Last night, film critic and aviation enthusiast Nathan Cragun, finally got to see the war movie Midway which was released a day earlier on November 8, 2019! I was super hyped about it and many people contacted me asking for a completely honest review, so here goes. The Good: Uniform and equipment accuracy was absolutely …
MOVIE REVIEW: “Midway” (2019) directed by Ronald Emmerich Read More »
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – This Veterans Day, moviegoers everywhere can witness the most pivotal Pacific battle in World War II: “Midway.” The production reminds viewers just how precariously America’s future teetered in the early 1940s, and what cost, sacrifice and luck was required to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific. Director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The …
Upcoming War Movie Midway takes war in the Pacific seriously Read More »
If you’ve studied World War II at all then you’ve heard about the famous Battle of Midway, one of the turning points of the war in the Pacific. Barely six months after Pearl Harbor, following a nearly uninterrupted string of Japanese victories, the US Navy sank four Japanese Aircraft Carriers and a heavy cruiser for …
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UPDATE: Read our Movie Review of Midway (2019) The epic 1942 Battle of Midway is set to receive the Hollywood treatment in a film to be released in 2019 and that has a tentative budget of $100 million. The film is set to follow U.S. soldiers and sailors throughout the battle in a fictionalized account. …
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