1917 (2020)

Release Date: 10/01/2020 Cast: Dean-Charles Chapman, George Mackay, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Richard Madden Director: Sam Mendes On April 6th, 1917 two Lance Corporals, Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Schofield (George Mackay) are dispatched by their commanding officer, General Erinmore (Colin Firth) to deliver a critical message to the 2nd Devons regiment, led by…

JOJO RABBIT (2019)

Release Date: 18/10/2019 Cast: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Archie Yates Director: Taika Waititi Jojo Rabbit is the story of little Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) living with his mother, Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) during the last days of Nazi Germany. He is a true fanatic and ticks all the boxes for…

MIDWAY (2019)

Release Date: 08/11/2019 Cast: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Mandy Moore, Luke Kleintank, Dennis Quaid, Aaron Eckhart, Etsushi Toyokawa, Tadanobu Asano Director: Roland Emmerich The Battle of Midway was the most important conflict of World War II for dominance over the Pacific Ocean. After annihilating the US fleet at Pearl Harbour six…

WATERLOO (1970)

Release Date: 27/10/1970 Cast: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Jack Hawkins, Orson Welles, Virginia McKenna, Dan O’Herlihy, Philippe Forquet Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Napoleon Bonaparte (Rod Steiger) has been the emperor of the French for over a decade but his decision to attack Russia has backfired miserably. He not only loses the campaign but is pushed back…

GETTYSBURG (1993)

Release Date: 23/09/1993 Cast: Martin Sheen, Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, Sam Elliot, Stephen Lang. Director: Ronald F. Maxwell I had heard great things about Gettysburg ever since I developed a love for Hollywood war films but I never got myself to watch it. I am now confident that it was a lack of maturity that kept…

DER UNTERGANG (2004)

Release Date : 16/9/2004 Written By: Bernd Eichinger Cast : Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Juliane Köhler, Ulrich Matthes, Thomas Kretschmann Director : Oliver Hirschbiegel Der Untergang, also known as Downfall is a 2004 drama directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. The film chronicles the last few days of Adolf Hitler’s (Bruno Ganz) life living in an…

7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE (2018)

Release Date: 16/03/2018 Director: José Padilha Cast: Daniel Brühl, Rosamund Pike, Lior Ashkenazi, Eddie Marsan, Ben Schnetzer. 7 days in Entebbe chronicles the 7 days through which member of a Palestine Terrorist/Freedom-fighter organization high-jacked an Air France Plane and flew it to Entebbe demanding the release of their brothers in various Israeli prisons. I first…

THE LOOMING TOWER (2018)

Cast: Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt, Peter Sarsgaard Created By: Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, and Lawrence Wright Air Date: 28/02/2018 The Looming Tower is based on the book of the same name by Lawrence Wright who also happens to be the co-creator of the series. The book was essentially a long and hard look…

12 STRONG (2018)

What is common between 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Eye in The Sky, Lone Survivor and 12 Strong? Well, they are 4 films that are very common in the subject matter that they are dealing with some differences here and there. They are all about military conflicts involving the US and they are…

DARKEST HOUR (2017)

Winston Churchill is made Prime Minister of England at a time when almost the whole British Army is on the beaches of Dunkirk waiting to be rescued as the Germans are practically knocking at their doors. Everyone in the parliament including the King hates him and to top it all up, he has a career…

DUNKIRK (2017)

I didn’t love Dunkirk because it’s a Christopher Nolan film and so I must love it. I loved it because it’s an exceptional piece of film making. It’s in many ways not a war film as it is totally devoid of many key ingredients of a war film. It is more of a claustrophobic and…

WAR MACHINE (2017)

General Glen McMahon (Brad Pitt) is as animated a character as one can possibly be. He is a four-star general who believes that men are imperfect creatures who when left to their own will only play with their dicks and eat chicken. He is made the leader of the coalition forces in Afghanistan and ordered…