Sam Elliott continues his legacy as a legend in his role of the titular character in this drama-driven film whose title could pass for a grindhouse film, but shows it is not. In World War II, Calvin Barr, an American soldier, did the one thing that no one else could do. During an undercover mission, […]Read Post ›
Filmmaker Quentin Tarentino. You either love his work or hate his work. I for one, am always intrigued by his work. This World War II set film is perhaps one of his best films, thanks to a cast that pulls off some very intriguing and at time, funny performances. Set in Nazi-occupied France during World […]Read Post ›
With the recent success of Quentin Tarantino’s World War II-set epic Inglorious Basterds, it was time to look into one of the big influences behind Tarantino’s hit, this Italian-made internationally cast feature directed by Enzo G. Castellari, which like Tarantino’s version, is set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II in 1944. The “bastards” in […]Read Post ›
An elderly woman and a civil servant not only bond but learn a thing or two in the midst of things in this very heartwarming film from Kim Hyun-Seok. For the past twenty years, elderly woman Nah Ok-Boon has been causing trouble with her fellow shopowners and making constant complaints about the area, going as […]Read Post ›
Veteran director Ryoo Seung-Wan takes on this film inspired by true events depicted near the end of World War II that makes good use of its cast and location. In February of 1945, Korean-born bandleader Lee Gang-Ok is in Japan, performing with his daughter Sohee, when a band of Japanese soldiers arrive. Gang-Ok and Sohee […]Read Post ›
Ryoo Seung-Wan‘s historical epic The Battleship Island will make its way to the U.S. and Canada on August 4, just one week after its premiere in South Korea. The film stars Hwang Jeong-Min, So Ji-Sub, Song Joong-Ki, and Lee Jung-Hyun. The Battleship Island is based on a true story during WWII when Korea was under […]Read Post ›
CJ Entertainment will be bringing the upcoming military action film The Battleship Island this summer. Under the colonial rule of Japan, 400 or so Koreans who are conscripted into slave labor on ‘The Battleship Island’, attempt to escape for life. 1944, during the Japanese occupation of Korea, conscripted civilians head out to the Hashima island. […]Read Post ›
1945, William Cagney Productions Director: Frank Lloyd Producer: William Cagney Writers: Garrett Fort (story) Frank Melford (original idea) Lester Cole (screenplay) Cinematography: Theodor Sparkuhl Editing: Walter Hannemann Truman K. Wood Cast: James Cagney (Nick Condon) Sylvia Sidney (Iris Hilliard) Porter Hall (Arthur Bickett) John Emery (Premier Giichi Tanaka) Robert Armstrong (Col. Hideki Tojo) Wallace Ford […]Read Post ›
Jackie Chan and Ding Sheng reunite for this World War II-set action-comedy that brings both a serious tone and adds some slapstick style humor in some of the film’s stunt sequences. It is the year 1941. Japan has occupied China and has taken control of its railways. However, a small band of regular folk […]Read Post ›
This story based on the true story of the first woman’s baseball league still holds its own as one of the most beloved baseball comedies nearly twenty-five years later. In 1943, Major League Baseball players have enlisted in World War II. In an attempt to keep baseball, America’s national pastime, going, businessman Walter Harvey […]Read Post ›
