Jul 102014
 
Aces High

Rating: ★★★½☆
Late in WWI, a burnt-out squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps finds out that his newest pilot is his girlfriend’s brother. The new recruit soon discovers that the reality of aerial combat is far from the chivalry he had imagined, and the odds of his survival are almost non-existent. The pilots drink every night to cope with their fears, and the commander can not get into his plane unless he has had several drinks first. The portrayal of burnt-out pilots hiding their terror beneath endless carousing is not new, but it is all put together brilliantly with stunning aerial scenes. Read More…

Dec 092010
 
Battle of Britain

Rating: ★★★★☆
Battle of Britain (1969) is a grimly realistic and astonishingly accurate presentation of the outnumbered RAF’s desperate struggle to protect Britain against the powerful Luftwaffe during WWII. Read More…