“The Best Years of Our Lives” is classic and antique. It’s progressive and staid. It’s authentic and bathetic. The synergy…
Browsing: war
When you think about movies where the characters fight in outer space, it’s likely that “Star Wars” and “Star Trek”…
“Rambo: First Blood Part II” takes the momentum of its solemn predecessor along with the shooting star that was Sylvester…
Robert Zemeckis’s “Forrest Gump” (1994) tells the story of Forrest Gump, a dim-witted yet caring man who unintentionally experiences some…
My great sin is I watched “Dear John” expecting Nicholas Sparks to defy my expectations, and somehow still wound up…
“Apocalypse Now” has long been known as a staple in American cinema. So often, films romanticize the perils of war.…
Michael Bay’s “Pearl Harbor” is a wide sweeping epic. It has notes of romance, hints of his previous efforts such…
Plot descriptions for Lynne Ramsey’s “You Were Never Really Here” fail to do it justice – either in prepping audiences…
“I went forward in time… to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.” [Dr.…
While not historical biography, and grabbing lose inspiration from the myth of Scottish rebel William Wallace, Mel Gibson’s “Braveheart” won…