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7 visceral WWI movies and shows to watch after you experience '1917'
Movie critics everywhere are wetting their pants over 1917, a taut portrayal of World War I combat that Task & Purpose praised as the best war movie in years. For many Americans, the film will be their first on-screen exposure to the horrors of World War I, which is largely overshadowed in the American zeitgeist by the triumph of World War II. But that doesn't mean it has to be the last time state-side movie-goers step foot into the trenches.
To begin to understand the experience of World War I, as well as the similarities between soldiers that extend across all wars and eras, the Task & Purpose staff put together a list of the most visceral, engaging and informative depictions of The Great War that we know of.
Here are 7 World War I movies you should check out.
It looks like we're getting 'M*A*S*H' in Afghanistan with '68 Whiskey'
An upcoming television show about Army medics in Afghanistan is being billed as a comedic drama with an action flick's budget, but to me it just looks a lot like a post-9/11 version of M*A*S*H.
The new Netflix ‘Space Force’ series sounds way better than the actual military branch
It's been nine months since Netflix first announced that Steve Carell would star in new "workplace comedy" Space Force, and the streaming giant has finally delivered us a slate of beautiful babies to populate what we're praying will resemble The Office in freakin' outer space.
Seven actors, including the legendarily droll John Malkovich and rubber-faced Ben Schwartz, have joined the cast of Space Force as members of the team that, led by Carell, is tasked with actually building the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces from the ground up, Variety reported on Thursday.
CBS has cancelled infuriatingly inaccurate military drama 'The Code'
It looks like America broke
The Code, and not in a good way.
CBS has decided not to renew the "modestly rated" but notoriously inaccurate military drama for a second season, Deadline reported on Tuesday, just one day after the first season finale.
Dana Delany, who starred as the fictional Col. Glenn Turnbull, shared the news of the cancellation on Twitter. "I'll never make General," she wrote," but I loved this cast of stellar actors & know we'll meet again. Semper Fidelis."
Marine vet Rob Riggle to travel the world as a 'global investigator' for Discovery
Editor's Note: This article by James Barber originally appeared onMilitary.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.
Marine Corps veteran Rob Riggle has enjoyed an amazing post-military career as a comedian, actor and creator of funny videos for the FOX NFL pregame show. Now, he's going to put his self-proclaimed "extensive knowledge of everything" to use as host of the Discovery Channel series "Rob Riggle: Global Investigator."
Hulu's 'Catch-22' remake looks like the sarcastic war story we've all been waiting for
The first trailer for Hulu's remake of Joseph Heller's World War II satire Catch-22 just dropped, and it looks like it's going to be the dark, hilarious, and sarcastic war story you've been waiting for.
