Band of Brothers

My favorite war movies happen to be set in Europe between 1939 and 1945.....viewers will know what kinds of guns are being fired as opposed to the indistinct thuds of generic action movies.....my favorite WWII movie for the past few years has been "Saving Private Ryan".....Jarring editing techniques disorient viewers the way soldiers would be in real combat.....Band of Brothers" richly deserved to win all of its awards.... ... Full Review

The big falter that the film suffers is in taking the ending too far into the genre..... ... Full Review

Sure the movie isn't as shocking now that I've seen it a dozen times, but that initial viewing was something I won't soon forget - it actually made me... ... Full Review

October 28th, 2002 HBO's "Band of Brothers," a ten-episode miniseries that chronicles the exploits of a paratrooper infantry unit during World War II, was one of entertainment's most ambitious and critically-lauded undertakings in 2001. The newest offerings in the set are Ron Livingston's video diaries and the interactive field guide, tLivingston's diaries, punctuated by his wry sense of humor, are the best of the features. ... Full Review

Likewise, the cinematography is fantastic.....thousands of chutes fill the skies amid a backdrop of anti-aircraft flak and exploding planes.....shows himself as a more capable actor than his brother (or maybe it's just that this role is more compelling than anything Marky Mark has done lately).....Donnie Wahlberg is especially enjoyable as Seargeant Lipton....There are no blustering speeches or moments of fanfare with a dramatic score to emphasize the drama..... ... Full Review

When the men of Easy Company have a reunion, some precautions are in order. "I swore the hotel to secrecy," said Herb Suerth Jr., 85, of Minnesota. ... Full Article

Mon, Oct 26 06:58 AM There was a time when we could sit in front of the television and watch a story through the beginning, middle and end, all within in an hour. ... Full Article

"Occupation," a British look at the Iraq war on BBC America on Sunday, is one of the best television depictions yet of that conflict, and it isn't even a straightforward war story. ... Full Article

The guy scarfing down a corn dog at the State Fair this weekend just might be John King. The CNN anchor will be checking out the food stands on Saturday and taping segments for his weekly series, "State of the... ... Full Article

The former Broncos wide receiver, whose courageous post-stroke recovery I chronicled in the Sunday paper - if you missed it, it's here - turns 63 today (Monday). ... Full Article

There are essentially two halves to "Why We Fight" -- one of the finest episodes of this damn fine miniseries -- that seem unrelated at first by anything but chronology, but which turn out to be inextricably linked in the... ... Full Article