title: The Patriot function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); <br> studio: Columbia/TriStar Home Video MPAA rating: R starring: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs release year: 2000 film rating: Three-and-a-Half Stars reviewed by: Abbie Bernstein You have to hand it to director Roland Emmerich. The guy really knows how to stage a battle scene. Whether it’s U.S. Army types blasting the heck out of intrusive extraterrestrials in "Independence Day" or Colonial militia going toe-to-toe with the Redcoats in "The Patriot," when Emmerich gets down and dirty with combat, our attention is well and truly held. However, he doesn’t seem to be sure what temperature to set for the calmer sections.

title: Cold Mountain function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); studio: Miramax Home Entertainment MPAA rating: R starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone release year: 2003 film rating: Four Stars sound/picture: Four-and-a-Half Stars reviewed by: Paul Lingas Based on the best-selling novel by Charles Frazier, “Cold Mountain” is set during the U.S. Civil War, much of it taking place in the small North Carolina town of Cold Mountain. Inman (Jude Law) has been off at war for three-plus years. Waiting for him is Ada Monroe (Nicole Kidman), the daughter of a minister (Donald Sutherland) who is not equipped for rural life. Once the men leave for war and Monroe passes away, Ada is forced to make due at the farm of Black Cove by herself. Needless to say, she is ill-suited for the task and is forced to rely on the kindness of others to help her through the first winter. A constant presence and ...

title: Schindler's List function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); <br> studio: Universal Studios Home Video MPAA rating: R starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, Embeth Davidtz release year: 1993 film rating: Five Stars sound/picture: Three-and-a-Half Stars reviewed by: Paul Lingas Widely regarded as one of the best films of the 1990s, "Schindler’s List" tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a charming, charismatic German entrepeneur and war profiteer who ended up saving more than 1100 Jews from the concentration and forced labor camps of World War II Poland. It is a film that won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director honors for Steven Spielberg.

title: Buffalo Soldiers function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); studio: Miramax Home Entertainment MPAA rating: R for violence, drug content, strong language and some sexuality starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin, Elizabeth McGovern, Michael Pena, Leon Robinson, Dean Stockwell, Gabriel Mann release year: 2001 film rating: Two stars sound/picture: Three stars reviewed by: Bill Warren Black comedies about the military are not common these days, and really, never were. There's only a handful of good ones -- "MASH," "Dr. Strangelove," "Apocalypse Now" -- which make their points clearly and strongly, and which have a point of view. The war comedies that don't have a point of view, like "Kelly's Heroes," can be entertaining but also tend to leave a kind of sour taste in terms of ethics and morality. "Buffalo Soldiers" is one of the latter. It debuted at a film festival on September 7, 2001, and because of the events of the 11th, was quickly put on the shelf by its American distributor, Miramax. ...

title: The Right Stuff (2-Disc Special Edition) function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); <br> studio: Warner Home Video MPAA rating: PG starring: Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Scott Paulin, Dennis Quaid, Sam Shepard, Fred Ward, Kim Stanley, Barbara Hershey, Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed release year: 1983 – 2003 DVD release film rating: Five Stars sound/picture: Four Stars reviewed by: Mel Odom Mentioning the Space Race to today’s younger audience probably conjures up images of spaceships lined up at some galactic gate, but in the 1950s and 1960s, the term had a much more significant, and more deadly, implication. Two superpowers, the United States and the United Soviet Socialist Republics, each fresh from the horror of World War II and realizing that global domination by a superior military was possible, set about staking out new battleground high above the Earth.