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Newton Knight is a newly essential Matthew McConaughey role that finally knights Newt Knight as a true American hero. Even more, Free State of Jones is an only-in-America story, so corny it could only be true. A deeply moral white man frees enslaved blacks and marries a black woman during the C…
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Ang Lee mixes impactful flashbacks and the surreal present of Billy Lynn and his squad’s PR tour back home. The movie’s message points out the disingenuousness of the average American’s feigned support of our fighting men and women, which is why I loved Ang’s use of the flashback to snap us all b… |
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Marine behind enemy lines can’t step off of a mine. The drama meanders through a series of delusions about his life and fears. Not horrible, but I couldn’t get over the unlikelihood of the situation |
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Okinawa was once a byword for the savagery of war. Hacksaw Ridge plumbs the depths of that savagery and the grace that also attended it in the form of Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss. A conscientious objector, Doss was unsurpassed in bravery, personally rescuing 75 wounded men from the "t…
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Vince Vaughn talks war movie
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Nicolas Cage stars in the remarkable story of Captain Charles Butler McVay, who commanded the USS Indianapolis during WWII in the Pacific. The Indianapolis was known for its final mission of secretly delivering components of the atomic bomb to Tinian. On its way to Guam it was torpedoed and su… |
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21st century war gets personal in the heart-pounding Eye in the Sky, one of the best 21st century war movies yet.1 Helen Mirren’s steely colonel directs a global military response to Islamist terror, adroitly coordinating activity in Kenya, Nevada, Hawaii, Bejing and Singapore from two rooms …
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So, apparently Canadians were in Afghanistan as well. Hyena road is a highly entertaining hodgepodge of intense fighting, espionage, politics, and even a love affair thrown in. Although the Canadians are known for their cool, Hyena doesn’t hold back on the intense fighting and gruesome details,… |
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Abraham Attah is outstanding in this chronicle of a West African boy’s life adventure from happy child to his journey as a forced child soldier in a group of mercinaries. Although the movie is fictional, it loosely follows similar events in West African history and often botched UN protection. … |
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A fun little jaunt to Afghanistan by the quirky Bill Murray. Even with his increasingly old and grizzled demeanor, he continues to pull off that special brand of snarky humor, even if it is a bit more subdued than in days of old. And speaking of subdued, don’t blink or you might miss Bruce Will… |