War Movies

If Zero Dark Thirty isn’t on your bucket list for the rest of 2012, there’s something wrong with you. From Kathryn Bigelow, the former wife of James Cameron but more importantly the multi-Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker comes this new military drama that follows SEAL Team Six as they hunt down the most notorious fugitive of all time: Osama bin Laden.

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Warner Home Video celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket by releasing it in a new 2-disc Blu-ray Book Edition on August 7th!

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Just when you thought you’d seen your last over-the-top U.S. military commercial, Hollywood goes a step further: it makes a two-hour-long promotional video, calls it a movie and charges filmgoers money to watch it. For what it is intended to do – appeal to the uber-patriotic and military families – Act of Valor does its job. For the rest of us, it’s fubar filmmaking.

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Don’t judge a book by its cover. The theme runs strong through Red Tails, about the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II who faced not only hardship from the Nazis but more-than-simmering racism from within their own ranks. The common phrase can also be said about the movie itself, which, while far from being a great war movie, is a surprisingly entertaining one.

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Can you believe that summer is already here? We can’t! We’ve compiled a list of the best movies coming out this summer, based on buzz, trailers, promotion and pure gut instinct. Just keep in mind, if you do end up seeing all 23 movies on this list, you’ll have spent upwards of $230 at at the box office. Yikes!

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Steven Spielberg’s War Horse is now on DVD and Blu-ray, and even without watching it again, its bonus disc reminds me just how much the movie comes so close to being great, but completely misses the mark. To call War Horse hollow is unfair – the movie is technically beautiful and not without heart – but it definitely lacks the emotion and grit expected from a Steven Spielberg war movie.

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The Oscar-nominated documentary Hell and Back Again is an intimate portrait of one American soldier’s attempt to transition back to regular life after a harrowing deployment in which he was horribly injured. Unfortunately, despite its strengths, Hell and Back Again does not stand out in any way or form.

Read FilmJabber’s full Hell and Back Again movie review.

It’s December, it’s Steven Spielberg, it’s Oscar time. The second of two Spielberg-directed movies to hit theaters since Wednesday, War Horse promises everything that Oscar voters love: war, family bonds and horses. Ooh, horsies! The great news is that War Horse is an excellent war movie about a horse. The bad news is that War Horse is a war movie about a horse.

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Renny Harlin is at it again. You know, trying to trick audiences into thinking he’s still relevant. Over a decade since Deep Blue Sea and nearly 20 years since his last major hit – Cliffhanger – Harlin is back once again with the war thriller 5 Days of War. It’s a valiant effort – it really is – but lacks the necessary budget and, more importantly, the tension required to make a movie like this work.

Read FilmJabber’s full 5 Days of War movie review. We’re also giving away a copy of the DVD!

Jackie Chan’s 100th film is now playing in select theaters, and if you were unaware, you’re not alone. Unlike the movies he’s known for, 1911, about the Wuchang Rebellion that overthrew the Qing Dynasty, is a gritty, serious and violent war epic. It’s unfortunately also a terrible movie.

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The first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse is now online. The movie is almost assured multiple Oscar nominations due to the pedigree alone, let alone the “feel good” nature of the story. There’s understandable excitement for the picture, as there should be due to the director alone.

So why am I so disinterested in this property?

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Normally I would encourage you to read my articles. After all, there is nothing more important in this world than reading my spot-on opinions. But that’s not what I’m going to do today. Instead, I encourage you, my loyal, wonderful reader, to head over to Amazon.com, or to wherever you buy your movies these days, and purchase Platoon, which is now available for the first time on Blu-Ray.

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