Ran (1985)
Ran (乱, translation: “chaos” or “turmoil”) In the past few years, besides having less time than usual, let alone a pandemic to deal with even if…
Black Book (2006)
Rachel Stein aka Ellis de Vries: “It is their intention, that for the queen and my fatherland, I have to hook up with a powerful SD’er……
King Rat (1965)
“Lieutenant, I’d like to point out to you that I don’t have to put up with this crap from you. I’m not in your two-bit army,…
Friday Forgotten Film – The Siege of Firebase Gloria
DiNardo: “This is insanity.” Hafner: “This is effective. Charlie’s got this valley by the balls. Won’t nobody step out of line around here.” The “war film”…
Collision Course – Run Silent, Run Deep
Time. It all comes down to time. Certainly, as one definition put it, “…the progress of time as affecting people and things.” Perspective, too. Perhaps, it’s why…
Guest Post » Forgotten War Film Triple Play!
Greetings all and sundry! Having slowly adjusted to the unannounced and unexpected arrival of Daylight Savings Time and extended afternoons into evenings. While arranging my checklist…
Guest Post » Classic Forgotten Television of the 1960s: Combat!
Greetings all and sundry! Having had a brief week in Hell clearing out, shutting down and moving from the suburbs of Maryland to apartment living in…
Sky Above – The Enemy Below
As this is the Memorial Day holiday, I’ve made a habit of watching war films in remembrance of the men and women who died serving this country. Two of Powell’s were such, and very good films as a matter of fact. Since my colleague Kevin highlighted one last year in a guest post, The Hunters (1958), I’ll promote his first that preceded it. The supremely underrated, The Enemy Below (1957).
Guest Post – Communicating Strength Through Sound: Helicopters in Vietnam
Greetings, all and sundry! I would like to thank Michael for the opportunity to broach and examine a topic that may seem odd to some. Though…
It Rains... You Get Wet 