The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

There are occasional films on my list that aren’t really Great War Films. Well, that’s not true, they’re kind of half Great War Films. For many different reasons these films have been included because they have a small part of them that is set in the Great War (like the film I’m reviewing today or […]

King and Country (1964)

I feel I need to add a spoiler alert to this review. While I try to not go into too much plot detail I do drop a couple of essential details into my fevered ramblings. Sorry. I’m lazing out on the couch feeling pretty sorry for myself. Somewhere, somehow I picked up a lurgy yesterday […]

Sergeant York (1941)

‘Oh no, here comes another early 40’s propaganda flick, cynically bankrolled by the war office or some steel magnate with the express point of influencing the American people into joining up and therefore helping the shareholders get a bumper dividend this year’ I thought to myself as I fired up my poor, slowly expiring DVD […]

Aces High (1976)

If there is one sub-genre of these Great War Films that is pretty much guaranteed to pack a punch it’s those that concern the conflict in the air. At least in theory it has everything that should excite. Visually there will be life and death aerial battles, emotionally there will be highs and lows as battles […]

Canakkale 1915 (2012)

As I’ve said elsewhere in this blog, I’m an ex-pat Brit living the high life in Nuevo Zealandia, my little piece of paradise (with frequent wet and cold bits). As such my knowledge of the Gallipoli campaign prior to my move here was minimal but it has certainly grown since my arrival. I’ve attended the […]