War in the Movies Articles

Heather's Screening Room: Five Came Back

Five Came Back is a Netflix documentary about five legendary Hollywood directors who served in WWII by documenting the war. This piece shares my personal reflections on how their choice to serve”and what they saw changed their art and their lives.

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Heather's Screening Room: My Thoughts on Ike: Countdown to D-Day

This is my review (Heather) of Ike: Countdown to D-Day—an untypical D-Day film that skips the battles and focuses on leadership, pressure, and the weight of command behind the invasion.

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War in the Movies: A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun presents the war experience as a slow, tense, and exhausting ordeal, filled with long stretches of waiting, moments of casual conversation, and sudden bursts of violence that disrupt the routine.

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War in the Movies: To The Shores of Iwo Jima

One of the most iconic moments in the documentary is the footage of the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi, which occurred on February 23, 1945.

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Heather's Screening Room: Mister Roberts - Part 2

Does Doug or Ensign Pulver have good leadership skills? Here are my thoughts.

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Heather's Screening Room: Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts (1955) follows Lieutenant Doug Roberts, a cargo officer aboard a Navy supply ship in the Pacific during WWII. Frustrated by his monotonous duties and a tyrannical captain, he sacrifices his own ambitions to support his crew.

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War in the Movies: Sands of Iwo Jima

The film follows Sergeant Stryker, a hardened and battle-tested Marine who takes a group of raw recruits under his wing as they prepare for one of the most brutal battles of the Pacific War.