In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris whichContinue reading “Inglourious Basterds – 2009”
Category Archives: War
Cow – 2009
A Chinese peasant is given the responsibility of protecting his village’s special dairy cow during a particularly harsh winter in 1940. Director : Guan Hu Cast : Huang Bo|Yan Ni Genre : Drama|War Release Date : 2009-09-11
Army of Crime – 2009
This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team’s members became martyrsContinue reading “Army of Crime – 2009”
Top Secret Rosies: The Female ‘Computers’ of WWII – 2009
In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Sixty-five years later their story has finally been told. Director : LeAnn Erickson Cast : Genre : Documentary|War Release Date : 2009-12-31
One War – 2009
May, 8, 1945. Maxim Prokhorov, major of People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs, arrives at a small northern island. There live eleven people: five young women, five children from one to three years, and the captain Karp Nichiporuk. The young mothers were exiled to the island from the territories occupied by fascists, and their children areContinue reading “One War – 2009”
The Norwegian Solution – 2009
Norway is per capita one of the world’s biggest producers of weapons and ammunition. The Norwegian Solution gives us a rare look into the ammunition’s factory Nammo, situated in the idyllic surroundings of Raufoss, in the middle of the country. Director : Emil Trier Cast : Genre : Documentary|War Release Date : 2009-09-16
0.303 – 2009
a short but harrowing look at the horrors of war and how the smallest of errors can have tragic consequences as two British paratroopers land in Nazi-occupied Sicily (beautifully filmed in and around Victoria Gate in Valletta) in 1943. Director : David Serge Cast : Mark Mifsud|Miguel Pellegrini Petit Genre : Drama|War Release Date :Continue reading “0.303 – 2009”
A Line in the Sand – 2009
Drama – Set in the present-day Iraq war, this tense and gripping drama unfolds as two US Marines find themselves stranded and alone in the desert after their unit is all but destroyed in a routine mission. One of their team is taken hostage in the attack, their Humvee is stolen, their communications are downContinue reading “A Line in the Sand – 2009”
The Men Who Stare at Goats – 2009
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army’s New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions. Director : Coraly Santaliz|David Webb|Grant Heslov Cast : Ewan McGregor|George Clooney|Glenn Morshower|Jeff Bridges|KevinContinue reading “The Men Who Stare at Goats – 2009”
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie – 2009
Set after the 1988 OVA movie Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition and months before the events of the VOTOMS television series, Pailsen Files explores the origins of Chirico Cuvie as explained by the Red Shoulder Battalion’s now-disgraced commander, Col Yoran Pailsen. Compilation of the Pailsen Files OAV series. Director : Ryousuke Takahashi Cast :Continue reading “Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Pailsen Files The Movie – 2009”