War | Cinema Lowdown

By Chaz Lipp The Lowdown: Good intentions to convey an important message about the PTSD suffered by combat veterans clashes with first-time director J...

A gripping war thriller with a sterling ensemble cast and a focus on the decision-making process during a drone strike....

Not much here except a strong dramatic performance by Tina Fey....

The Imitation Game is a World War II thriller and a character study about codebreaker Alan Turing, played expertly by Benedict Cumberbatch....

By Chaz Lipp Though its limited release of 3,000 copies has already sold out, it’s well worth tracking down Twilight Time’s recent Blu-ray r...

By Chaz Lipp If ever there was a movie in dire need of re-evaluation, it’s Spike Lee’s overlooked 1999 gem Summer of Sam (which makes its Blu-ray ...

By Chaz Lipp Writer-director Peter Berg’s retelling of a tragically unsuccessful 2005 U.S. Navy SEALS mission in Afghanistan, Lone Survivor, i...

By Chaz Lipp Twenty years after its original theatrical release, during which it grossed more than $320 million worldwide and received seven Academy A...

By Sherry Lipp As strange as it may seem to day, when the original Red Dawn made its debut in theaters in 1984, the thought of a Russian invasion seem...