My great sin is I watched “Dear John” expecting Nicholas Sparks to defy my expectations, and somehow still wound up…
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“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…
The WWII era makes for some fascinating films. I sometimes like them more when they have different perspectives or depict…
“300” is directed by Zack Snyder and stars Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, and Dominic West. The plot of this film…
There are many samurai movies about honor. What works about Edward Zwick’s “The Last Samurai,” is in showing how a…
In 1984, the cold war battle between the United States and the Soviet Union crippled the globe with a constant fear…