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Tag: war

reviews

THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE

Caro and Chastain go back to WWII to tell a tale of true beauty and true horror.

Posted on April 2, 2017September 28, 2019
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Soldier Boy: BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK Trailer

Are we ready to look at the lives of our soldiers, with an uncomfortable amount of clarity?

Posted on June 16, 2016June 22, 2016
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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

Sometimes when we run away from things, we run to some pretty strange places.

Posted on March 6, 2016September 28, 2019
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AMERICAN SNIPER

You always hear “I support the troops”. You gotta wonder when they’ll be supported with better filmmaking.

Posted on January 18, 2015January 23, 2015
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UNBROKEN

In the face of great feats of endurance, the question isn’t how our heroes find the strength to endure, but rather why?

Posted on December 27, 2014September 11, 2020
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Pick Up a Gun: AMERICAN SNIPER Trailer

Lemme know how this one works out, will ya?

Posted on November 27, 2014December 2, 2014
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Prisoner’s Song: UNBROKEN Trailer

Where once I’d be hopeful, now I am cautious.

Posted on October 22, 2014October 28, 2014
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FURY

War is messy and violent – movies about war shouldn’t be.

Posted on October 20, 2014October 26, 2014
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Pick Up a Gun – FURY Trailer

The routine continues, the site gets a tweak, and the war genre gets a new entry.

Posted on June 25, 2014June 30, 2014
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ZERO DARK THIRTY

Don’t waste any time in deciding whether this film is for or against anything we did in the last decade. Instead, worry about the fact that we did it at all.

Posted on January 13, 2013October 13, 2015
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ZERO DARK THIRTY Teaser Trailer

There’s a glut of films coming our way in December, but I believe I have found the film I’m looking forward to the most.

Posted on August 8, 2012August 14, 2012
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WAR HORSE

The “Movie About a Horse” is About More Than Just a Horse

Posted on December 26, 2011December 31, 2011

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