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by Robert Hutton & Duncan Weldon - War Movies Fans
Love classic war movies? So do we. From Troy to World War II to Vietnam to Aliens, we analyse which war films work and what they say about us.Banned from watching old war movies by their families, writers Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon meet in their secret basement to discuss why the navy don't simply sail round the other side of Navarone, and why everyone is too old in Saving Private Ryan. Each week, a different film, sometimes brought along by a guest. From Powell and Pressburger's Colonel Blimp to Starship Troopers to Where Eagles Dare to A Bridge Too Far, we've got you covered.What will win the Broadsword Radio Prize For The Most Implausible Moment?Who will take the Cooler King Award For Most Gratuitous American?And what gets the coveted Dam Busters Dog Prize For Most Problematic Moment?The podcast formerly known as A Pod Too Far. Hosted o
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- 4 days ago1h 9m
The Hunt For Red October
A rogue Russian submarine, heading for the US coast: does the captain plan to defect or start a nuclear war? Based on Tom Clancy's bestselling technothriller, this was a Cold War movie released just as the Cold War ended. Gripping from the first scene, it was a masterclass in film-making, helped by a stellar supporting cast, including Sam Neill and Tim Curry, both taken from us this year. Next week: Full Metal Jacket.Drop us a line! Send comments and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Would you like to know more? See the list of films we'd like to do? Buy merch? Visit our website: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago1h 7m
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Errol Flynn! Olivia de Havilland! Horses! The only thing that's hard to understand about this swashbuckling 1930s epic is the decision to set a film about the most famous moment of the Crimean War in India. And to portray one of history's great military blunders as a strategic masterstroke. Just what was going on in Hollywood? Still, despite Rob struggling to process what he was watching, it's a wild ride. And Duncan learns how the poem of the charge of the movie might, conceivably, have changed the course of World War 2. Next week: The Hunt For Red October. Drop us a line! Send comments and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Would you like to know more? See the list of films we'd like to do? Buy merch? Visit our website: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago1h 10m
Postbag Episode
What films do we wish were war films? What has most surprised us over the course of 100 war movies? Do British people watch different war films from Americans? Which battles really need a film?Yes, for one week only, we're answering your questions. Next week, normal service resumes with The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936).Drop us a line! Send comments and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Would you like to know more? See the list of films we'd like to do? Buy merch? Visit our website: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago1h 9m
The Way Ahead - with Mark Wallace and George Cochrane
In a war movie so classic that it informed much of what came after it, David Niven is given the job of turning raw recruits into fighting men. Released in 1944, The Way Ahead is like a Rosetta stone for understanding much of what came afterwards in British film and TV, from Dad's Army to, arguably, Are You Being Served? It was written by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, and directed by Carol Reed, a dream team that turns this army propaganda film into something special. Joining Rob to discuss it are Mark Wallace of the Total Politics Group and culture journalist George Cochrane.Next week, it's our mailbag episode.Coming in September, a mailbag episode! Send questions and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Merch! Our film list: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 20, 20261h 10m
Went The Day Well - Again! - With Jonathan Boff
Fan Service Month continues with a second look at a 1942 British film that was largely ignored at the time but has since come to be regarded as a stone cold classic. The inspiration for The Eagle Has Landed, it sees English villagers fight off Nazis disguised as British soldiers. Can there be anything more fun that watching Thora Hird pick up a rifle? We're joined by Prof Jonathan Boff of Birmingham University, to talk about what the film reveals about Britain, then and now.Next week: The Way Ahead.Coming in September, a mailbag episode! Send questions and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Merch! Our film list: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 13, 20261h 0m
Mrs Miniver
Fan Service Month continues with the film that Winston Churchill said was worth its weight in battleships, Mrs Miniver was intended by director William Wyler to be propaganda, but good. Incredibly popular on release, it told America about the British home front from the point of view of Greer Garson's upper middle-class housewife. But the real Mrs Miniver's life was far more complicated, and Garson herself made a surprise bid for the Dam Buster's Dog Prize For Most Problematic Moment.Next week: Went The Day Well? - Again!Coming in September, a mailbag episode! Send questions and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Merch! Our film list: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 6, 20261h 5m
Carve Her Name With Pride
As classic a war movie as classic war movies get! For what people are already calling "Fan Service Month", Rob and Duncan are parachuting into occupied France to help the resistance, in this much-loved retelling of the true story of Violette Szabo, who won a posthumous George Cross for her courage. The poem from the film became famous, but the real author was kept secret for decades. Will we be sobbing by the end?Next week: Mrs Miniver.Coming in September, a mailbag episode! Send questions and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Merch! Our film list: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jul 30, 20261h 1m
Heartbreak Ridge
As Happy Birthday America Month draws to a close, Rob and Duncan take on the job of instilling discipline in a podcast that's got sloppy as they watch Clint Eastwood directing and starring in Heartbreak Ridge. The year was 1986, Reagan was in the White House, and audiences were ready to see their military kick some butt. They were rewarded with the stirring tale of the Marine Corp's against-the-odds invasion of - have we got this right? - Grenada. Has a bigger movie ever been made about a smaller war? Did the Marines hope to get a Top Gun recruitment effect? Had they misunderstood their appeal to young men? Next week, Fan Service Month kicks off with Carve Her Name With Pride. Coming in September, a mailbag episode! Send questions and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Merch! Our film list: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
About War Movie Theatre | for Fans of Classic War Films and Cinema History
Love classic war movies? So do we. From Troy to World War II to Vietnam to Aliens, we analyse which war films work and what they say about us.Banned from watching old war movies by their families, writers Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon meet in their secret basement to discuss why the navy don't simply sail round the other side of Navarone, and why everyone is too old in Saving Private Ryan. Each week, a different film, sometimes brought along by a guest. From Powell and Pressburger's Colonel Blimp to Starship Troopers to Where Eagles Dare to A Bridge Too Far, we've got you covered.What will win the Broadsword Radio Prize For The Most Implausible Moment?Who will take the Cooler King Award For Most Gratuitous American?And what gets the coveted Dam Busters Dog Prize For Most Problematic Moment?The podcast formerly known as A Pod Too Far. Hosted o
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