James RutherfordAug 16, 2019‘Pan's Labyrinth’: A Spellbinding Fantasy About a Young Spanish Girl's Darkly Magical Adventures“Pan's Labyrinth” (“El Laberinto del Fauno”) is a Spanish-language fantasy film from 2006, set in 1944 amidst the darkest days of...
James RutherfordJul 7, 2019'Welcome to Sarajevo': An Engrossing Depiction of Journalists on the Frontline of the Bosnian War “Welcome to Sarajevo” (1997) is a British war drama that follows a group of journalists stationed in Sarajevo in 1992, at the height of...
James RutherfordJun 12, 2019'Tigerland': A Galvanizing and Provocative Vietnam War-Era Military DramaA resounding human drama courtesy of veteran filmmaker Joel Schumacher ("The Lost Boys", "A Time to Kill"), “Tigerland” (2000) is a...
James RutherfordMay 23, 2019'The Hurt Locker': A Masterful and Boldly Visceral Modern War Thriller“The Hurt Locker” (2008) is a bold and visceral war thriller starring Jeremy Renner as William James, a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army...
James RutherfordMar 8, 2019'Land of Mine': A Gripping and Haunting Post-World War II Drama from Denmark “Land of Mine” (“Under Sandet”) is a Danish-German historical drama from 2015, set in 1945, following the end of World War II and the...
James RutherfordFeb 22, 2019'Lore': A Gripping Story of Survival Amidst the Aftermath of World War IIBased on the novel “The Dark Room’ by Rachel Seiffer, “Lore” (2012) is a German-British-Australian drama set at the end of World War II,...
James RutherfordDec 7, 2018'Sicario': A Dynamic Thriller Set Amidst the Brutality of the Mexican Drug War"Sicario" (2015) is a visceral and tense thriller starring Emily Blunt as an idealistic young FBI agent recruited for a covert government...
James RutherfordOct 5, 2018'71': A Volatile, Pulse-Pounding Historical Thriller Set in Northern Ireland in 1971“’71” is an immersive historical thriller set in 1971 and focused on a young English soldier named Hook who is abandoned on the streets of B
James RutherfordAug 25, 201810 Excellent and Underappreciated Films from the 1980’sTen outstanding 1980's films that are highly recommended and very much worth seeking out on VOD
James RutherfordAug 4, 2018'Buffalo Soldiers': A Chaotic and Wildly Enjoyable Military Satire“Buffalo Soldiers” is an intense and wildly enjoyable military satire starring Joaquin Phoenix as a U.S. Army Specialist stationed in West G