Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan (1998) (Image: DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures)As a person with a deep interest in history and a love of films, it's only natural that I would delve deep into the war genre. Films are a perfect medium to look back at the past and understand where we as human beings came from, the experiences that others faced and the sequence of events leading to today.Despite the harsh realities of war, it is important that we acknowledge the vulnerabilities felt by our predecessors and educate ourselves about history. That, and a guilty pleasure for action films, is...