Category: Epics & Historical
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - The Great Train Robbery tells the story of Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland’s bold plan to find and punch England in the dick. The venue for said penis mashing in this case being
Quills (2000)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - Quills is like an Emily Bronte-style period piece; with lavish costumes, classically trained actors, and palatial sets. With the added bonus of rape, murder, and random buggery. The story takes place in post-revolution
Khartoum (1966)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - It is the 1880′s and the Sudan is under threat by Muhammad Ahmed (Laurence Olivier). Ahmed is a religious fanatic who sees himself as the prophesied redeemer of Islam, the “Mahdi”. Ahmed commands a large
Titanic (1997, 2012 3D)
By: SG2 (A Toast) - The movie Titanic will always have a special place in my heart. In 1997 I was a sophomore in high school. One day at my local mall I ran into an acquaintance who asked
Ride with the Devil (1999)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Two Beers) - Jake Roedel (Tobey Maguire) is a Missourian who defies his German father’s devotion to the Union and joins the South as a bushwhacker for Quantrill’s Raiders. He forms a small unit with several
Game Change (2012)
By Salvador Garcia (A Toast) - I thought it would be relevant to cover Game Change at MovieBoozer as it was HBO’s most watched original movie in the last 8 years, garnering 2.1 million viewers (Source: Entertainment Weekly) at its
I, Claudius (1976)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Two Beers) - A BBC television adaptation of Robert Graves’ books I, Claudius and Claudius the God, this miniseries is the story of how the Roman Emperor Claudius (Derek Jacobi), rose to power, despite crippling birth
John Carter (2012)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - Based on the fantasy novels by author Edgar Rice Burroughs (also known for Tarzan), John Carter is the story of a Virginia Cavalryman shortly after the Civil War moving to the southwest in
Breaker Morant (1980)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - The year is 1901, and the British Empire is mopping up a war in South Africa with the Dutch Boers. Lt. Harry “Breaker” Morant, along with two other officers are on trial for their
Roots (1977)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Two Beers) – Writer Alex Haley’s story of his own family lineage is used to tell the history of slavery in the Americas. The story begins in Gambia, West Africa in the mid-1700s as a young
