It's World War 2 All Over Again For Brad Pitt
DIRECTED BY DAVID AYER/2014
“Why are you showing me this?”
“Ideals are peaceful. History is violent”.
Pe...
A Slightly Obsessed Movie Theme Special!
COURTING CONTROVERSY
In tandem with Spiritual Sunday, I will be running a complementary series of entries today add...
Last July, as part of an ongoing monthly process of intentionally seeking out noteworthy films that have fallen between my own critical cracks, I watched Willia...
Both the Japanese and English Language Versions
DIRECTED BY HAYAO MIYAZAKI/2013
The Wind Rises (Japanese Language Version)
By Jim Tudor
Hayao Miyazaki wan...
Wartime Patriotism Done Right (Or Left)
DIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONEY/2014
“That belongs in a museum!!”
“So do you!”
That, of course, is an early stretch...
Well-Meaning WWII Book Adaptation Reads as Maudlin
DIRECTED BY BRIAN PERCIVAL/2013
Not that the rise of the Nazi party lends itself to much moral ambiguity,...
