Posts Tagged ‘military’

Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Michael Rennie | Neal, Patricia | Marlowe, Hugh | Jaffe, Sam | Gray, Billy | Bavier, Frances | Martin, Lock | Davis, Elmer | Kaltenborn, H.V. | Pearson, Drew | Heatter, Gabriel | Bane, Holly | Bradford, Marshall | Brown, John | Burton, John
Directors: Wise, Robert
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A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked.

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Boyd, Stephen | Welch, Raquel | O'Brien, Edmond | Pleasence, Donald | O'Connell, Arthur | Redfield, William | Kennedy, Arthur | Del Val, Jean | Coe, Barry | Scott, Ken | Grant, Shelby | Brolin, James | Fitzgerald, Brendan
Directors: Fleischer, Richard
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Scientist Jan Benes, who knows the secret to keeping soldiers shrunken for an indefinite period, escapes from behind the Iron Curtain with the help of CIA agent Grant. While being transferred, their motorcade is attacked. Benes strikes his head, causing a blood clot to form in his brain. Grant is ordered to accompany a group of scientists as they are miniaturized. The crew has one hour to get in Benes’s brain, remove the clot and get out.

Crimson Tide (1995)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Washington, Denzel | Hackman, Gene | Craven, Matt | Dzundza, George | Mortensen, Viggo | Gandolfini, James | Carroll, Rocky | Gomez, Jaime | Milhoan, Michael | Burkholder, Scott | Nucci, Danny | Brancato, Lillo | Bruskotter, Eric | Rick Schroder | Zahn, Steve
Directors: Scott, Tony
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In the near future, Russian rebels have taken over one of the ICBM bases in the USSR. Alarmed by the prospect of a rebel strike, the U.S. sends the U.S.S. Alabama, a nuclear ballistic submarine, to watch over the base and retaliate in case they launch. While on patrol, the submarine is attacked and the radio systems are knocked out. An emergency message received during the battle is only partially recovered. Captain Ramsey believes it to be the order to launch on the rebels, while XO Hunter wants to wait for a confirmation message. The conflict escalates into mutiny as Ramsey and Hunter fight for control of the Alabama’s nuclear missiles.

Taps (1981)

Monday, February 18th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: George C. Scott | Hutton, Timothy | Cox, Ronny | Penn, Sean | Cruise, Tom | Ward, Brendan | Handler, Evan | Navin Jr., John P. | Van Zandt, Billy | Esposito, Giancarlo | Kimmel, Donald | Wahrer, Tim | Riley, Tim | Rochlin, Jeff | Jacobs, Rusty
Directors: Harold Becker
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An announcement that the venerable Bunker Hill Military Academy, a 141 year old institute, is to be torn down and replaced with condos sets off the young cadets led by their stodgy commander (George C. Scott). Under the command of a student cadet major (Timothy Hutton), the cadets seize the campus, refuse entry of the construction crews and ultimately confront the real military.

Rescue Dawn (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Bale, Christian | Bell, Marshall | Chau, François | Davies, Jeremy | Gellis, Craig | GQ | Grenier, Zach | Healy, Pat | Huss, Toby | Hutchinson, Bonnie Z. | Jones, Evan | Jusakul, Abhijati 'Meuk' | King, Mr. Tony B. | Manning, Mr. Richard | Melich, Mr. Garrett D.
Directors: Herzog, Werner
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This film tells the real-life story of U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler, a German-American shot down and captured in Laos during the Vietnam War. Dengler organized a death-defying escape for a small band of POWs, including Duane Martin.

Good German, The (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Thompson, Jack | Roeder, John | Clooney, George | Maguire, Tobey | Blanchett, Cate | Comperatore, Dominic | Power, Dave | Curran, Tony | Isyanov, Ravil | Boehmer, J. Paul | Korosec, Igor | Kievsky, Boris | Kulikov, Vladimir | Narovlyanskiy, Yevgeniy | Sountsov, Aleksandr
Directors: Soderbergh, Steven
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Berlin, July, 1945. Journalist Jake Geismer arrives to cover the Potsdam conference, issued a captain’s uniform for easier passage. He also wants to find Lena, an old flame who’s now a prostitute desperate to get out of Berlin. He discovers that the driver he’s assigned, a cheerful down-home sadist named Corporal Tully, is Lena’s keeper. When the body of a murdered man washes up in Potsdam (within the Russian sector), Jake may be the only person who wants to solve the crime: U.S. personnel are busy finding Nazis to bring to trial, the Russians and the Americans are looking for German rocket scientists, and Lena has her own secrets.

Flyboys (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: France | USA
Actors: James, Jesse | McClendon, Reiley | Baldwin, Stephen | Sizemore, Tom | Adams, J. Todd | Gettling, Dallen | Slimko, Jennifer | Costanzo, Robert | Cecere, Vince | D'Amico, Frank | Young, Harrison | Baron, Blaire | Hinkley, Tommy | Baron, Joanne | Kasch, Dylan
Directors: DeVilliers, Rocco
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Two kids from a small town accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob.

Universal Soldier (1992)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Van Damme, Jean-Claude | Lundgren, Dolph | Walker, Ally | O'Ross, Ed | Orbach, Jerry | Rippy, Leon | Wells, Tico | Moeller, Ralf | Trebor, Robert | Davis, Gene | Snyder, Drew | Lister, Tommy 'Tiny' | Rhee, Simon | Norris, Eric | Winther, Michael
Directors: Emmerich, Roland
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An elite team of soldiers has been used against terrorists where they use astounding physical capabilities to overcome them. Victoria, a reporter, follows them and discovers a part of their secret. When one of the team kills her cameraman she tries to escape. Luc, one of the soldiers begins to have flashbacks and turns sides and helps her as the remainder of the team follows to protect their secrets.

United 93 (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Johnson, J.J. | Commock, Gary | Alladin, Opal | Benford, Starla | Gates, Trish | McDoniel, Nancy | Basche, David Alan | Bekins, Richard | Blommaert, Susan | Charleson, Ray | Adams, Polly | Clemenson, Christian | Colón-Zayas, Liza | Dallas, Lorna | Dillon, Denny
Directors: Greengrass, Paul
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September 11, 2001. The nation was under attack by suicide hijackers, who hit Three famous buildings. The fourth plane United 93 was a story of 40 passengers who were strangers. Who sat through terrifying event. But found courage, rebelled and become hero’s. And stood united.

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Phillippe, Ryan | Bradford, Jesse | Beach, Adam | Hickey, John Benjamin | Slattery, John | Pepper, Barry | Bell, Jamie | Walker, Paul | Patrick, Robert | McDonough, Neal | Lynskey, Melanie | McCarthy, Thomas | Bauer, Chris | Ivey, Judith | Turley, Myra
Directors: Eastwood, Clint
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In February, 1945, one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific theater of World War II occurs on the tiny island of Iwo Jima. Thousands of Marines attack the stronghold maintained by thousands of Japanese, and the slaughter on both sides is horrific. Early in the battle, an American flag is raised atop the high point, Mount Suribachi, and a photograph of the raising becomes an American cause celebre. As a powerful inspiration to war-sick Americans, the photo becomes a symbol of the Allied cause. The three surviving flag raisers, Rene Gagnon, John Bradley, and Ira Hayes, are whisked back to civilization to help raise funds for the war effort. But the accolades for heroism heaped upon the three men are at odds with their own personal realizations that thousands of real heroes lie dead on Iwo Jima, and that their own contributions to the fight are only symbolic and not deserving of the singling out they are experiencing. Each of the three must come to terms with the honors, exploitation, and grief that they face simply for being in a photograph.