The commandant of Auschwitz lives with his family right next to the atrocities going on inside the concentration camp in The Zone of Interest. Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) is the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, who lives with his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) and five children at an estate that borders the fence of …
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A lone prospector tries to protect his stash of gold from a group of Nazis in Sisu. In 1945 Finland, at the tail end of World War II, former soldier Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila) strikes it big when he uncovers a large deposit of gold. While on his way to bring the gold back to …
A platoon of American soldiers during World War II encounter unspeakable horrors a German base in Overlord. On the eve of D-Day, a platoon of American paratroopers, including Corporal Ford (Wyatt Russell) and Private Boyce (Jovan Adepo), parachute into Nazi-occupied France with the mission to destroy a radio jamming tower at a nearby German outpost, headed …
The keepers of the Warsaw Zoo shelter Jews during World War II in The Zookeeper’s Wife. Antonina Zabinski (Jessica Chastain) is a woman who runs the Warsaw Zoo with her husband Jan (Johan Heldenbergh). However, after the German invasion of Poland, the zoo is left in shambles, with most of the animals either killed or taken …
This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Hot Docs 2015 The story of the greatest fan film ever made is told in Raiders!. In 1982, eleven year old Mississippi friends Eric Zala, Chris Strompolos, and Jayson Lamb set out to shoot a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The boys kept …
The story of the greatest fan film ever made is told in Raiders!. In 1982, eleven year old Mississippi friends Eric Zala, Chris Strompolos, and Jayson Lamb set out to shoot a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The boys kept shooting this remake over the course of seven years and finished every …
Captain America is the final of the interconnected Marvel comics films leading up to next year’s release of The Avengers. I still think it’s amazing the they had the patience to set-up The Avengers over the course of five separate films in a four year period. At this point, I don’t think I need to say that …
It took more than a decade for Inglourious Basterds to get made and I have to say that it is quite possibly the best film Quentin Tarantino has directed since Pulp Fiction. While the marketing for the film focuses on Brad Pitt and his band of Nazi-killing soldiers, the film is really an ensemble piece …
I probably wouldn’t have been that compelled to check out The Reader if it wasn’t for the fact that it had just received four Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture (drama). I would have to say that I found it a decent enough film. I don’t know if I would go as far to say …