Historically, Western actors are so synonymous with the silver screen that it’s easy to forget some of the greats who made ...

After graduating from WSU in '63, Chaplin took an opportunity to be a "world problems" teacher, senior advisor, and head ...

John Wayne always exuded confidence. It was part of his schtick. Any hint of uncertainty and all that messianic swaggering would have come crashing down. Many of his co-stars said that he was equally ...

John Wayne is one of the famous movie stars of all time, and though he made movies in other genres, he will always be ...

The 1986 war film praised for its realistic portrayal is the first Hollywood movie written and directed by someone who served ...

Casey Chong with ten great neo-Western movies you need to see… The old-fashioned John Wayne era of Western movies may be long ...

A war movie directed by John Wayne is the worst when it comes to accuracy, according to experts. By Astha Saxena, Features Reporter. 03:30, Sat, Jun 7, 2025. Share Article. Share Article.

The Longest Day is a 1962 war film about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, during World War II - and it's been hailed as the best D-Day movie ever made ...

The nadir of Wayne’s career was “The Green Berets” (1968), a jingoistic war movie set in Vietnam that Renata Adler, in a review for The New York Times, memorably took down as “so ...

While John Wayne may be primarily known for his Western movies, the patriotic actor made sure to star in many war films, and these are the best.

His character in this movie may be named J.B. Books, but at this point, John Wayne was essentially playing himself. The Longest Day (1962) Image Credit: 20th Century Fox.