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History Buffs

All Episodes 2015 - 2024

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  • 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z
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  • 19h (57 episodes)
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A show dedicated solely to reviewing historical movies. Ever wondered how much a film is based on a true story? This is the show to find out

97 episodes

Special 3 Based On vs Inspired By

  • 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z20m

Don't worry, I'm still working on big reviews. This little video is to get some content on the channel to help pass the time.

Special 5 HB Mini: The 13th Warrior

  • 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z20m

Special 6 HB Mini: No Man's Land

  • 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z20m

Special 8 Midway Trailer Impressions

  • 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z20m

Here is a mini episode while I finish writing the script for my next big review. Hopefully that should be out somewhat soon. As always thanks for your patience!

Just a quick thank you for subscribing to my channel, making this video possible and ending 2019 on a great note! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday this Christmas!

Special 10 Vikings Cast Interviews

  • 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z20m

While I'm working on the Elizabeth Golden Age review, here are some of my favourite interviews during my time on the Vikings set. I'll be uploading the Vikings Crew interviews soon! Hope you enjoy.

Here are some of my favourite interviews with the Crew during my time on the Vikings set. Hope you enjoy!

Special 12 HB Mini: The Aeronauts

  • 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z20m

Special 13 Hb Update 21st July 2015

  • 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z20m

2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

Special 17 HB Podcast Q and A

Special 17 HB Podcast Q and A

  • 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z20m

Special 37 Three reviews on the way!

  • 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z20m

Season Premiere

2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

2015x01 Zulu

Season Premiere

2015x01 Zulu

  • 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z20m

First ever episode of History Buffs is honored by taking on Zulu.

2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

2015x02 Gladiator

2015x02 Gladiator

  • 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z20m

Nick Hodges returns with Episode 2 which will focus on the 2000 hit movie 'Gladiator'

2015-08-01T04:00:00Z

2015x03 We Were Soldiers

2015x03 We Were Soldiers

  • 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z20m

We Were Soldiers is a 2002 war film that dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965. Nick Hodges breaks it apart from fact or fiction.

2015-08-15T04:00:00Z

2015x04 Kingdom of Heaven

2015x04 Kingdom of Heaven

  • 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z20m

Apparently, Orlando Bloom was suffering from a nasty cold when shooting a big chunk of this movie. I think it shows...Anyway, this is the 2005 epic historical drama film set during the Crusades of the 12th century. Nick Hodges breaks it apart from fact or fiction.

2015-08-29T04:00:00Z

2015x05 The Last Samurai

2015x05 The Last Samurai

  • 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z20m

The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic historical war film in which Tom Cruise portrays a formerly retired officer of the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th Century Japan. The film's plot was inspired by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigō Takamori, and the westernization of Japan by foreign powers.

2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

2015x06 The Patriot

2015x06 The Patriot

  • 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z20m

The Patriot is a 2000 epic historical fiction war film directed by Roland Emmerich, and starring Mel Gibson, Chris Cooper, Heath Ledger, and Jason Isaacs. The film takes place during the events of the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. Nick Hodges rips it apart from fact or fiction.

2015x07 The Ghost and the Darkness

  • 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z20m

This film is a fictionalized account of the Tsavo Man-Eaters, two lions that attacked and killed workers at Tsavo, Kenya, during the building of the Uganda-Mombasa Railway in East Africa in 1898.

2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

2015x08 300

2015x08 300

  • 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z20m

300 is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae within the Persian Wars.

