This turgid Afghan-based comedy will leave you wondered if Bill Murray will ever star in a good movie again.
Louis Malle’s unsentimental depiction of his own boyhood during the Nazi occupation of France stands the test of time.
By Keith Uhlich
A beardy Bradley Cooper proves his mettle in this true story about the most lethal sniper in US military history.
Angelina Jolie takes to the director’s chair and is overwhelmed by her deity-like subject in this glossy, unexceptional awards-baiter.
This suspenseful drama authentically reconstructs a disastrous rescue mission during the Afghan conflict.
Brad Pitt surveys the horrors of war a busted-up tank in David Ayer’s soulful if unoriginal tale of conflict and brotherhood.
George Clooney socks it to the Nazis in this rambling adventure yarn with an all-star cast.
There are nuggets of honesty amid the gung-ho jingoism in Peter Berg’s starry-eyed war story.
The bold concept behind Cate Shortland’s wrenching Nazi downfall drama is sold short by its overblown style.
By Vadim Rizov
Steven Spielberg’s solemn latest is less a biopic and more a complex drama on the subject of political ends versus means.
By Matt Thrift
Restored, re-released and resplendent. David Lean’s 1962 historical epic is back, and better than ever.
A jaw-dropping spectacle and brain-melting existential nightmare, Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam opus is touched by genius.
Quentin Tarantino’s World War Two epic is saved by one genius performance and some hot flashes of dialogue.
Redacted is a film with dirt under its fingernails, and it’s not ashamed to hold ’em up to the light.
Joe Wright’s World War Two weepie is a near masterpiece that only lacks the substance of great performances.
Steven Soderbergh’s monochrome mystery has a winning, slightly oddball charm, and Cate Blanchett is brilliant.
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