Category: War

The Third Part of the Night is Horrifying Cinematic Existentialism

On By C.H. NewellIn Andrzej Żuławski, Drama, Film, Horror, Polish Film, WarLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdViZkUOLDI The Third Part of the Night. 1971. Directed by Andrzej Żuławski. Screenplay by Andrzej & Miroslaw Żuławski. Starring Malgorzata Braunek, Leszek Teleszynski, Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Golinski, Anna Milewska, Michal Grudzinski, & Marek Walczewski. Polski State Film. Not Rated. 105 minutes. Drama/Horror/War ★★★★★  Andrzej Żuławski first wowed me with Possession, and after being completely, morbidly enthralled by its wonderfully …

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Fear of Invasion in Predator

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Film, Horror, Jesse Ventura, John McTiernan, Rated R, Sci-Fi, Shane Black, WarLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1txEAywdiw Predator. 1987. Directed by John McTiernan. Screenplay by Jim Thomas & John Thomas. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Richard Chaves, R.G. Armstrong, & Shane Black. Amercent Films/American Entertainment Partners L.P./Davis Entertainment. Rated R. 107 minutes. Action/Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★ There are 1980s films. Then there …

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The Redemptive Horror of Son of Saul

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Drama, Film, Foreign Film, Géza Röhrig, Holocaust, László Nemes, Mátyás Erdély, Thriller, WarLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh2toNTE7rA Son of Saul. 2015. Directed by László Nemes. Screenplay by Nemes & Clara Royer. Starring Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Sándor Zsótér, Uwe Lauer, Christian Harting, Amitai Kedar, & Kamil Dobrowolski. Laokoon Filmgroup/Hungarian National Film Fund. Rated 14A. 107 minutes. Drama/Thriller/War ★★★★★  Stories of the Holocaust and WWII are a dime a dozen. Some of …

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Beasts of No Nation & the Horror of War

On By C.H. NewellIn Abraham Attah, Ama K. Abebrese, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Drama, Film, Idris Elba, Uzodinma Iweala, WarLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xb9Ty-1frw Beasts of No Nation. 2015. Directed & Written by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala. Starring Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor, Andrew Adote, Vera Nyarkoah Antwi, Ama K. Abebrese, Idris Elba, Kurt Egyiawan, Kobina Amissah-Sam, and Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye. The Princess Grace Foundation/Red Crown Productions/Participant Media/Come What May …

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Cotillard & Fassbender in a Properly Haunting Macbeth

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Drama, Film, Macbeth, Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, Paddy Considine, War, William ShakespeareLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqHhKuCQmoY Macbeth. 2015. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Screenplay by Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie & Todd Louiso; based on the original play by William Shakespeare. Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Lochlann Harris, Lynn Kennedy, Seylan Baxter, Brian Nickels, Hilton McRae, James Harkness, Ross Anderson, David Thewlis, Sean Harris and Elizabeth Debicki. See-Saw Films/DMC Film/ACE/Film …

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Pan’s Labyrinth and the Dark Fantasy of Guillermo del Toro

On By C.H. NewellIn Dark Fantasy, Drama, Fantasy, Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth, Review, War1 Comment

Pan's Labyrinth. 2006. Directed & Written by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo, César Vea, and Roger Casamajor. Estudios Picasso/Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Sententia Entertainment/Telecinco/OMM. Rated 14A. 118 minutes. Drama/Fantasy/War ★★★★★ Guillermo del Toro has one of the most consistently fascinating minds in film today. Ever since I saw …

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AMERICAN SNIPER: Making a Murderer

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Action, American Sniper, Biography, Blogs, Bradley Cooper, Chris Kyle, Clint Eastwood, Directors, Drama, Film, Filmmakers, Movies, Navy SEAL, War2 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItGoIxoVGk American Sniper. 2014. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, and Kyle Gallner. Warner Brothers. Rated 14A. 132 minutes. Action/Biography/Drama 1/2 First of all, I have a family member who served in the Canadian Armed Forces. Second, I know others who've gone over to Iraq, et cetera, several people I knew well …

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Fury: The Festering Reality of War

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Action, Blogs, Blood, Brad Pitt, Cinematography, David Ayer, Drama, Jon Bernthal, Logan Lerman, Michael Peňa, Movies, Nazi Germany, Reviews, Shia LaBeouf, Thriller, Tiger 131, Tiger Tank, War, World War 2, World War II, WWIILeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKu5lGfRBxc Fury. 2014.  Directed & Written by David Ayer. Starring Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peňa, Jon Bernthal, and Jim Parrack. Columbia Pictures. 134 min. Rated R. Action/Drama/War ★★★★★ David Ayer’s new thriller Fury is by far one of the most brutal and honest films set during the Second World War ever made. Not only …

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