War movies are often told from the “good guys” perspective, depicting tales of triumph and courage in a very black and white fashion. Although, a more balanced take was attempted with the Hollywood epic, The Longest Day, in which the monumental D-Day landing portrayed a gung-ho Allied force against an over-confident German war machine. Another …
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Don Siegel was one of the most competent and consistent filmmakers of his generation, who, during the latter half of his career, made Clint Eastwood a bona fide Hollywood movie star with Dirty Harry. After four collaborations with Eastwood and the box office disappointment of Charlie Varrick, Siegel crossed the Atlantic to direct the British spy-thriller, …
Setting aside Rob Zombie’s ‘hell-billy’ sequel from 2009, we now have an official new follow-up to John Carpenter’s Halloween, titled Halloween, which continues Laurie Strode’s traumatic existent 40 years later. However, if you’re not one for the controversial retcon approach, then I highly recommend the seamless Halloween II, extending ‘the night he came home’ for …