Intimate Enemies (L’ennemi intime) 2007 A French Film with english sub-titles, this movie tracks a French Army Platoon in 1959 during the Algerian War of Independence, which in terms of studying Guerilla Warfare is a red letter date event. When studying how Guerilla Warfare has changed, one of the re-occurring themes you will come across again…
Category: War Movies
“Best Job I Ever Had”
I don’t know why but while I was writing about tankers in WW2 today I went and watched Fury again just to jog my memory. Damn good movie. Great article on the M4A2E8 Sherman featured in the movie. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
WW2 Documentaries Worth A Damn: Wartime Portraits
I was surfing Netflix the other day and ran across this WW2 Documentary series called “Wartime Portraits” Part live-action historical footage and part animation, this visually inventive Polish series offers striking portrayals of some of the most daring and unsung Polish heroes of WW2. As a World War Two History fanatic, I love reading and…
War Movies Worth A Damn: A War
Ever since Netflix raised their monthly rate from $8.65 to $10.00 I have been waiting to see if an increase in price was going to equal an increase in better movies, and this month I can say that is true. A War is is a Danish War Drama (with superb English Subtitles) that depicts…
War Documentaries Worth A Damn: “My Fighting Season”
“My Fighting Season” captures the chaos and brutality of life on the frontline of the Afghan War. Last year, actor-turned-filmmaker Ricky Schroder, released the first installment of his six-episode documentary series called “The Fighting Season,” which chronicles the U.S. military’s efforts to bring the war in Afghanistan to a close after 13 years of grueling…
Today in History: “Top Gun” The Movie Turns 30 Years Old Today!
OMG, I am feeling old…I remember going to see this like 3 times at the theaters when it first came out (you know you are getting old when you preface a lot of your sentences with “I Remember!”) I have to admit, now when I watch this movie, I find it all a bit corny…
War Books Worth a Damn: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Although I obviously have not seen the movie yet, I can vouch for this book as being one of the best stories I have ever read of a soldier trying to make sense of life after War. You should definitely put this one on your reading list and make plans to see the movie, as…
War Movies Worth a Damn: Eye in the Sky
For well over a decade the film and television industry has ranged over the political and moral terrain generated by the 9/11 era and the West’s subsequent foreign policy interventions during the “war on terror.” From the brilliantly satirical (Team America: World Police), the conspiratorial (Syriana), the trenchantly critical (Redacted), the intensely personal (American Sniper),…
World War II History: 10 Tales from the Real Life “Inglorious Basterds”
Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 film Inglourious Basterds tells the story of a group of Jewish commandos who go around killing Nazi officers for revenge. While the movie is obviously fictional, there were groups of Jewish commandos who operated during and after World War II against the Nazis. Their exploits are not as bloody as the Tarantino…
Netflix Pix & War Movies Worth A Damn: Kilo Two Bravo (Kajaki: The True Story)
Kajaki: The True Story, released in North America as Kilo Two Bravo, is a 2014 British War Film directed by Paul Katis, written by Tom Williams, and produced by Katis and Andrew de Lotbiniere. The plot is based on the true story of Mark Wright and of a small unit of British soldiers positioned near the Kajaki Dam in…