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During the Civil War, somewhere in the state of Louisiana, a Union soldier John McBirney (Clint Eastwood) is seriously injured in battle and on the verge of succumbing to his wounds. Luckily he is discovered by a young girl Amy (Pamelyn Ferdin) who is able to get him back to the all girls boarding school run by Ms. Martha Farnsworth (Geraldine Page) where she resides. As McBirney slowly recuperates with [read...] 
At FC we’re big fans of films like The Green Berets, Navy SEALS, GI Jane and other special forces classics. The upcoming action-adventure film Act of Valor looks like it’ll be quite a furious and cool addition to this subgenre! Created by filmmakers Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, Act of Valor was originally intended to be a simple recruitment video for the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command but later transformed [read...] 
The industrial steel town of Clairton, PA and the community of Russian-Americans who reside there provide the primary backdrop for Michael Cimino’s existential war epic The Deer Hunter. The lives of the main characters are clearly repetitious. They work at the local steel mill, clock out, hit the bar, guzzle Rolling Rocks, act like nuts, then go home and do it all over again. Two life changing events are about [read...] 
The typical war movie is usually about soldiers that fight to uphold democracy and justice in the face of tyranny and focuses on the themes of honor and duty to country. Last Memorial Day in honor of all fallen soldiers we put together a 50 Furious War Film List which contained a nice selection of our favorite WWII, Korean Conflict and Vietnam movies. FC’s Sebastian previously covered another subgenre of [read...] 
One thing that never fails to get movie audiences cheering is the big battle scene. It doesn’t matter if you’re 80 years old with no teeth or a little kid who picks his nose, these action packed, adrenaline charged sequences are truly why the cinema was invented. Sure, we all love great storytelling and acting, but when the energy of a big cinematic fight is unleashed on us, we basically [read...] 
For Memorial Day 2011 we’ve put together another compilation this time celebrating some of our all time favorite war genre films as a special tribute to the men and women who have given their lives to make our world a safer and better place. Our selections cover a wide range of subgenres including warriors vs. their oppressors, men on missions behind enemy lines, daring hell’s angels fighting in the skies [read...] |
   
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