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MEGAN LEAVEY

July 5, 2017 By Leave a Comment

MEGAN LEAVEY

There is nothing more endearing that the story of a dog and its loyal owner, and this is eminently the case with the fact-based MEGAN LEAVEY. Usually the stuff of sentiment of the most syrupy nature, these stories usually inhabit a special sub-genre of family-friendly flicks designed to reassure the intrinsic goodness of the family… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, bomb-sniffing dogs, Iraq, Iraq War, K-9 corps, loyalty, Marines, military, war

THE LOST CITY OF Z

April 13, 2017 By 2 Comments

THE LOST CITY OF Z

THE LOST CITY OF Z opens in the darkness of the jungle. Natives stand in silhouette outlined against fires burning in warning or in welcome. It’s a fitting start to James Gray’s suitably literate adaptation of David Grann’s book of the same name, telling the true story of the obsessions that drove British Major Percy… Read More »

Tagged With: Amazonia, based on a true story, Bolivia, book to screen, indians, jungle, lost, lost civilization, military, natives, rubber plantation

ALOHA

May 28, 2015 By Leave a Comment

ALOHA

ALOHA is a glorious, unkempt disaster of a film.  Individual elements are ambitious, even praiseworthy, but the narrative arc of this comedy-drama about Hawaiian legends, the privatization of space, and a hunky guy with commitment issues falls apart almost as soon as the whirl-a-gig ride begins.  Credit where it’s due, though, writer-director Cameron Crowe is… Read More »

Tagged With: Air Force, feature, Hawaii, Hawaiian myths, Lomo, military, muddled, narrative, Pele, rom-com

CENTURION

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

CENTURION

CENTURION mixes a thoroughly honorable high-mindedness with frequent and jarring examples of torture porn. While the ethics of using human beings as pawns in political games is the central theme of the story, the execution is less than astute. What may have aspired to be an intelligent action flick is instead a standard chase flick… Read More »

Tagged With: ancient Britain, history, military, Ninth Legion, occupation army, Picts, politics, Roman Army, Woad

THE HUNTED

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE HUNTED

Never have I missed Jet Li and Donnie Yen more than while watching Benicio Del Toro and Tommy Lee Jones slug it out in THE HUNTED. It’’s sort of like watching two Claymation figures go at each other with all the subtlety and artistry that that implies. Points for consistency, though. This exercise in entertainment futility… Read More »

Tagged With: booby traps, ethnic cleansing, forging a knife from scratch, manhunt, military, military vet, Oregon

BASIC

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

The first words we hear Tom Hardy say in BASIC is in a conversation this ex-Army and currently DEA agent in Panama is having with a colleague, the gist of which is that if he doesn’t have the trust of those around him, he can’t function. Those are words that will figure greatly in the… Read More »

Tagged With: Army Ranger, drugs, James McTiernan, John Travolta, jungle, military, Panama

The BASIC John Travolta

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

The BASIC John Travolta

John Travolta has been around long enough to know how to have a good time with the press. Though our chat was all too brief, we managed to cover a lot of ground, from the resurgance of the musical, to why BASIC’s director, John McTiernan called him sparky, to religious tolerance. We started, though, with how he plays… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, film, John McTiernan, John Travolta, military, movie, musicals, mystery, narrative, nickname, religious tolerance, scientology, singing with interviewer, westerns

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