War Films

Based on actual people and events of a US military secret program, The Men Who Stare at Goats is a hilarious look at the real history and hilarity of the 'New Earth Army'

Dec 16, 2009 - Natalie Bauer

Based on actual events during WWII, U-571 tells a terrifying story of a group of submarine sailors out of their element and in enemy territory.

Dec 3, 2009 - Jennifer Seydel

The Hurt Locker stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, and Evangeline Lilly

Oct 26, 2009 - Lauren Flanagan

After 10 years of development, Tarantino came up with a tight screenplay and a post modern film choc-a-bloc of film references.

Oct 17, 2009 - Grace Troje

Quentin Tarantino spun a war story into a Spaghetti Western.Through exciting use of the genre, Tarantino offers his version of the "cowboy" reaction to the Nazi threat.

Oct 13, 2009 - Grace Troje

Quentin Tarantino's best film since Pulp Fiction is packed with surprises, sly humor and swift consequential violence, and Christoph Waltz makes for a memorable menace.

Sep 23, 2009 - Nick Rogers

Quentino Tarantino puts his own spin on WW2 and delivers on all fronts.

Sep 11, 2009 - Jesse Romero

Inglorious Basterds is standard Tarantino, a schlocky big-budget action movie with a lot of scenes of dialog interspersed with explosions and gun violence

Sep 10, 2009 - Paul Comeau

Director Kathryn Bigelow marks a triumphant return to form with the fantastic movie The Hurt Locker, starring Anthony Mackie. It's a war film with a difference.

Sep 5, 2009 - Gareth Harding

Tarantino rewrites World War II history in his controversial action/war film

Sep 3, 2009 - Iulia Filip

Quentin Tarantino's unabashed love for all things cinema and exploitation boils to a delightful head in this violent yet talky slab of WWII fantasy wish fulfillment.

Aug 30, 2009 - Sam Hatch

Brad Pitt stars in Quentin Tarantino's World War II alternate history thriller, Inglourious Basterds.

Aug 24, 2009 - Terry Long

Quentin Tarantino brings his trademark violence and witty banter to this World War II adventure, ultimately resulting in a mixed bag of humour and intensity.

Aug 22, 2009 - Anthony Cogliano

As ghoulish as it sounds, it's easy to applaud every vicious and vengeful attack on the reviled Nazis. Like in the Kill Bill films, we love to see the bad guys massacred.

Aug 21, 2009 - Denise Castillón

In the wake of the poorly received Death Proof, Tarantino finally brings his alternate reality World War II project to life after ten years of hype.

Aug 21, 2009 - Martin Roberts

Quentin Tarantino's latest film Inglourious Basterds is a welcome return to form for the American film geek/auteur. 8/10.

Aug 21, 2009 - Dominic von Riedemann

Inglourious Basterds may be one of the more interesting cinematic failures to come around this decade, and not only because it comes from the mind of Quentin Tarantino.

Aug 20, 2009 - Zachary Herrmann

World War 2 gets the Quentin Tarantino treatment in Inglourious Basterds, starring Brad Pitt. It's like Kill Bill meets The Dirty Dozen.

Aug 17, 2009 - Gareth Harding

The 1984 film Red Dawn told the story of a Russian invasion in a Colorado town and a group of high school aged resistance fighters. How will the story look in 2009?

Aug 10, 2009 - Dresden Quinn Jones

World War Two is to get the Tarantino treatment in his latest film entitled Inglorious Basterds.

Aug 9, 2009 - Daniel Crudge

A trio of bomb technicians count down their final days in volatile Iraq, while endless disarming missions continue to threaten their emotional and physical survival.

Jul 25, 2009 - Denise Castillón

After a fairly good run at the box office, Bryan Singer's Valkyrie hits the high-def format, filled with informative tidbits about the men who tried to kill Hitler. 8/10

Jun 6, 2009 - Dominic Messier

Tom Cruise stars in this story inspired by true events about an inside plot to kill Adolph Hitler in the final months of World War II.

May 14, 2009 - Francine Brokaw

Apocalypse Now brought Vietnam out of hiding. It turned genuine accounts of US imperialism into an abstract and philosophical cinematic presentation of good and evil.

Apr 27, 2009 - Hana Lewis

The Children of Huang Shi is a dramatic adaptation of George Hogg's final years in China during the Japanese Occupation of the late 1930s.

Feb 18, 2009 - Natalie Bauer