War Horse

A stylistic throwback to classic studio movies, Spielberg's film about war as seen through a horse's experience of it rarely rises to the occasion.

"...so many movies set against the backdrop of World War II, Steven Spielberg now turns to the First World..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Body of War

Filmmakers Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro show the story of a young veteran, crippled after five days of service in Iraq, and his evolution from gung-ho enlistee to passionate anti-war activist.

"...the most intimate of the cinematic arguments against the war in Iraq yet made, this documentary from former talk-show..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Private War

Rosamund Pike captures war journalist Marie Colvin

"...feature debut with the real-life story of a legendary war correspondent. The math makes sense, doesn't it? And there..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

A War

Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is a complex morality tale

"...Andersen, Cecilie Elise Søndergaard, Adam Chessa and Andreas Buch Borgwardt...."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

5 Days of War

Renny Harlin directs this explosion-heavy film about the Russian-Georgian crisis of 2008.

"...Opening with the oft-quoted statement “The first casualty of war is truth,” 5 Days of War should have heeded..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Endless War

One, two, three, four – what are we fighting for?

"..."All our knowledge of the war in Iraq has to be viewed as lacking the..."

July 27, 2007 News Column by Michael King

War Photographer

"...about James Nachtwey -- quite possibly the greatest living war photographer ever -- excruciatingly topical in its single-minded depiction..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain America: Civil War

It's a Marvel Universe, and we all just live in it

"...not playing the long game. With Captain America: Civil War, we’ve now entered Phase 3 in the Marvel Cinematic..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

War, Inc.

John Cusack's War, Inc. rails against the military-industrial complex in a barely disguised contemporary story about covert operations.

"...Ned Bellamy. Any film that features a character, as War, Inc. does, whose pig-Latinized name translates to "fuck you"..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Doggett on War and Peace

Austin Congressman counsels against attack on Syria

"...As the drums of war in D.C. beat furiously once again, Austin Congressman Lloyd..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Charlie Wilson's War

Despite a script by Aaron Sorkin, direction by Mike Nichols, and star turns by Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this good-natured geopolitical romp falls flat.

"...selling a picture these days even nominally related to war, so in the past week's blitzkrieg of promotional press..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Uncovered: The War on Iraq

The filmmaker, who is also responsible for the recent documentary Outfoxed, argues that intelligence data have been manipulated by this administration to justify the decision to go to war.

"...director who also recently gave us Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism and produced another political documentary currently in..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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.

"...Je-gyu. Starring: Jang Dong-Gun, Won Bin and Lee Eun-Joo. War, uh, what is it good for? Some of the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Robert S. McNamara, the confounding former secretary of defense during the Vietnam era, may be visionary filmmaker Errol Morris' best interview "get" ever.

"...during the years of the American involvement in the war in Vietnam, probably still harbors a deep and abiding..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The War

"...and Gary Basaraba. To paraphrase an old slogan: The War is not healthy for children or other movie-goers. Despite..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cold War

Love and history in the ruins of post-World War II Europe

"...Cold War is an epic love story born amid the ruins..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Memoir of War

WWII literary adaptation lacks the novel's spark and insight

"...film exposes one of the largely unspoken traumas of war: the pain of uncertainty and waiting experienced by those..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

War for the Planet of the Apes

The capstone of the Apes reboot sticks the landing

"...off. It’s an undeniable pleasure, then, to say that War for the Planet of the Apes is a glorious,..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

War Dogs

Jonah Hill and Miles Teller star in this true tale about gun smuggling

"...– he and his girlfriend protested against the Iraq War, after all – but it’s a lot easier to..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

War and Pieces

Mayor's Book Club takes on Kevin Powers' 'The Yellow Birds'

"...Powers’ debut novel, The Yellow Birds, looks like a war novel, but it is really a novel about pieces,..."

April 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Hart's War

"...by: Gregory Hoblit. Starring: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Marcel Iures, Cole Hauser, Vicellous Shannon, Rory Cochrane and..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The War Room

"...ace strategists who helmed the command post (or the War Room) at campaign headquarters. More than a treatise on..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Declare War

A bunch of sixth-graders playing capture the flag in the park lays the groundwork for a disturbingly inventive film.

"...”This is war, man. Not fucking hopscotch,” proclaims a pint-sized Patton in..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lord of War

Gattaca writer-director Andrew Niccol shines his usual cynicism on the subject of gunrunning in his new film, a strange amalgam of compelling visuals and fascinating vocational details forged with deep moral ambivalence and often hollow didacticism.

"...subject of gunrunning in his new film, Lord of War. The movie is a strange amalgam of compelling visuals..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry

This nonpartisan documentary seeks to identify the sparks that made John Kerry and so many others of his generation so eager to serve their country.

"...If you were thinking that Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry is just one more entry in..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Theatres of War

World War I film series complements Ransom Center exhibit

"...2014 marks the centenary of the beginning of the "war to end all wars": World War I. Often called..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Two Men Went to War

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

"...from Raymond Foxall’s book Amateur Commandos, this sweet, World War II-era comedy of errors and unexpected derring-do is like..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: Civil War

Alex Garland enters the battlefield of combat zone journalism

"...Civil War is not the film you think it is. The..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pick Up Your Paintball Guns for 'War'

Rolling Roadshow special screening for 'I Declare War'

"...for a special theatrical preview screening of I Declare War, complete with a paintball-splattered game of capture the flag...."

July 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Art of War

"...1600, U.S. Marshals, Blade, and now, The Art of War, in which he stars and also executive produced. And..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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