For my money, Shane is one of the best Western’s ever made. I must have watched it three dozen times with my Dad. Two of my favorite lines is “One (gun) is all you need if you can use it” and “A Gun is as good or bad as the man using it.”
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Obscure Westerns Worth a Damn: The White Buffalo
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…
Holiday Laughs #2: Bad Santa
I know it’s NSFW and for children and pretty much goes against everything Christmas is about, but you have to admit this is one funny ass movie.
Great Western Scenes: Jeremiah Johnson
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…
Training Movies: The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Besides The Battle of Algiers, another excellent movie about Asymmetrical/Guerilla Warfare is The Wind that Shakes the Barley. Set in Ireland in 1920, it chronicles the life for a group of young IRA members as they fight to regain their homeland from the Black and Tan’s. As with the Battle of Algiers, pay attention to…
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 …