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Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Clara Bow in Wings

‘Wings’ – the first Best Picture on free on Kanopy

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, DVD, Essential Viewing, Free, Hollywood Classic, Kanopy, National Film Registry, silent film, SVOD, war 09/28/2022 Sean Axmaker

This World War I action spectacle from director William Wellman was the most expensive Hollywood movie ever made in its day and wowed audiences with its spectacular aerial footage.

‘MAS*H: Complete Series’ on Hulu

!Featured, based on a novel, Comedy, DVD, Emmy Award, Hulu, Streaming TV, war 09/17/2022 Sean Axmaker

Over its eleven-year run, this sitcom set at an army surgical unit in the Korean War evolved from irreverent sitcom to socially conscious comedy and one of the most popular TV shows of all time.

Nicolas Cage in Andrew Niccol's 'Lord of War'

Nicolas Cage is the ‘Lord of War’ on HBO Max

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, HBO Max, satire, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD, war 08/27/2022 Sean Axmaker

Andrew Niccol’s drama is an ambitious, often satirical portrait of the build-up of the modern international weapons trade.

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, Criterion, DVD, Halloween, HBO Max, historical, horror, International Cinema, SVOD, thriller, war 08/08/2022 Sean Axmaker

Guillermo del Toro directed this haunting ghost story, set in a remote orphanage in Spain, against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

Last chance: Billy Wilder’s WWII thriller ‘Five Graves to Cairo’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a play, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, DVD, Hollywood Classic, spies and espionage, suspense, VOD, war 08/01/2022 Sean Axmaker

Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter star in this espionage thriller set in North Africa and Erich von Stroheim is German Field Marshall Rommel.

‘The Expendables 2’ – Stallone’s aging mercenary squad returns on Hulu

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, Hulu, Streaming Movies, SVOD, war 07/27/2022 Sean Axmaker

Jason Statham, Jet Li, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and rookie action star Chris Hemsworth (aka Thor) join Stallone on this mayhem-filled mission.

‘The Dirty Dozen’ – the original World War II caper on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award, adventure, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, DVD, Hollywood Classic, Netflix, SVOD, war 07/20/2022 Sean Axmaker

Lee Marvin leads twelve military convicts (including Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, and John Cassavetes) on a suicide mission behind enemy lines in this testosterone-fueled classic.

‘Twelve O’Clock High’ – Gregory Peck faces the pressure of command on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, Hollywood Classic, National Film Registry, psychological drama, SVOD, war 07/20/2022 Sean Axmaker

Henry King directs this smart World War II drama about the psychological toll of command under pressure and Dean Jagger won an Oscar for his supporting performance.

Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award, based on a true story, Blu-ray, Directed by Women, DVD, Netflix, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller, war 07/04/2022 Sean Axmaker

Jessica Chastain stars in the searing story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and legacy of torture in America’s war on terror.

Brad Pitt leads the siege of ‘Troy’ on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, historical, literary adaptation, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD, war 06/30/2022 Sean Axmaker

Wolfgang Petersen directs this epic adaptation of Homer’s epic poem ‘The Iliad’ about the seige of Troy, which costars Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, and Diane Kruger.