The setting was Korea, 1950. They were a MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit stationed three miles from the front. Incoming helicopters full of wounded brought the horrors of war to them daily and sometimes bullets flew right outside the operating room door. Occasional hilarity and constant hijinks were all that kept them sane. Loosely […]
Saving Private Ryan
On the morning of June 6, 1944, the beginning of the Normandy invasion, American soldiers prepare to land on Omaha Beach. They struggle against dug-in German infantry, machine gun nests, and artillery fire, which cut down many of the men. Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks), the company commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion, […]
American Sniper
The movie follows the story of Chris Kyle Bradley Cooper), “America’s most lethal Sniper in History”, and his journey prior to enlisting until his final days. The movie portrays him as someone who, sometimes, struggles to kill. Through helping others overcome their problems due to being in the war, he is very much at peace […]
The Imitation Game
The film opens in 1941 as England and Germany have declared war against each other. The Brits are getting their butts beat as the rest of Europe has already fallen to Hitler and the Nazis. If England can somehow decode the infamous German Enigma machine, perhaps the war can be turned. Alan Turing (Cumberbatch), a […]