It's late fall of 1944, and soldier Ron Eldard is the only survivor of his unit after a week of bloody fighting along the German border in the Hurtgen forest. Eldard, a rookie only a week ago, is now ...

“When Trumpets Fade”: This new HBO movie (8 p.m.) bucks a trend in war filmmaking by going back to World War II for its setting. It shows that, in addition to the “Good War” image, that conflict, like ...

WHEN TRUMPETS FADE. Saturday, 9 p. m., HBO. 3 1/2 STARS FOR THOSE OF US who weren’t alive at the time and that’s the majority of Americans today hearing the words “World War II” tends to summon up ...

Q. We watched HBOs When Trumpets Fade on the basis of your positive review. We found the movie and its star, Ron Eldard, very impressive. Were unfamiliar with his other work. Also, were starting to ...

Thanks to cinematic heroes such as John Wayne and Montgomery Clift, we think we know what World War II was like. Square-jawed, stand-up guys giving the Japanese and German bad guys what-for. Men's men ...