Centurion (2010)
Centurion is a British film written and directed by Neil Marshall. Marshall also wrote and directed “The Descent (2005)” and “Dog Soldiers”. The “Centurion” (Michael Fassbender) is sent in with the ill-fated Ninth Legion to Caledonia to destroy the Picts. Instead it’s the Legion that gets destroyed and the Centurion leads a small group trying [...]
Read moreThe Alamo (1960)
The Alamo was one of two films directed by John Wayne the other was “The Green Berets (1968) “. “In the Alamo, Wayne really goes all out to portray all-American heroes, fighting for freedom. While the Alamo seems like a historical film about the famous battle, it has nothing to do with history. The historians [...]
Read moreThe Glory Guys (1965)
The Glory Guys (1965) screenplay was written by Sam Peckinpah and directed by Arnold Laven. Laven spent more than 30 years as a director of episodic television, the main stay of his career. He got his start during World War II in the U.S. Army’s First Motion Picture Unit. The movie is fictionalized Western based [...]
Read morePaths of Glory (1957)
Stanley Kubrick directs Paths of Glory, his next movie Spartacus is one on my favorites. Kubrick directs many of the best movies of our time, movies like 2001, Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket. Paths of Glory is one of Kirk Douglas best performances as Col Dax, working to save his men from being shot [...]
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