Tag: World War II

Objective, Burma! Blu-ray review

Objective, Burma! is an American war film from 1945 that is based on, to some extent, the six-month raid by Merrill’s Marauders in the Burma Campaign during World War II. The film is directed by legendary director Raoul Walsh and stars screen legend Errol Flynn who discards swashbuckling tights for military clothing. The main crux…


Step by Step Blu-ray review

The 1940s were filled with World War II propaganda films with the villains being Nazis. The 1946 film Step by Step from RKO Pictures is one such film, bet it a lesser known one where Nazis are still trying to take over the world, this time with a base in sunny California! This is a…


Chain Lightning Blu-ray review

Chain Lightning is a drama film from 1950 starring Humphrey Bogart which was to be his last film that he did for Warner Brothers. In this film he spends much of the picture in the air as a pilot in the aviation race! The focus of Chain Lightning is on World War II flying ace…


The Wind Rises Blu-ray review (Shout Factory)

The Wind Blows is a two-hour animated historical drama feature from 2013 that takes a look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, who was a successful designer Japanese fighter planes during World War II. This was to be the last film of director Hayao Miyazaki as he had retired but wound up coming out of…


Attack Blu-ray review

Attack, also called Attack! is a 1956 War thriller directed by legendary director Robert Aldrich. The story is about the grim realities of war and of cowardice.   Taking place in 1945, during the final days of World War II, a National Guard infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but there is tension…