Category: War
Posted on August 30, 2012 | Comments Off on Henry V (1944) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
Henry V / The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)
Biography | Drama | History | War
Based on one of the most popular historical plays by Shakespeare and made to boost morale of the British troops during World War II, Henry V tells the story of this King of England and the epic Battle of Agincourt. Devised, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, this film includes some of the most impressive Technicolor battle sequences in film.
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Robert Helpmann
Director: Laurence Olivier
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Posted on August 26, 2012 |
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The Longest Day (1962)
Action | Drama | History | War
The triumph and tragedy of the World War II heroes who stormed Normandy Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944, are immortalized in this film. Seen through the eyes of Allied generals, foot soldiers, strategists and paratroopers, The Longest Day recounts the largest and greatest military mission of all time. In a battle that would change the course of history, 5,000 ships unloaded over 3 million men on the beaches of France, and the Allies gained a valuable foothold on enemy territory, at an incalculable cost. This massive production required five directors and featured an international cast of thousands, including John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Stuart Whitman, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Curt Jürgens and more!
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
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Posted on August 25, 2012 | Comments Off on Braddock Missing in Action III (1988) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-MySiLU
Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
James Braddock once again returns to Vietnam, 12 years after the end of the war, to rescue his thought-dead Vietnamese wife and son, and a group of Amerasian orphans held in another prison camp presided over by a sadistic Vietnamese general whom was one of those that tortured Braddock during his stay in a similar prison camp just a few years earlier.
Starring: Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim, Keith David
Director: Aaron Norris
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Posted on August 22, 2012 | Comments Off on Exodus (1960) 720p BluRay FLAC x264-CRiSC
Exodus (1960)
Action | Drama | History | War
The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part of the film is about the situation in Israel as independence is declared and most of their neighbors attack them.
Starring: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb
Director: Otto Preminger
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Posted on August 20, 2012 | Comments Off on The Bomber (2011) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-MySiLU
The Bomber / Ballad about the Bomber / Ballada o bombere (2011)
Action | Drama | War
During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio operator Katya miraculously survive. Another survivor is flight navigator Linko, who ejected from the plane. Each of them has to find his way and perform military tasks, return to his own forces and simply to stay alive. The situation becomes more complicated because of an act of sabotage, which has been committed before their take-off at the aerodrome. Honest Grivtsov gets on the bad side of the colonel of SMERSH by defending his friends. Instead of being granted a medal "Star" for his 100th flight, he is pronounced a traitor and is to be executed.
Starring: Nikita Efremov, Ekaterina Astakhova, Aleksandr Davydov
Director: Vitaliy Vorobyov
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Posted on August 18, 2012 | Comments Off on War of the Dead Stones War (2011) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
War of The Dead – Stone's War /War of the Dead (2011)
Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War
A platoon of American and Finnish soldiers is driven deep into a Russian forest where its Captain discovers a terrifying secret.
Starring: Andrew Tiernan, Mikko Leppilampi, Samuel Vauramo, Jouko Ahola, Antti Reini
Director: Marko Mäkilaakso
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Posted on August 15, 2012 | Comments Off on The Warlords (2007) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-WiKi
The Warlords / Tau ming chong (2007)
Action | Drama | History | War
During the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s, General Pang barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, and then joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu and Wu Yang. After fighting back attackers from a helpless village, the three men take an oath to become "blood brothers," but things quickly turn sour and the three men become embroiled in a web of political deceit, and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a beautiful courtesan.
Starring: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro
Director: Peter Chan, Wai Man Yip
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Posted on August 14, 2012 |
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Goya's Ghosts (2006)
Biography | Drama | War
Goya's Ghosts is a sweeping historical epic, told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against the backdrop of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army, the film captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th century Spain. When Goya's beautiful muse is accused of being a heretic, renowned painter Francisco Goya must convince his old friend Lorenzo, a power-hungry monk and leader of the Spanish Inquisition, to spare her life.
Starring: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid, José Luis Gómez
Director: Milos Forman
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Posted on August 12, 2012 | Comments Off on Jia Wu Da Hai Zhan (2012) 720p HDTV DD2.0 x264-NGB
Jia Wu Da Hai Zhan (2012)
Drama | War
Set during the turbulent Qing Dynasty, the film is an epic war drama, and tells the story of Deng Shichang, a navy officer fighting against the Japanese invader in the War of Jiawu.
Starring: Yi Lu, Lixin Yang, Yu Xia, Haiying Sun, Liping Lü, Jiaming Guo, Guang-ze Ma
Director: Xiaoning Feng
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Tags: Guang-ze Ma, Haiying Sun, Jiaming Guo, Liping Lü, Lixin Yang, Xiaoning Feng, Yi Lu, Yu Xia
Posted on August 8, 2012 |
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Battleship (2012)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War
A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Peter Berg
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Posted on July 31, 2012 | Comments Off on The Incredible Mr Limpet (1964) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-MySiLU
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | War
Meek and mild mannered bookkeeper Henry Limpet has few passions in life. If Henry could have one thing it would be to become a fish. While on a visit to Coney Island, Henry falls into the water and miraculously gets his wish. Now a fish, he makes friends, Ladyfish and Crabby the hermit crab and loves his new life.
Starring: Don Knotts, Jack Weston, Carole Cook
Director: Arthur Lubin
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Posted on July 29, 2012 |
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Süskind (2012)
Drama | War
During WWII, a member of the Jewish Council of Amsterdam finds a way to spare children from deportation to the death camps.
