that I feel is worthwhile (which is not very often since as you know very FEW films that come out of…