Saving Private Ryan

"...Tom Sizemore and Tom Hanks. Weeks before its release, Saving Private Ryan had already been tagged as “the best..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dunkirk

A harrowing new World War II classic

"...great war films, alongside Das Boot, Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, and The Final Countdown. Okay, so maybe..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stalingrad

3-D Russian film about the bloody Battle of Stalingrad.

"...innocence. This film’s humanistic subplots bring to mind both Saving Private Ryan and the unfairly forgotten 1970 gem Kelly’s..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

The most costly and the most popular film in South Korean history is also one of the most gripping and epic war films ever made.

"...first 20 minutes than in all of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, a film that Je-gyu and his overworked..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cold Mountain

Swoony kisses and true grit mark this Civil War epic from the director of The English Patient.

"...marks one of the most impressive battle re-creations since Saving Private Ryan’s landmark D-Day re-enactment, and Cold Mountain’s warfare..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lost Souls

"...cinematographer and two-time Oscar winner (for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan) Kaminski is a muddy, senseless mess. There's..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Battlefield Earth

"...or so pages) follows the adventures of Jonnie Goodboy (Saving Private Ryan's Pepper), a future inhabitant of Earth, and..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Thin Red Line

Malick's return to filmmakng after a 20-year absence is this WWII story based on James Jones' Guadalcanal novel. The film is a lyrical and introverted study of the curiously destructive relationship between man and nature.

"...the heels of one of the year's favorite sons: Saving Private Ryan. It invites undue comparisons between the two..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

First Love, Last Rites

"...symbolism.) Wagner (Two Girls and a Guy) and Ribisi (Saving Private Ryan, subUrbia) are both very engaging. But though..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Tails

George Lucas exec produced – and bankrolled – this action/drama about the historic Tuskegee Airmen.

"...the dire war-is-hell madness at the heart of, say, Saving Private Ryan. It's less shell-shocked than shellacked, but that's..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reeling in '98

The Austin Chronicle Top Nine Films of 1998

"...of Sex (14) 8. Out of Sight (13) 9. Saving Private Ryan (11)..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Are You Decent?

Dudley & Bob and the footsoldiers in the FCC's war on pop culture

"...not to broadcast the World War II film epic Saving Private Ryan, even though Steven Spielberg's Oscar winner had..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Godzilla Minus One

The king of the monsters returns in a mighty period drama

"...filmed in a way that might trigger memories of Saving Private Ryan, is both astounding and oddly sobering. It's..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Short Cuts

"...Picture Elizabeth Life Is Beautiful Saving Private Ryan Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...and Steven Spielberg's non-Jurassic war drama starring Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

My Way

This South Korean epic is a gory and realistic portrait of the horrors of war.

"...ever produced. It makes the Normandy Beach sequence in Saving Private Ryan look like a mere skirmish. Suffice it..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

War movies are back ... but they don't make them like they used to.

"...than ever -- Band of Brothers, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, and next week's..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

The Story of G.I. Joe

"...Story of G.I. Joe as a great influence on Saving Private Ryan, and it's obvious. However, Wellman's film is..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Enemy at the Gates

"...assault mode, it's impossible not to think of Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan and raise the expectation that we're in..."

March 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Two Men Went to War

A WWII comedy of errors begins when two British military dentists swap their drills for grenades.

"...gotta be at least five quid," remarks the amiable private); and bravely pursuing glory where glory appears to be..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fast and the Furious

"...up with the gravel-voiced Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel of Saving Private Ryan), the leader of a group of illegal..."

June 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flags of Our Fathers

The first half of the film continues Clint Eastwood's ongoing deconstruction of America's hero myths but then detours into some uncharacteristically sentimental mulch.

"...Directed by: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Great' Gen an' Their 'Good' War

"...It started with Steven Spielberg's 1998 film Saving Private Ryan -- a very great film for its..."

May 25, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hi-Line

"...Starring: Rainer Judd, Stuart Margolin, Margot Kidder, Tantoo Cardinal, Ryan Alosio and Rachael Leigh Cook. A quiet moodiness envelops..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

News of the World

Tom Hanks evokes one of his most celebrated roles in this tragic Western

"...no nuance, and Kidd feels like an ancestor of Saving Private Ryan's Captain Miller – a man who is..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luke Wilson, Tommy Lee Jones to Recieve Texas Film Awards

Hollywood heavyweights, indie icons, and an honorary Texan lauded

"...from the Producer's Guild of America in 1998 for Saving Private Ryan). More recently, she has been responsible for..."

Jan. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Judge

This drama starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall sounds better on paper than it is in practice.

"...it’s a specialty of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan), the effect merely adds visual drama to..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...think of depictions of war in recent years like Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers: Both of these..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

Minority Report

"...Shot by longtime Spielberg cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan), who uses a bleach-bypass process and special,..."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Were Soldiers

"...a white phosphorous grenade in the face. Ever since Saving Private Ryan upped the ante with its all-too-accurate depiction..."

March 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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