My Way (2011) Review
My Way is the most ambitious Korean war film ever produced. The film was the most expensive Korean production at the time.
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2010sArgo (2012) Review
Ben Affleck directed and starred. The film adapts the historical events of the 1980 Canadian Caper, when six American diplomats escaped the Iranian hostage crisis through a CIA operation involving a fake Hollywood production.
1990sApollo 13 (1995) Review
The film rewards repeat viewing because the substance is procedural instead of dramatic in the conventional sense. The film is adapted from Lost Moon, the 1994 memoir by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.
2020sSisu (2022) and Sisu: Road to Revenge Review
Jalmari Helander's Finnish WWII revenge thrillers. Jorma Tommila as Aatami Korpi against Nazi forces in 1944 Lapland.
1970sMidway (1976) and Midway (2019) Review
Two substantial adaptations of the Battle of Midway. 1976 ensemble approach with Charlton Heston and Toshiro Mifune.
1960sThe Longest Day (1962) Review
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Sean Connery, Richard Burton. The Longest Day is the gold standard for D-Day filmmaking.
1960sThe Great Escape (1963) Review
John Sturges's perfect ensemble war film. Steve McQueen and the legendary cast.
1990sSaving Private Ryan (1998) Review
Steven Spielberg's WWII masterpiece. Omaha Beach opening is the best war scene ever filmed.
1980sDie Hard (1988) Review
Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman as god-tier Hans Gruber, and one perfect Christmas Eve at Nakatomi Plaza. The rating is not negotiable.
1990sDie Hard 2 (1990) Review
Renny Harlin takes McClane to Dulles Airport on Christmas Eve for the twistiest entry in the franchise. The 8 reflects what the rewatch test has confirmed: the film is genuinely twisty, the action sequences land, the Christmas-Eve airport setting works,…
2000sPoseidon Adventure (2006) Review
Wolfgang Petersen modernized the 1972 disaster classic. Same story, leaner runtime, no religion, upgraded effects.
1970sPoseidon Adventure (1972) Review
Gene Hackman, Shelley Winters, and the founding document of 1970s disaster cinema. The Poseidon Adventure is the founding document of the 1970s disaster genre.