James RutherfordJul 3, 2022'Three Kings': An Off-the-Wall Depiction of Hijinks and Humanism During the Persian Gulf WarThree Kings (1999) is a unique and darkly comical depiction of America's intervention in the Persian Gulf circa 1991. The storyline...
James RutherfordMar 13, 2022'Black Hawk Down': A Pulse-Pounding and Reflective Reenactment of the 1993 Battle of MogadishuBlack Hawk Down (2001) is a pulse-pounding war drama that reenacts the U.S. military's controversial raid on Mogadishu, Somalia in...
James RutherfordOct 22, 2021'Fury': A Forcible World War II Drama About an Armored Mobile Unit Deep in Occupied TerritoryFury (2014) is a taut and forcible World War II drama starring Brad Pitt as U.S Army Staff Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier, commander of...
James RutherfordJun 13, 2021'The Last of the Mohicans': A Stylized and Thrilling Adaptation of the Classic Historical NovelThe Last of the Mohicans (1992) is a thrilling modernization of James Fenimore Cooper's historical novel, set in 1757 at the height of...
James RutherfordMay 23, 2021'Jarhead': A Penetrating Antiwar Drama Set During the First Gulf WarJarhead (2005) is a penetrating American war drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, lance corporal in the U.S....
James RutherfordDec 27, 2020'No Man's Land': A Compelling Bosnian War Film About Opposing Soldiers Stranded Between Enemy LinesNo Man's Land (Ničija Zemlja) (2001) is a gripping and darkly comedic war drama set during the Bosnian War (1992-1995) and centered on a...
James RutherfordApr 13, 2020‘Salvador’: A Vivid Depiction of Richard Boyle’s Firsthand Coverage of the Salvadoran Civil War“Salvador” (1986) Is a gritty and penetrating war drama starring James Woods as Richard Boyle, the real-life photojournalist who traveled...
James RutherfordMar 28, 2020'Monos': A Riveting Tale of Youthful Militants Posted to a Remote Mountaintop Outpost “Monos” (2019) is a bold and wildly unconventional South American war film that follows a group of teenage guerrillas, self-styled "monos
James RutherfordFeb 28, 2020'A Hidden Life': A Thoroughly Impassioned Depiction of One Man's Resistance Against the Nazis“A Hidden Life” is an altogether resounding true story starring August Diehl as Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who adamantly...
James RutherfordFeb 3, 2020‘Silence’: The Impassioned Tale of Two Missionaries in Search of Their Lost Mentor in Japan"Silence” (2016) is a deeply impassioned 17th Century historical drama that follows two young Jesuit Missionaries (Andrew Garfield and...