Category: EPICS AND HISTORICAL
Gone with the Wind (1939)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Six Pack) - Arguably the most beloved movie of all time, and adjusted for inflation, still by far the most successful. Gone with the Wind tells the story of Scarlett O’Hara (Vivian Leigh), the spoiled daughter of a plantation owner, and her quest for an unhappy life by falling in love
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Rebuttal
By: The Cinephiliac (A Toast) - If you consider yourself a film buff or someone that is in any way passionate about film, chances are you’ve seen Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. If not, it’s probably sitting in your Netflix queue right now. Not viewing this film is like a clergyman having never read
Empire of the Sun (1987)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - Jim Graham is a young boy growing up in Shanghai, China in 1941. He is the son of wealthy parents, living in a neighborhood virtually untouched by World War II (now in its 2nd year). All that changes when the Japanese invade, separating Jim from his parents and
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (A Toast) - While working through the night on correspondences, writer Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer) is met by a disheveled intruder. Due to his ragged and weatherbeaten nature, the man quickly realizes Kipling doesn’t recognize him. He reveals himself to be a someone who had sat in Kipling’s office three years prior in
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - Brigand Raisuli (Sean Connery) is the leader of a large band of Berber horsemen, infamous for attacking and plundering the lands of the Sultan of Morocco. During one of his raids, he kidnaps wealthy american widow Eden Pedecaris (Candice Bergen) and her children, intent on ransoming them for
Emperor (2013)
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Three Beers) - The war with Japan has just ended, and the occupation has begun. General Bonner Fellers (Matther Fox) is assigned to accompany General Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) to organize the reconstruction of the island nation. Fellers is given the task of investigating top Japanese political and military officials for war
No (2012)
By: Henry J. Fromage (Two Beers) - Mexican actor extraordinaire Gael Garcia Bernal has his fingers in many, many pies, from acting to producing to directing in a wide range of genres, spanning Will Ferrell comedies like Casa de Mi Padre to challenging Indie fare like The Loneliest Planet. One particular, strangely specific genre has
Kon-Tiki (2012)
By: Henry J. Fromage (Three Beers) - I was a weird kid. While most of my peers were busy with Starfox and The Simpsons, I was nose deep in the adventures of Heinrich Schliemann and Robinson Crusoe. Even above both of those, and a man who combined aspects of them both, was Thor Heyerdahl. Like
A Royal Affair (2012)
By: B-Side (Two Beers) - For those of you being particularly thorough with your Oscar watch list this year, A Royal Affair is Denmark’s entry into the Not-Amour category; for fans of sumptuous costume dramas, the film is equally unfortunate to not be Anna Karenina, although it comes close; and for history buffs, the movie
Black Gold (2011)
By: Henry J. Fromage (Four Beers) - One of the principal joys of aimlessly meandering through the IMDB pages of famous actors is coming across a title wand wondering “What the hell is that?” Now that internationally financed pictures are getting more clout, this is happening more often. Foreign producers with money to blow
