Category Archives: War

5-Word 365 #323 – The Guard Post

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

I haven’t been back to South Korea in a while. Time to fix that. Care to join me? About these ads

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5-Word 365 #315 – Machine Gun Preacher

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

Yes, I know this isn’t a documentary. I had company most of the day so I didn’t get the chance to see the flick I had selected, but this is based on a true story. That counts for something, right?

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5-Word 365 #239 – Iron Sky

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

I imagine I’m a little late to the party with this one. Oh well, I guess it’s a novelty to do a WTF Sunday review that most of you will have heard of.

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Andy Finally Watches… The Last Samurai

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

Welcome to a new occasionally regular feature here at 5-Word, that I’m calling Andy Finally Watches Movies He Really Should Have Seen By Now. There are a lot of movies that you might be surprised to learn Andy hasn’t watched yet, … Continue reading →

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5-Word 365 #206 – The Final Countdown

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

Remember The Philadelphia Experiment? That flick where the two US Navy sailors from WW2 got thrown into the eighties? Well this is the flip-side of that story, only with less soppy romantic subplots and more fighter planes.

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5-Word 365 #202 – The Dark Knight Rises

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

Are there any movie sites not reviewing this today? I know Fridays are meant to be for the kids here at 5-Word, but this is rated 12A so that technically makes it a kids’ film. All kids’ films should be … Continue reading →

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5-Word 365 #201 – And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

This is a movie that I bought on DVD amongst a job lot maybe six or seven years ago and I’m only getting around to watching it today. Shocking. I really wish I hadn’t waited so long.

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5-Word 365 #156 – Hunter Prey

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

Is this turning into Sci-fi B-Movie Week? Seems so. Well, let’s run with that plan for now; see where it takes us.

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5-Word 365 #155 – Screamers

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

When Keith and I were in the pub yesterday doing our Prometheus post-mortem, he suggested this movie for today’s column. He cited it as an example of a sci-fi movie committing to its Big Ideas instead of drowning them in … Continue reading →

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5-Word 365 #089 – Afghan Knights

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

I am really looking forward to this weekend. Tomorrow, I get to watch a kids film that I have been eager to see for quite a while but just never got around to, and then on Saturday I’m off to … Continue reading →

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