The astonishingly raw four-part documentary Alpha Company: Iraq Diary, now streaming on YouTube, comes complete with an astonishing backstory. In 2005, with the War in Iraq well into its second…
While I thoroughly enjoyed my detour into big-budget Hollywood war movie making with last week’s review of Greyhound, this week I’m headed back to the gritty deserts of Iraq for…
I love a great heist movie almost as much as I love a terrific war movie. I mean, who can’t appreciate the brilliant and ballsy shenanigans behind films like Ocean’s…
When the United States invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003, helicopters had long been a vital element of warfare, though typically associated with air support or medical evacuations. But…
Here on The War Movie Correspondent, it’s clear that I love talking about war movies! But there are also several war TV shows that mean just as much to…
Happy Veterans Day! On this day when we thank our service men and women past and present for their service, this blog post is also going to thank them for…
Hiram Johnson, the California senator who died on August 6, 1945, the day the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, once famously remarked that “The first casualty…
Staring at a whole weekend ahead without any football? Scary, I know! First of all, keep calm. Second of all: Don’t let me be the one to break your…
What happens when you chain up the dogs of war — in this case the Marines’ elite First Recon Battalion — and make them wait, psyching up and psyching each…
Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company Make a Life-Changing Documentary