HBO Films’ Taking Chance is neither a John Wayne flag-waver nor an Oliver Stone question-authority film. In many ways, it is best compared to an Andrew Wyeth painting: powerful because of its nuances of strength, beauty and sadness.

This review of the movie Defiance from director Edward Zwick and Paramount Vantage focuses on the moral conflicts depicted in this film about a little-known but effective resistance movement by a group of Polish Jews in World War II.

Tom Cruise stars as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in this new film about the July 20, 1944 plot to kill Adolph Hitler. Armchair General reviews Valkyrie.

Executive Producer Alex Holmes talks in an exclusive interview about House of Saddam, a four-hour miniseries that debuts on HBO December 7, 2008. The miniseries examines the life of Iraq’s brutal dictator and the lives of those around him.

Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie talks with Armchair General in an exclusive interview about the movie Valkyrie, what inspired him to write it, and the historical events behind it.

A review of the PBS Medal of Honor special, by Armchair General Editor-in-Chief Jerry D. Morelock, reports that it is must-see TV. The documentary gives the history of the medal and tells the amazing stories of 18 individuals who have received it.

A review of “The Presidents” collection, an outstanding, new, “must see” DVD set covering ten American presidents. This series shows that American leaders from Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan faced challenges similar to those of today.

Generation Kill interview with author-consulting producer Evan Wright and key military advisor SSgt. Eric Kocher about the HBO Films adaptation of Wright’s award-winning bestseller depicting Recon Marines in the Iraq War.

How did you first learn of the Katyn Massacre? If you’ve seen the film, how did it affect your understanding of this long-concealed atrocity?

What did you think of The Counterfeiters’ portrayal of OPERATION BERNHARD?

Award-winning screenwriter Kirk Ellis on John and Abigail Adams, sacrifice, civic responsibility, and bringing David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize – winning Adams biography to television.

Armchair General tells you what to expect in this new television event from the creative team that brought Band of Brothers to HBO.

Still the best of Hollywood’s Coming Home films and among the greatest American produced ensemble pieces, there is good reason why the film won seven Academy Awards.

To ease the longings for a chance to sit in the cockpit of a World War II fighter or bomber; experts have teamed up to produce a ten DVD set of noted aircraft still flying from the war.

Wyatt Kingseed takes a look at some of the most egregious instances in the genre of directors tinkering to improve ticket sales.

America’s most divisive war prompted the production of a mixed bag of films. We list our picks for the best and the worst of the lot.