Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Pearl Harbor

Like ‘Forrest Gump,’ this movie’s characters stumble into history as Pearl Harbor’s soap opera plot is overlaid on the story …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Pompeii

No awe. No mystery. No intelligence. Just a big overwrought mess. My own youthful ponderings seem pretty grown up compared …

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
The Wind Rises

From acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki comes a fantasy-laced biopic that flies through the life of WWII Zero engineer Jirô …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War
The Monuments Men

What if rescuing a Botticelli means a mother in Bristol or a sweetheart in South Carolina might lose the light …

Drama, War
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

A German child’s purity and naiveté starkly contrasts with his Nazi father’s heartlessness, bringing the horror of the Holocaust into …

Drama, War
Gods and Generals

‘Gettysburg’ takes place over three-and-a-half days in one place. This prequel to that film uses nearly four hours of screen …

Drama, War
The Other Boleyn Girl

Jealousy and back-stabbing reign as beautiful sisters (Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson) vie for the eye of kingly hunk Henry.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Legend of Hercules

Call him the Muscles from Mycenae. This stout, classical demigod has a kingdom to win, a woman to woo … …

Drama, Romance, War
Atonement

Sex, lies, war wounds and one exceptionally crude word serve as highlights in this acclaimed but curiously soulless Keira Knightley …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
47 Ronin

Yes, this pic’s scenery and costumes are colorful and the hacking/slashing fight scenes well-choreographed, but by and large there’s little …

Drama, War
Lone Survivor

A cinematic recounting of a real-life failed U.S. military operation that took place in the mountainous Kunar Province of Afghanistan …

Drama, Romance, War
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

It’s Protestants vs. Catholics in this sweeping historical sequel as Queen Elizabeth I is charmed by Sir Walter Raleigh and …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Having just read The Hobbit again, this time with my young son, I can with fresh perspective say that Jackson …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

To live in a country like Panem would stink. Really. It’s a horrible place, and lots of horrible things go …

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
The Last Legion

While not quite a prequel to ‘King Arthur,’ Excalibur factors prominently into this swords-and-sandals epic about a boy-king, a world-weary …