2015x09 1492: Conquest of Paradise

  • 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z20m

"Well it had to happen. I just had to find a history movie I hated even more than The Patriot! But you know what's funny, you'd think that casting probably THE most French actor you could possibly think of to play the most famous Italian explorer in history would piss me off. But no.....it doesn't" - HistoryBuffs 1492: Conquest of Paradise is an epic 1992 adventure/drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch, which tells the fictionalized story of the discovery of the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (Gérard Depardieu) and the effect this had on the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

2015x10 Amadeus

2015x10 Amadeus

  • 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z20m

In this episode we look at the original Rock n Roll bad boy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! And who says this show isn't classy and sophisticated! Amadeus is a 1984 American period drama film directed by Miloš Forman, adapted by Peter Shaffer from his stage play Amadeus. The story, set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century, is a fictionalized biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2015-12-23T05:00:00Z

2015x11 Braveheart

2015x11 Braveheart

  • 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z20m

Well, you have all been asking for Braveheart and for this Christmas that's exactly what you're gonna get! Although this review may not look too kindly on what is regarded as one of the most historically inaccurate movies of all time.

Season Premiere

2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

2016x01 Waterloo

Season Premiere

2016x01 Waterloo

  • 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z20m

For those of you want realism in their historical movies. To watch a film that cares as much about about authenticity as you do. Look no further. Over the course of this video you will hopefully understand why this film means so much to me. This is Waterloo

2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

2016x02 Alexander

2016x02 Alexander

  • 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z20m

"Well this is a first one guys. A historically accurate film that sucks. Now remember this is just my opinion but hopefully you will understand my reasons why I don't like Alexander. " Alexander is a 2004 epic historical drama film based on the life of Alexander the Great.

2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

2016x03 Lawrence of Arabia

2016x03 Lawrence of Arabia

  • 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z20m

Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic historical drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence.

2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

2016x04 Goodfellas

2016x04 Goodfellas

  • 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z20m

The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill (the first-person narrator in the film) and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980.

2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

2016x05 Agora

2016x05 Agora

  • 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z20m

The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, a female mathematician, philosopher and astronomer in late 4th-century Roman Egypt, who investigates the flaws of the geocentric Ptolemaic system and the heliocentric model that challenges it. Surrounded by religious turmoil and social unrest, Hypatia struggles to save the knowledge of classical antiquity from destruction. The story uses historical fiction to highlight the relationship between religion and science at the time amidst the decline of Greco-Roman polytheism and the Christianization of the Roman Empire

2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

2016x06 Saving Private Ryan

2016x06 Saving Private Ryan

  • 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z20m

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war drama film set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 American epic historical action-adventure drama film written, produced and directed by Peter Weir, set in the Napoleonic Wars.

2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

2016x08 Apocalypto

2016x08 Apocalypto

  • 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z20m

Set in pre-Columbian Yucatan and Guatemala around the year 1511, even though the Mayan collapse happened some 600 years earlier, Apocalypto depicts the journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and destruction of his village at a time when the Mayan civilization is about to come to an end.

2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

2016x09 Apollo 13

2016x09 Apollo 13

  • 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z20m

The film depicts astronauts Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise aboard Apollo 13 for America's third Moon landing mission. En route, an on-board explosion deprives their spacecraft of most of its oxygen supply and electric power, forcing NASA's flight controllers to abort the Moon landing, and turning the mission into a struggle to get the three men home safely.

Season Premiere

2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

2017x01 Dances with Wolves

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2017x01 Dances with Wolves

  • 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z20m

Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film directed by, produced by, and starring Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake and tells the story of a Union Army lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post and his dealings with a group of Lakota Indians. The film is credited as a leading influence for the revitalization of the Western genre of filmmaking in Hollywood. In 2007, Dances with Wolves was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"

2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

2017x02 Band of Brothers

2017x02 Band of Brothers

  • 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z20m

Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan. The episodes first aired in 2001 on HBO. The series won Emmy and Golden Globe awards in 2001 for best miniseries. The series dramatizes the history of "Easy" Company (part of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division) from jump training in the United States through its participation in major actions in Europe, and up until Japan's capitulation and war's end. The events portrayed are based on Ambrose's research and recorded interviews with Easy Company veterans. The series took literary license, adapting the recorded history for the purposes of dramatic effect and series structure. All of the characters portrayed are based on members of Easy Company. Some of the men were recorded in contemporary interviews, which viewers see as preludes to each episode. The men's identities are not revealed until the finale. The title for the book and the series comes from the St Crispin's Day Speech in William Shakespeare's play Henry V, delivered by Henry V of England before the Battle of Agincourt. Ambrose quotes a passage from the speech on his book's first page; this passage is spoken by Carwood Lipton in the series' finale.

