• February 12, 2016
• At Home, Documentary, War

I went into Where to Invade Next thinking it was Michael Moore’s take on U.S. military spending and warmongering. Count me surprised (and a little relived) that the film...

• November 1, 2015
• At Home, Documentary, War

Throughout history, there have been leaps in warfare, from sticks and stones, to bows and arrows, to guns, then machine guns. But thermonuclear warfare was such a jump in...

• October 16, 2015
• At Home, Drama, Thriller, War

That is not to say that Spielberg doesn’t know how to make an entertaining historical film. Bridge of Spies, after an exceptionally sluggish first half hour or so, is...

• August 3, 2015
• At Home, Drama, War

Directed by and starring Russell Crowe, The Water Diviner is an ambitious film that incorporates elements of romance, adventure, tragedy, action, and drama. You could simply call it a...

• January 27, 2015
• Action, At Home, Drama, War

Though it could easily have become a vanity project about war (think: last year’s less-than-compelling Monuments Men) for its marquee star, Brad Pitt, this is, instead a seemingly “small”...

• December 27, 2014
• At Home, Drama, War

The novel by Michael Morpurgo is set during the First World War and told from the horse’s point of view. The live-theater incarnation features a glorious mechanical horse puppet...

• December 23, 2014
• At Home, Drama, War

It is hard to dislike a movie that has such earnestness behind it; a movie with a story that deserves, no, needs to be told to Westerners. There are...

• December 23, 2014
• At Home, Drama, War

Peppered with flashbacks to highlight key moments from Zamperini’s formative years – including his introduction to long-distance running as a boy, and his headline-making appearance at the 1936 Berlin...

• September 24, 2014
• At Home, Drama, War

Even after a century, it is surprising how many great stories can be mined from World War I. It is now truly in the past, as there are (most...

• August 6, 2014
• At Home, Drama, War

Nebbish 60-ish Eric Lomax (Colin Firth) is a railway fan. It’s 1980, and he sports his big, plastic frames and a fuzzy moustache, making him look weirdly like a...

• July 24, 2014
• Adventure, At Home, Comedy, Drama, War

For starters, I couldn’t quite tell whether Clooney’s latest directorial effort – an amiable but somewhat forgettable WWII picture about a rag-tag group of art-loving guys tasked with recovering,...

• June 5, 2014
• At Home, Documentary, War

At the start of World War II, famed Hollywood director George Stevens (Woman of the Year, A Place in the Sun, Shane), like several of his film-world cohorts, volunteered...