Tolkien
This is a rather quiet, moving film describing how young love, friendship and war transformed a man into one of the great authors in world history.
Category Archive: War
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The Aftermath
How do families in a war zone ever hope to recover from the loss of a loved one when their city is bombed?
They Shall Not Grow Old
It is worth remembering the horror of World War I.
A Private War
Though Rosamund Pike has received a Golden Globes nomination, is a film worth watching where the story devours the central character?
Outlaw King
This is an engaging, slow-moving historical film that you are better off seeing on Netflix.
Overlord
In between an artistically brilliant beginning and a very violent ending, this film has a surprising plot that probably won’t save it for long from the cinematic trash heap.
Dunkirk
If you majored in history in college as I did, this film teaches you more about an event in World War II than you will ever learn in a textbook.
12 Strong
The good news about 12 Strong is that it rises above the expected absurdity comprising most January film releases.
Darkest Hour
A penetrating film, Gary Oldman’s performance is a movie classic by any definition.