2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

2017x03 Timeline

2017x03 Timeline

  • 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z20m

Timeline is a 2003 science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Donner, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. A team of present-day archaeologists are sent back in time to rescue their professor from medieval France in the middle of a battle. It stars Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis and Anna Friel among others. Jerry Goldsmith composed the original score, which would have been his last before his death in 2004, but it was replaced with a new score by Brian Tyler, after the first cut was re-edited and Goldsmith's increasing health problems did not allow him to continue. The film was poorly received by critics and was a box office failure.

2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

2017x04 Tora! Tora! Tora!

2017x04 Tora! Tora! Tora!

  • 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z20m

Tora! Tora! Tora! is a 1970 Japanese-American historical war film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku and stars an ensemble cast, including Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Sō Yamamura, E. G. Marshall, James Whitmore and Jason Robards. The title is the Japanese codeword used to indicate that complete surprise had been achieved. "Tora" means "tiger" in Japanese.

2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

2017x05 Rome Season One

2017x05 Rome Season One

  • 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z20m

Rome is a British-American-Italian historical drama television series created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller. The show's two seasons were broadcast on HBO, BBC Two, and RaiDue between 2005 and 2007. They were later released on DVD and Blu-ray. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. The series features a sprawling cast of characters, many of whom are based on real figures from historical records, but the lead protagonists are ultimately two soldiers named Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, who find their lives intertwined with key historical events. Rome was a ratings success for HBO and the BBC. The series received much media attention from the start, and was honored with numerous awards and nominations in its two-series run. The series was filmed in various locations, but most notably in the Cinecittà studios in Italy.

2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

2017x06 Rome Season Two

2017x06 Rome Season Two

  • 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z20m

Rome is a British-American-Italian historical drama television series created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller. The show's two seasons were broadcast on HBO, BBC Two, and RaiDue between 2005 and 2007. They were later released on DVD and Blu-ray. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. The series features a sprawling cast of characters, many of whom are based on real figures from historical records, but the lead protagonists are ultimately two soldiers named Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, who find their lives intertwined with key historical events. Rome was a ratings success for HBO and the BBC. The series received much media attention from the start, and was honored with numerous awards and nominations in its two-series run. The series was filmed in various locations, but most notably in the Cinecittà studios in Italy.

2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

2017x07 From Hell

2017x07 From Hell

  • 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z20m

From Hell is a 2001 American mystery horror film directed by the Hughes brothers and loosely based on the graphic novel From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders.

2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

2017x08 Tombstone

2017x08 Tombstone

  • 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z20m

A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.

Season Premiere

2018-02-19T05:00:00Z

2018x01 Gettysburg

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2018x01 Gettysburg

  • 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z20m

In 1863, the Northern and Southern forces fight at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

2018x02 The Untouchables

2018x02 The Untouchables

  • 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z20m

During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.

2018-05-12T04:00:00Z

2018x03 Captain Phillips

2018x03 Captain Phillips

  • 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z20m

The story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

2018x04 The Wolf of Wall Street

  • 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z20m

Based on the story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

2018x05 Dunkirk

2018x05 Dunkirk

  • 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z20m

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during the Battle of Dunkirk in World War II.

2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

2018x06 The Death of Stalin

2018x06 The Death of Stalin

  • 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z20m

Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.

Season Premiere

2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

2019x01 Casino

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2019x01 Casino

  • 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z20m

A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive, compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast living and fast loving socialite.

