Category Archives: War
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Release 2016
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Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Writers: Robert Carlock, Kim Barker
Stars: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3553442/
A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.
Eye in the Sky
Release 2015
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Director: Gavin Hood
Writers: Guy Hibbert
Stars: Faisa Hassan, Aisha Takow, Armaan Haggio, Helen Mirren, Bob Chappell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2057392/
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
Dad's Army
Release 2016
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Director: Oliver Parker
Writers: David Croft, Hamish McColl, Jimmy Perry
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bill Nighy, Toby Jones, Michael Gambon, Sarah Lancashire
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4104054/
The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Release 2016
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Chuck Hogan, Mitchell Zuckoff
Stars: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic Fumusa
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4172430/
As an American ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Sniper: Special Ops
Release 2016
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Director: Fred Olen Ray
Stars: Steven Seagal, Rob Van Dam, Tim Abell, Dale Dye, Charlene Amoia
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5344794/
A Special Ops military Force, led by expert sniper Sergeant Jake Chandler (Steven Seagal), are sent to a remote Afghan village to extract an American congressman being held by the Taliban. The rescue mission is a success, but Jake, separated after a firefight with the enemy, stays behind to help an injured soldier. Sergeant Vic Mosby (Tim Abell) desperately tries to convince Major Jackson (Dale Dye) to let him go back and save the soldiers, but is ordered on a mission to retrieve a truckload of munitions which could be vital for the military base. In direct violation of orders, Vic and his Special Ops Team decide to head back to the village to rescue the stranded soldiers. Outnumbered and out gunned, Vic and his men engage in a massive shootout against the enemy, while Jake uses his expert skills to save them all from certain death.
Tumbledown
Release 2015
Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
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Director: Sean Mewshaw
Writers: Sean Mewshaw, Desi van Til, Desiree Van Til
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Blythe Danner, Joe Manganiello, Jason Sudeikis, Dianna Agron
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2338424/
A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.
Hyena Road
Release 2015
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Director: Paul Gross
Stars: Rossif Sutherland, Paul Gross, Clark Johnson, Allan Hawco, David Richmond-Peck
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4034452/
Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars - all stand at the intersection of modern warfare - a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems.
Macbeth
Release 2015
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Director: Justin Kurzel
Writers: Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Todd Louiso, William Shakespeare
Stars: Jack Madigan, Frank Madigan, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2884018/
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Beasts of No Nation
Release 2015
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Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writers: Cary Joji Fukunaga, Uzodinma Iweala
Stars: Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor, Andrew Adote, Vera Nyarkoah Antwi
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1365050/
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.
The Messenger
Release 2015
Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
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Director: David Blair
Writers: Andrew Kirk
Stars: Joely Richardson, Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole, Tamzin Merchant, David O'Hara
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3431016/
We all want to believe in life after death and imagine loved ones looking over us, feel their presence in a draft of air...