Starring: Karl Markovics, Tygo Gernandt, Katja Herbers, Jeroen Spitzenberger, Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Nasrdin Dchar
Director: Rudolf van den Berg
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Posted on July 29, 2012 | Comments Off on Red Rose of Normandy (2011) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-MySiLU
Red Rose of Normandy (2011)
War
Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran, finds himself fighting for his life on the Russian front. Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Russian tanks and planes, he and his men are doomed until famed German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, shows up in his Tiger Tank and saves the day. Once wounded, Klaus is transferred to Normandy to serve under Field Marshal Rommel just days before the Allied invasion. Much to his surprise, he finds that his beloved Klaudia is also stationed nearby as a field nurse. Unfortunately, so is her father, who is working with the French resistance and now finds himself pursued by the ruthless Gestapo officer Brahms, whose search leads him to Klaus and Klaudia attempting a rescue. They are caught and imprisoned. As D-Day begins and the Allies attack from the beaches and the sky, they escape from the prison, fighting the Gestapo in the middle of the biggest invasion in world history…
Starring: Tino Struckmann, Damian Chapa, Claudia Crawford, Jack Dimich
Director: Tino Struckmann
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Posted on July 25, 2012 | Comments Off on My Way (2011) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
My Way / Mai wei (2011)
Action | Drama | History | War
Inspired by a true story. Jun Shik works for Tatsuo's grandfather's farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, but he has a dream to participate in Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two are in rivalry. But war breaks out and they both are forced to enlist in the army. Tatsuo becomes the head of defense in Jun Shik's unit and he devises a scheme but fails. Jun Shik and Tatsuo are captured by the Soviets. They run away but soon are captured by Germans and forced to separate. In 1944, they meet again at the shores of Normandy.
Starring: Dong-gun Jang, Jô Odagiri, Bingbing Fan, In-kwon Kim, Seung-hyeon Han
Director: Je-kyu Kang
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Posted on July 21, 2012 |
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Grave of the Fireflies / Hotaru no haka (1988)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | War
On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air-raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling-out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Director: Isao Takahata
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Posted on July 16, 2012 | Comments Off on Che Part Two (2008) Criterion Collection 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Che: Part Two / Guerrilla (2008)
Biography | Drama | History | War
In 1965, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara resigns from his Cuban government posts to secretly make his latest attempt to spread the revolution in Bolivia. After arriving in La Paz, Bolivia late in 1966, by 1967, Che with several Cuban volunteers, have raised a small guerrilla army to take on the militarist Bolivian movement. However, Che must face grim realities about his few troops and supplies, his failing health, and a local population who largely does not share his idealistic aspirations. As the US supported Bolivian army prepares to defeat him, Che and his beleaguered force struggle against the increasingly hopeless odds.
Starring: Demián Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro, Benicio Del Toro, Catalina Sandino Moreno
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Posted on July 16, 2012 | Comments Off on Che Part One (2008) Criterion Collection 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Che: Part One / The Argentine (2008)
Biography | Drama | History | War
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Starring: Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Rodrigo Santoro
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Posted on July 16, 2012 | Comments Off on An Empress and the Warriors (2008) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-WiKi
An Empress and the Warriors (2008)
Action | Drama | Romance | War
Set during the Warring States Period,the story centers on Princess Fei'er who is commanded by her dying father on the battlefield to defend their country with General Xuehu. The princess is later attacked and injured by the treacherous official Wu Ba, but is rescued by Duan Lanquan, whom she falls in love with. Faced with continued attack from outside and within, the princess must make some important decisions to ensure the survival of herself and her country.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen, Leon Lai, Xiaodong Guo, Zhenghai Kou
Director: Siu-Tung Ching
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Posted on July 14, 2012 | Comments Off on More American Graffiti (1979) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
More American Graffiti / American Graffiti 2 (1979)
Comedy | Drama | War
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
Starring: Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Cindy Williams, Charles Martin Smith, Mackenzie Phillips
Director: Bill L. Norton
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Posted on July 11, 2012 | Comments Off on My Best Enemy (2011) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-HDChina
My Best Enemy / Mein bester Feind (2011)
Comedy | Drama | War
Vienna in the 1930s. Victor Kaufmann, the son of a wealthy cosmopolitan Jewish couple, works in his father’s art gallery. His best friend whom he has known since childhood and from whom he is inseparable, is Rudi Smekal. Victor’s girlfriend, the attractive and vibrant Lena, is also a friend of Rudi’s. In a moment of exuberance Victor shows his friend a well-kept family secret: a drawing by Michelangelo that was believed lost. It comes as a terrible shock to Victor to learn that Rudi has long been a member of the Nazi party and is hoping that Austria’s annexation to Germany will improve his career chances with the Nazis. Having missed the right moment to flee Austria, the Kaufmanns are now stuck in Vienna. They transfer their estate to Lena in an attempt to protect it from being confiscated. Having bragged about the Michelangelo drawing, Rudi receives an order from Berlin to seize the art work. In order to save his old friends, Rudi suggests a deal: the drawing in exchange for the Kaufmanns’ freedom. But he has overestimated his influence. No sooner does the drawing fall into the hands of the Nazis than the Kaufmann family is sent to a concentration camp…
Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss, Marthe Keller, Udo Samel, Uwe Bohm
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger
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