One Sided Miniature Wargaming Discourse

I'd seen a previous movie on De Gaulle in 2012 at the French Film Festival here in Perth, Western Australia. It covered the critical six...

Disclaimer: I have just found a heap of posts that got left/lost as drafts.  This one was from sometime in 2021 I think.  I had purchased th...

An excellent movie in its own right and covering a generally forgotten bit of history - the early Palestinian fight against the loss of thei...

Part of the 2026 Nordic Film Festival, this excellent movie almost got away from me.  I was really pleased that I had the chance to see it, ...

This screened as part of the Italian film festival here in Perth.  Not quite Das Boot, but still a good watch and based on a true story.  Gr...

Having seen the shorts and one interview I was keen to see Ridley Scott's Napoleon.  I have very fond memories of The Duelists.  I read ...

Stephen lent me this DVD a while ago along with a documentary on the Spitfire, after we went to see the Lancaster documentary (see this post...

Part of the British Film Festival screening here in Perth. These reviews do this excellent program more justice than I can: https://www.aero...

The DVD I had was titled "John Carter of Mars". Always keen to check out Barsoom related material and so when the opportunity...

Nothing like watching a movie of the battle one is currently gaming. Somehow I had missed this movie when it came out in 1977, but I...

Following on from my previous post, Military Modelling isse No 1 had a review of this seminal movie that so inspired me (and still does). ...

I enjoyed this movie that I found on You Tube .  It was very close to the book and had good atmospherics.  However there was something that ...

This 1964 French movie screened as part of the recent Alliance Francaise de Perth classic French Film Festival.  Having just seen the Dunkir...

This is a good movie.  I liked how it was set in three parts: in the air, on the land and in the sea.  Once I twigged to it I also enjoyed h...

Some one left this at the club and I took it for safe keeping.  I thought I better watch it.  Impressive. The colonial period is not one I...

Only the most tenuous link to wargaming with this post, but check out my 8mm film debut for a laugh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpioM...

The King's Choice is a wonderful portrayal of politics, diplomacy and leadership during the Nazi invasion of Norway.  There are only li...

I watched Blitz Street on DVD recently, it was interesting, but fairly repetitive.  The interviews were good and the historical footage exc...

Not a period I know much about.  For some reason as a person who grew up with scares of "reds under the bed" and toppling dominoes...