“Australia” is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. An English aristocrat inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver to drive 2000 head of cattle across…
Category: History and War Films
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
Eight year-old Bruno is the sheltered son of a Nazi officer whose promotion takes the family from their comfortable home in Berlin to a desolate area. Bruno ignores his mother’s repeated instructions not to explore the back garden and heads for the `farm’ he has seen in the near distance. There he meets Shmuel, a…
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Tagline: The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable. A discovery made by a kung fu obsessed American teen sends him on an adventure to China, where he joins up with a band of martial arts warriors in order to free the imprisoned Monkey King. In “Forbidden Kingdom,” American teenager Jason…
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008)
Tagline: Rise and fight. A hardworking man’s life is changed forever when a band of Krug invade the village of Stonebridge, kill his son and kidnap his wife, Solana. The once peace-loving peasant leads his mentor and brother-in-law in pursuit of the Krug army to free Solana. He joins the royal army in the battle….
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Tagline: World War II had its heroes and its miracles. “Miracle at St. Anna” is a gripping World War II epic that chronicles the story of four African-American soldiers who are members of the U.S. Army as part of the all-black 92nd Division Buffalo Soldiers stationed in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II. They experience…
Mongol (2008)
Tagline: Greatness comes to those who take it. The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, “Mongol” delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of…