War movies live and die by the battle scenes, as putting these young men's lives in danger sells the idea that war is hell, and these are the best.

Excellent battle scenes are a key part of the war genre, and many TV shows are better than any war movie for their spectacle and the time we have to get to know the characters. That said, battle ...

One of the main things war movies try to show is a real-life battle or siege to spruce things up a bit and keep audiences invested in them. It's a common tactic amongst both good and bad films, as ...

Ridley Scott’s penchant for scale is in everything he’s most famous for. Sprawling, Douglas Trumbull’d up vistas of a futuristic Los Angeles, a massive derelict craft in the middle of uncharted space, ...