2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

2019x02 The Terror

2019x02 The Terror

  • 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z20m

In 1848, two real life warships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, sent on a Royal Naval expedition to find the treacherous Northwest Passage become trapped in ice near Arctic and face starvation, mutiny, cannibalism and a demonic polar bear.

2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

2019x03 A Bridge Too Far

2019x03 A Bridge Too Far

  • 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z20m

Today is the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, the basis of WW2 classic, "A Bridge Too Far." Hope you guys enjoy!

2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

2019x04 Elizabeth

2019x04 Elizabeth

  • 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z20m

Season Premiere

2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

2020x01 Elizabeth the Golden Age

Season Premiere

2020x01 Elizabeth the Golden Age

  • 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z20m

2020x02 Bohemian Rhapsody Part One

  • 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z20m

2020x03 Bohemian Rhapsody Part Two

  • 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z20m

Part Two

Season Premiere

2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

2021x01 Midway Part One

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2021x01 Midway Part One

  • 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z20m

Thank you guys so much for your patience. Quarantine has made somethings difficult and I know its been a while but it's finally here! I hope you enjoy it!

2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

2021x02 Midway Part Two

2021x02 Midway Part Two

  • 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z20m

As promised here is Part Two of my Midway review. Hope you guys enjoy it :)

2021x03 The Last of the Mohicans

  • 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z20m

Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well. For this episode, I thought I'd cover one of my most requested reviews, with The Last of the Mohicans. A certain childhood favourite of it. As always, thank you for your patience and continued support. Hope you guys enjoy!

Season Premiere

2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

2022x01 Narcos: Season One Part One

Season Premiere

2022x01 Narcos: Season One Part One

  • 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z20m

2022x02 Narcos: Season One Part Two

  • 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z20m

2022x03 Narcos Season Two Part One

  • 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z20m

2022x04 Narcos Season Two Part Two

  • 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z20m

2022-11-15T05:00:00Z

2022x05 The Founder

2022x05 The Founder

  • 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z20m

Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well! For this episode, let's see how historically accurate is The Founder! We hope you enjoy!

Season Premiere

2023-02-11T05:00:00Z

2023x01 Thirteen Days

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2023x01 Thirteen Days

  • 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z20m

A look into the real history of the Cuban Missile Crisis and how historically accurate is the movie Thirteen Days.

2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

2023x02 The Bounty

2023x02 The Bounty

  • 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z20m

A look into the real history of the one of the most famous events in naval history and how historically accurate is the movie The Bounty.

2023-06-03T04:00:00Z

2023x03 1917

2023x03 1917

  • 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z20m

A look into how historically accurate is Sam Mendes WW1 film 1917!

2023x04 The Man in the Iron Mask

  • 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z20m

Let's take a look at the mysterious legend of The Man in the Iron Mask!

2023-09-30T04:00:00Z

2023x05 Outlaw King

2023x05 Outlaw King

  • 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z20m

In its role as the unnoficial sequel to Braveheart, lets find out if Outlaw King does a better job of accurately portraying Scottish History and Robert the Bruce's mission to liberate Scotland from England.

2023-10-31T04:00:00Z

2023x06 The Crucible

2023x06 The Crucible

  • 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z20m

Happy Halloween History Buffs! Tried thinking of an appropriate film that would best fit the theme of this classic holiday. But do leave in the comments below some recommendations of other historical films I could for next Halloween!

2023-12-15T05:00:00Z

2023x07 Robin Hood

2023x07 Robin Hood

  • 2023-12-15T05:00:00Z20m

Today we'll be exploring one of the most famous legends in English History - the story of Robin Hood.

Season Premiere

2024-06-05T04:00:00Z

2024x01 Narcos: Season Three Part One

Season Premiere

2024x01 Narcos: Season Three Part One

  • 2024-06-05T04:00:00Z20m

For today's episode, I'll be wrapping up my much requested review for the final season of Narcos and reveal how historically accurate it is.

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