Tagline: A single shot can end the war. The film is based on James Bradley’s book “Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima”. The Battle of Iwo Jima, which took place in winter 1945, was a turning point in the Pacific theater. About 6,000 Americans died and 17,000 were wounded during the Battle of…
Category: War Movies
The Good German (2006)
Tagline: If war is hell, then what comes after? Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, “The Good German” takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) becomes embroiled with Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), a former lover whose missing husband is the object of a manhunt…
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Tagline: Innocence has a power that evil cannot imagine. In this fairy tale, a small family in Spain moves into an old house in 1943 after the rise of Fascism. Their eldest daughter, at age 12, falls in love with a fawn that lives in the old ruined labyrinth which resides behind their new decrepit…