The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Synopsis: At the height of the Cold War era between the USSR and USA, a Russian submarine appears on the coast of a small New England town. Fearing for their […]
Tag Archives: Military & War
Stories of soldiers, and military operations
The Package (1989)
Synopsis: After a failed military exercise in Germany, Army Sgt. Johnny Gallagher (Gene Hackman, The French Connection) is ordered to escort a detainee (Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive) back to the states. […]
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Synopsis: During World War II, an American fighter pilot stationed in England, Maj. Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock), dies during a bombing mission. Heaven sends Pete […]
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
Synopsis: Tom Hanks (Big and Forrest Gump ) plays a Protestant American in the R.A.F. stationed in Jerusalem during World War II, who falls in love with a local Jewish woman (Cristina […]
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Synopsis: Cdr. James Ferraday, played by Rock Hudson (Giant), is ordered to take his nuclear submarine, USS Tigerfish, on a rescue mission to Ice Station Zebra, a weather station located […]
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Synopsis: On the shores of the Guadalcanal Island, a group of brave soldiers try to stay alive in the midst of heavy air and ground attacks by the Japanese Army […]
The Bette Davis Project: Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Reaction & Thoughts: The Hollywood Canteen opened on October 3, 1942, and closed on November 22, 1945. It was located on Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California, and its main purpose […]
The Bette Davis Project: Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Synopsis: Mr. Skeffington tells the story of a beautiful, but selfish and vain socialite, Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis), who enters into a marriage of convenience with a wealthy businessman, Job Skeffington […]
The Bette Davis Project: Old Acquaintance (1943)
Synopsis: The film revolves around the tumultuous relationship between two childhood friends. Kit Marlowe, played by Bette Davis, is a critically acclaimed author of books that don’t sell well. Kit’s […]
Von Ryan’s Express (1965)
Synopsis: Col. Joseph L. Ryan, played by Frank Sinatra (From Here to Eternity), is an American POW in Italy during World War II. Ryan is imprisoned with a group of […]
The Bette Davis Project: Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Synopsis: After living abroad for many years, American-born Sarah Muller (Bette Davis) and her family return to USA to live with her wealthy mother, Fanny (Lucille Watson, The Great Lie), […]
The Iron Petticoat (1956)
Synopsis: A Soviet female pilot, Captain Vinka Kovelenko (Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story), defects to the West because she is tired of gender inequality in the Soviet army. An American […]
Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
Synopsis: Chuck Norris (Silent Rage) is John T. Booker, an ex-Vietnam soldier who unravels a terrifying government conspiracy surrounding the confirmation of the new Secretary of State. Reaction & Thoughts: […]
A Soldier’s Story (1984)
Synopsis: Howard E. Rollins (Ragtime) is Captain Davenport, a black Amy officer assigned to investigate the murder of a black Sergeant (Adolph Caesar, The Color Purple) in the Deep South […]
The Young Lions (1958)
Synopsis: During World War II, two American soldiers (Dean Martin, Rio Bravo, and Montgomery Clift, A Place in the Sun) try to adjust to the military structure, while on the […]
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Synopsis: An American demolition expert, Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper, High Noon), helps a group of anti-fascist fighters during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. Jordan’s mission is simple: he is […]
Director’s Spotlight: David Lean’s Ryan’s Daughter (1970)
Synopsis: The story takes place in a small Irish village during the 1916 Easter Rising. A young woman (Sarah Miles, Blowup), who is married to the local school teacher (Robert […]
Director’s Spotlight: David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Synopsis: During the Russian Revolution, an idealist doctor, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia), falls in love with a beautiful girl, Lara Guishar (Julie Christie, Shampoo). Zhivago decides, however, […]
The Bette Davis Project: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939, aka Elizabeth The Queen)
Synopsis: This historical drama revolves around the tempestuous relationship between British monarch Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and her lover Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn, Captain Blood). Reaction […]
