Shoot the Glass

It’s not often we get to see “the other side” of a war. Clint Eastwood did it recently with his Letters from Iwo Jima, but it’s rare. Usually, if we are shown the German or Japanese side of WWII, they are portrayed as villains. What Hollywood has failed to grasp is that not every German [...]

Let me get this off my chest right now; this movie was far too long for me. Or not necessarily too long per se, but too drawn-out. Anyway, let me get back to that later.
The Deer Hunter tells the story of a group of friends in rural Pennsylvania. Three of them — Michael (Robert DeNiro), [...]

Yet another Kurosawa, and I’m starting to truly appreciate the man now. Ran, of course, is an adaptation of sorts of one of William Shakespeare’s finest plays, King Lear. It tells of an old warlord who decides to relinquish control of his kingdom and divide it among his three sons (in King Lear, they are [...]

War is futile. We’ve heard that many times before from all directions. I’ve never seen it told so exceptionally well though.
This movie, which is based on the classic book by Erich Maria Remarque, tells the story of a group of young German men who enlist as soldiers in World War I at the behest of [...]

The Best Years of Our Lives tells the story of three World War II servicemen returning home and trying to readjust to their new lives. We follow these three men as they try to come to terms with their wartime experiences, readjust to society, and reconcile their past with their new reality.
Al Stephenson (Fredric [...]