John Orloff pens the penultimate episode of Band of Brothers and it first debuted on 28 October, 2001. Easy Company is worn out and disillusioned as the war drags on. The war is drawing to its end as the Allies finally breach Germany. And the anger that the men have is mitigated by the discovery…
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Band of Brothers (2001) – The Breaking Point, and The Last Patrol
The Breaking Point continues the story of Easy Company. They are still in the Ardennes Forest, preparing to defend the town of Foy from an impending German attack. And this is just one of the problems they faced. Written by Graham Yost, this episode was first broadcast on 14 October, 2001. Morale is at an…
Band of Brothers (2001) – Carentan, and Replacements
The third episode of the iconic Band of Brothers mini-series, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, Carentan, first aired on 16 September, 2001. It was written by E. Max Frye who used historian Stephen E. Ambrose’s non-fiction book about the 101st, Band of Brothers, to bring it to life. Once again, the episode is…
Hamburger Hill (1987) – John Irvin
It’s been a while since I watched Hamburger Hill. In my teens, a lot of film and television were finally beginning to explore and talk about Vietnam and its effects on the servicemen who were in-country. I was reading books. I remember, vividly reading Robert Mason’s Chickenhawk, as well as the first time I saw…
Overlord (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
As I’ve often claimed, Toronto After Dark is one of my all time favorite film festivals, and I was bummed this year when the J.J. Abrams produced WWII action horror film, Overlord, closed out the festival. But, I finally got a chance to see it, as it comes home on blu-ray and DVD today from…
The Mind Reels 