Review Haiku – Zulu
Posted on January 30, 2012
Small mission outpost
Guarded by a few soldiers
Holds off the Zulus
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Tagged with: 1964, 4 stars, based on a true story, Cy ENDFIELD, movie review, period film, Review Haiku, soldiers, south africa, united kingdom, war film
Review Haiku – The Final Countdown
Posted on January 20, 2012
Unusual storm
Sends the Nimitz back in time
To the eve of war
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Tagged with: 1980, 4 stars, Don TAYLOR, hawaii, movie review, period film, Review Haiku, sailors, science fiction, united states, war film
Review Haiku – The Dirty Dozen
Posted on January 5, 2012
A dozen misfits
Trade prison for a mission
Killing some Nazis
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Tagged with: 1967, 4 stars, Academy Award, action film, based on a book, germany, military, movie review, period film, prostitution, Review Haiku, Robert ALDRICH, soldiers, united kingdom, united states, war film
Review Haiku – The Battle of Midway
Posted on January 1, 2012
A short film of war
Meant to raise spirits at home
Shows Midway as is
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Tagged with: 1942, 3 stars, Academy Award, documentary, John FORD, military, movie review, pilots, propaganda, Review Haiku, war film
Review Haiku – Midway
Posted on December 30, 2011
Blind Man’s Bluff with ships
Where in the whole Pacific
Are the Task Forces?
Pacific Island
A turning point of war
With reused B-roll
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Tagged with: 1976, 3 stars, hawaii, Jack SMIGHT, japan, military, movie review, period film, pilots, Review Haiku, sailors, war film
Review Haiku – Tora! Tora! Tora!
Posted on December 29, 2011
War plans being made
To wake the sleeping giant
And give him resolve
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Tagged with: 1970, 4 stars, Academy Award, based on a book, based on a true story, hawaii, japan, Kinji FUKASAKU, military, movie review, period film, pilots, Review Haiku, Richard FLEISCHER, sailors, subtitles, thriller, tokyo, Toshio MASUDA, united states, war film, washington dc
Review Haiku – Cambridge Spies
Posted on December 27, 2011
Privileged and naïve
Four Cambridge students become
Traitors to themselves
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Tagged with: 2003, 4 stars, based on a true story, betrayal, cambridge, cold war, france, london, period film, Review Haiku, secret agent, spain, television, Tim FYWELL, treason, united kingdom, united states, war film, washington dc
Review Haiku – The Train
Posted on December 16, 2011
Nazis take French art
The next stop is Germany
The French halt the train
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Tagged with: 1964, 3 stars, based on a book, black and white film, france, John FRANKENHEIMER, military, movie review, period film, Review Haiku, thriller, united states, war film
Review Haiku – Breaker Morant
Posted on November 11, 2011
Three Australians
Soldiers accused of murder
Orders or revenge?
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Tagged with: 1980, 4 stars, australia, based on a true story, Bruce BERESFORD, military, movie review, period film, revenge, Review Haiku, soldiers, south africa, war film
Review Haiku – Blackadder Goes Forth
Posted on November 3, 2011
Captain Blackadder
In the trenches in Europe
Fighting to leave war
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