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The Wind and The Lion (1975)
This week we look at the John Milius epic tale of diplomacy versus military intervention in the early 1900s as Sean Connery’s Raisui kidnaps an American citizen, will the troops
This week we look at the John Milius epic tale of diplomacy versus military intervention in the early 1900s as Sean Connery’s Raisui kidnaps an American citizen, will the troops
In 2008, a group of self-absorbed and washed-up actors find themselves lost in the Vietnamese jungle while filming one of the most expensive war movies
We’ve loved every minute of making the podcast this year so we thought we’d round up some of our favourite episodes. We picked 10 highlights
Zip up your parkas, load your MP40s and prepare for the Fighting On Film Christmas Special! We’re joined by author Geoff Dyer, author of ‘Broadsword
This week we take a look at ‘Wolves of War’ a new British war film starring Ed Westwick, Matt Willis & Rupert Graves. The plot
This week we return to the works of Hammer Film Productions, having previously examined 1959’s Yesterday’s Enemy, with their first foray into the war movie
This week we tackle ‘The Rebels of PT-218‘ from the infamous ‘The Asylum’ film studio known for their mockbusters and cult b-movies including Sharknado and
This week we take a look at three classic SSVC productions made for the British military during the Cold War. SSVC or Services Sound &
We hit the beaches and make a dash for the sea wall this week as we talk Normandy on Film with Paul Woodadge of WW2TV.
This week we speak to David Carson MBE and examine a classic British Army of the Rhine era training film from the mid 80’s, ‘The
This week we are very pleased to be joined again by historian Gavin Mortimer as we tackle 1962’s Merrill’s Marauders. Gavin recently joined us for
We were thrilled to be invited back to We Have Ways of Making You Talk‘s festival to put on our FoF War Movie Quiz. It
This week we continue our series speaking to experts about interesting bits of kit featured in war films. This week we’re joined by Vickers Machine
Join us for the another edition of our Show & Tell series were we discuss films and programs we’ve been watching recently. In this edition we talk
This week we delve into the secretive world of the Navy SEALs with a classic of the Special Forces movie sub-genre. 1990’s ‘Navy SEALs’ was
This week we brave the North Atlantic, dodge marauding U-Boats and endure the biting cold to discuss 2020’s ‘Greyhound‘. Directed by Aaron Schneider with a
We’re thrilled to be joined by legendary British stuntman and stunt coordinator Jim Dowdall! Jim has worked in film for over 40 years as an
This week in a change of pace Fighting On Film moves into new territory discussing a documentary film for the first time. We were very
This week we discuss the only Hollywood depiction of the 1983 US Invasion of Grenada – ‘Heartbreak Ridge’. Directed, produced and staring Clint Eastwood Heartbreak
Fix your bayonets, check your canteens and load your Lewis Gun as we follow Gene Hackman’s Major Foster deep into the desert. This week we
This week we explore depictions of war in films which aren’t strictly war films. Perhaps the most famous examples of this might include the Vietnam
This week we discuss the under appreciated John Irvin film, ‘Hamburger Hill‘. The film charts the experiences of a platoon of the 101st Airborne as
Pull on your respirators, load your MAC-10s and join us for Who Dares Wins (1982). An 80s British Cold War action movie starring Lewis Collins,
We round out ANZAC Month with a look at 2006’s Kokoda which follows an Australian patrol lost behind enemy lines during the chaos of the
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