Tag Archives: World war II

Howard Hawks

Posted on June 9, 2013 by laurarachel4

 Bringing Up Baby (1938) Rated NR Love runs wild for a hapless scientist and an unstoppable heiress in Howard Hawks’s classic screwball comedy that ranks high on the American Film Institute’s list of the funniest Hollywood films ever made. With … Continue reading →

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An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) Rated R

Posted on February 13, 2013 by laurarachel4

A girl after World War II joins the local theater company and learns more about love and life than the theater. Starring Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Peter Firth This film is a turning of age film and Georgina … Continue reading →

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Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Posted on May 2, 2012 by laurarachel4

Rated G Tora! Tora! Tora! tells both sides, the Japanese and American, to the Pearl Harbor attack during World War II. Starring Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Joseph Cotten With everyone stating that the special effects were outstanding and what a great … Continue reading →

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Windtalkers (2002)

Posted on March 5, 2012 by laurarachel4

Rated R Based on the true stories of the code talkers of World War II. The code talkers were Navajo Indians who used their language to relay messages between the troops. Starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Henderson, Frances … Continue reading →

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The Hiding Place (1975)

Posted on February 12, 2012 by laurarachel4

Rated PG Based on the true story of Corrie Ten Boom and her family as they shelter Jews during World War II. Starring Julie Harris, Jeannette Clift, Arthur O’Connell This film is perfectly done. It follows the book to the … Continue reading →

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Tom Cruise

Posted on January 1, 2012 by laurarachel4

 Far and Away (1992) Rated PG-13 In Ron Howard’s epic drama, two 19th-century Irish immigrants make the journey to the United States together, but for very different reasons. Joseph Donelly is a poor farmer who’s lost everything, while Shannon Christie … Continue reading →

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The Way Back (2010)

Posted on October 12, 2011 by laurarachel4

Rated PG-13 Escaping a World War II Siberian labor camp, a group of multinational soldiers truck to freedom. Starring Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Jim Sturgess Based on the memoir of  Slavomir Rawicz’s time in a russian … Continue reading →

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Grand Illusion (1937)

Posted on September 15, 2011 by laurarachel4

Rated NR Two French Soldiers captured by the Germans during World War I. They overcome their differences to try to escape the Prison Camp. Starring Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette A little known fact: … Continue reading →

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Clint Eastwood Director

Posted on July 28, 2011 by laurarachel4

 Changeling (2008) Rated R Christine Collins  is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn’t her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum. John Malkovich co-stars as the … Continue reading →

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It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)

Posted on July 25, 2011 by laurarachel4

Rated NR After World War II war buddies, Ted, Doug, and Angie decide to meet 10 years later. In those ten years their dreams dissolve and a network wants to show their reunion on TV. What was the point of … Continue reading →

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