Gods and Generals

Adapted by Ronald Maxwell from the book by Jeff Shaara (whose fathers novel The Killer Angels served as Gettysburgs basis), Gods has a lot of ground to cover, and doesnt cover it too well. ( Read More )

Marjorie Baumgarten

Ideas about economics and slavery often take a back seat to godly devotions and traditions. ( Read More )

Even when Jackson is felled by a bullet from his own side it doesnt stir a sense of outrage. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

The kind of movie beloved by people who never go to the movies, because they are primarily interested in something else the Civil War, for example and think historical accuracy is a virtue instead of an attribute. ( Read More )

Eric D. Snider

Three hours and 40 minutes is excessive even for a great movie, and if the movies only so so, its enough to make you want to secede from the theater. ( Read More )