Growing up, I remember watching all those famous World War Two movies with my dad like Kelly’s Heroes, Where Eagles Dare, Force 10 from Navarone, etc. But one that always stuck out was The Heroes of Telemark with Kirk Douglas. When I got a little older and started reading more about WW2, I found out…
Category: Movie Suggestions
Netflix Pix: Jack Strong
Every once in a while Netflix surprises you with a really good out of left-field spy movie. Jack Strong fits that bill. Based on the Book A Secret Life: A Polish Colonel, His Covert Mission and The Price he Paid to Save His Country the movie tells the tale of Polish Army Officer Ryszard Kuklinski and the…
Understanding Counter-Insurgency Warfare in under 3 minutes
This clip was edited out of the final movie We Were Soldiers for some reason, but I have to agree with Tom Ricks’ Article, they should have left it in. “You Won’t Run the little Bastards back home sir, They Are Home….” As I Said, that sums up COIN.
10 Things you Probably Never Knew about Apocalypse Now
10 obscure facts about “Apocalypse Now.” I’ll never forget the first time I saw “Apocalypse Now.” Captivated, I stared at the screen for the 196-minute runtime as Willard journeyed upriver in the midst of the Vietnam War to assassinate the general-turned-rogue-demigod Colonel Kurtz. Afterward, I felt disgusted, exhausted, relieved, and forever altered in my…
20 Foreign Made World War Two Movies You Probably Never Saw (But Need Too)
1944 (2015) As Far as my Feet Will Carry Me (2001) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Days of Glory (2006) The Grey Zone (2001) Charlotte Grey (2001) Diplomacy (2014) In Darkness (2011) Lore (2012) …
Historical Movie Review: Bridge of Spies (2015)
As a student and history buff of all things Cold War, I had been looking forward to this movie for some time. Although I cannot say I had I had high hopes, since it has been a while since a decent Cold War era movie has been made that is even memorable. But seeing that…
Netflix Pix: Beast of No Nation
When civil war tears his family apart, a West African boy is forced to join a group of mercenary fighters, transforming him into a child soldier. Beast of No Nation is based on the Novel by the same name written by Uzodinma Iweala which chronicles the tale of boy’s soldiers journey into his own Heart…
The Cartel Corner #2: Drug War Horrors Come to Life in movie Sicario
I recently saw this movie and while I was planning on doing my own review, after coming across this article, I thought it much more educational than just another blogger movie review.-SF Make no mistake; the new thriller in theaters called Sicario is no documentary-style production of the drug war in Mexico. It’s a movie…
Cartel Land
This premiered in theaters in July and is now streaming on Amazon. Well worth the money IMO..one of the BEST Documentaries on how common, everyday people are having to take up the War against Drugs and the Cartels on BOTH sides of the Border. Read more about the movie HERE.
Netflix Pix: Narcos
Netflix has really been on the international rise the last couple of years. Their worldwide popularity and millions of subscribers have allowed them to invest in several Original Series projects. I have discussed some of those series here before; Marco Polo, Peaky Blinders and their newest addition, Sense8. Netflix latest international venture, Narcos is…