It’s amazing what a little hindsight can do.
THE MESSENGER
You wouldn’t think that a film that chronicles the same action over and over to be all that compelling. But when that action involves walking up to a perfect stranger unannounced, and telling them “I’m very sorry but your loved one was killed today”…it’s a routine that shakes you every time you have to watch…
Give Peace a Chance ( Top Five War Films )
Note: I posted this same post around this time last year, but considering I’m still trying to shake this cold, that many of you weren’t reading my stuff back then, and that it’s all still rather apropos, I’ve decided to repost it.I took the photo above, of a Canadian soldier dressed in WWI fatigues at…
Red River Shore ( RED CLIFF Trailer )
I used to really love John Woo movies. the action…the guns…the birds… Then the guy tried to get all serious and made WINDTALKERS, and for me it felt like he sorta lost his mojo at that point. Well it looks like he’s trying to right the ship, and what better way than to make a…
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Quentin Weaves a Faery Tale in Nazi Occupied Europe.
THE HURT LOCKER
War is a drug.
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