Dec 11, 2020
Jack Palance, Lee Marvin and Eddie Albert star in this black-and-white combat drama. As the Battle of the Bulge launches, the men of Fragile Fox company worry that their Captain, who only has his command through a political favor, will get even more fighters killed. What can be done?... Asides include '80s...
Nov 20, 2020
This highly regarded homefront drama is considered the gold standard for soldiers-returning-home movies. Acclaimed director William Wyler followed up 1942's "Mrs. Miniver" with 1946's "The Best Years of Our Lives" (now two World War II Movie Night selections), sweeping the Oscars with both. Witness the...
Oct 30, 2020
Get schlocky as we delve into the beautiful disaster that is 1983's "The Keep." Adapted by Michael Mann from the popular paperback, "The Keep" is gothic horror in a World War II setting. A deeply flawed movie (for interesting reasons, it turns out), it nonetheless has a cult following. Why? We'll find out as we set...
Oct 9, 2020
This Bruce Willis-helmed movie, concerning the Japanese aerial attacks on China during the war, barely exists. "Air Strike" went unseen and, by the few who did, unliked. Yet the reasons for those facts are interesting in themselves... asides in this tangent-heavy episode include the tragic end of Iris Chang, the book...
Sep 18, 2020
World War II Movie Night goes Down Under to become World War I Movie Night with “Gallipoli.” This 1981 Peter Weir film is considered a classic of Australian cinema, and features, among other things, a pre-fame Mel Gibson. Witness two young men join the military to fight the German-aligned Turks, and the end...