Fighting On Film - The War Movie Podcast!

This week we had the pleasure of speaking to a young independent filmmaker - Toby Kearton. Toby has written, directed and produced a number of short films often exploring complex themes. Some of his most interesting work explores the war movie genre, The Little Picture, The Dust Child, Hidden Wounds and his upcoming short Kamerad. We discussed his films, the challenges of independent filmmaking and his future projects.Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lace up your desert boots, load that Vickers K magazine and start up the jeep this week we review the entire first series of the BBC's 'SAS: Rogue Heroes'. Charting the formative operations of the world famous SAS, the new series written by Steven Knight, directed by Tom Shankland and staring Connor Swindells, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Allen, Sofia Boutella and Dominic West, gives us a rip-roaring, stylish take on the unit's creation.Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To help celebrate hitting the 100 episode milestone we called on you - our amazing listeners - to ‘Ask Us Anything’ and you didn't disappoint! In this very special episode we chat about the future, our favourite episodes and answer questions about everything from our favourite non-war films to why Chewy didn't get a medal at the end of Star Wars: A New Hope...Thank you for supporting Fighting On Film, here's to the next 100 episodes! - Robbie, Matt & KatieFollow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us this week as we discuss the brand new adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's seminal anti-war novel - All Quiet on the Western Front. We discuss the bold changes and stark approach this new adaptation takes. Directed by Edward Berger the film gives a visceral and utilitarian take on Remarque's novel sacrificing character development to convey the same anti-war message.Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are very excited to bring you our first thoughts on the BBC's brand new series from Steven Knight charting the formation of the Special Air Service - SAS Rogue Heroes. We were kindly invited down to a press screening to see the first episode of the series and to speak to members of the cast and production team. We bring you our first thoughts on the new show!Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening!  Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we cover our first Disney film with 1971's Bedknobs and Broomsticks. The late Angela Lansbury stars in this fantasy-war film set in the August of 1940. Three cockney evacuees are transported into a world of magic by Egalentine Price, an apprentice witch who wants to use her magic to aid the war effort.This film has possibly the best depiction of the make up of the British and Commonwealth military during the war in the Portobello Road sequence and its representation of the Home Guard isn't bad either! Join the boys as they revisit this childhood classic.Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening!  Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our show-and-tell format is back, and this week we talk TV with Channel 4's recent cyber-warfare drama 'The Undeclared War' and 'Tour of Duty' from CBS in 1987. Matt talks through the highlights of Peter Kominsky's drama that pits Simon Pegg as the head of GCHQ as they attempt to stop a cyber attack on the UK. Robbie gives his view on the first few episodes of the Vietnam war series 'Tour of Duty' which stars Terrance Knox as Staff Sgt 'Zeke' Anderson as he turns his raw recruits into a fighting force in 'nam in 1968.There's even time to have a laugh at war movie food puns, put forward by the FoF Faithful!Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcome back Historian Peter Caddick-Adams back to show to cover 1969s 'The Bridge at Remagen' that pits George Segal against Robert Vaughn as they battle for the bridge! Directed by John Guillermin and produced by David L. Wolper, the production of the film is just as eventful as the action on screen as the filming was interrupted by the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. A war movie in the vein of Kelly's Heroes and other late 60s American war films, Bridge at Remagen goes against the gun-ho war films of the 50s and shows 1945 in a far more accurate way. Both commanders are at breaking point as well as the men below them. Peter also brings his extensive knowledge of the battle to the show and even regales us with Bridge Demolition tips from his time in the British Army!Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening!  Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we examine the 1959 Korean War movie 'Pork Chop Hill', it was chosen by our fantastic Patreon supporters in this month's Patreon Pick, you can join the supporting cast for as little as £2.50 and have your say each month (just one of the perks we have on offer)! Pork Chop Hill sees Gregory Peck lead a company of US soldiers in one of the final battles of the Korean War.Directed by Oscar winner Lewis Milestone the film is one of the classic American combat films with strong casting and great action sequences that elevate this film over many of its contemporaries.Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening!  Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we cover John Woo's 'Windtalkers' the big budget MGM-backed blockbuster that famously flopped at the box office being panned by critics at the time of release in 2002. Starring Nic Cage and Christian Slater as USMC sergeants tasked with looking after Navajo Codetalkers played by Adam Beach and Roger Willie, during the battle of Saipan in 1944. Despite its huge scale and attention to detail, the film fails to successfully tell the story of the bravery and sacrifice of the Navajo Codetalkers.  Join us as we attempt to unravel the missed opportunities of this failed epic.Follow us on Twitter @FightingOnFilm and on Facebook. For more check out our website www.fightingonfilm.comThanks for listening! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/fighting-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.