More Movie Violence: Staying On the Wagon
After holding myself into my seat to get to the end of Quentin Tanrantino’s Inglorious Basterds several years ago I …
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Zero Dark Thirty: Is It Pornography?
I’ve been wrestling with myself about whether or not to see Zero Dark Thirty, not only because the violence is …
Chasing Ice — A Movie, And Evidence, Not To Miss
We’d put Chasing Ice, a new documentary by Jeff Orlowski, on the second tier of movies-to-see over the holidays. But …
Dueling the Devil on a Ranard-Ek in Thailand
The tale of a possessed guitar player dueling with the devil to reclaim his soul is well known among American blues fans. …
The Life of Pi: To Believe or Not to Believe
I am trying to understand why I came out grumpy rather than enthused from Ang Lee’s spectacular CGI movie, The …
Platoon: Americans In Vietnam
With a trip to Vietnam a few months ahead of me I’ve been running old movies and new books through …
Skyfall: Welcome to Scotland — the Latest James Bond Caper
What can I say? I’m not one for action thrillers, have never been to a Conan the Schwarzenegger movie. Runaway trucks on …
The First Grader: Multiple Inspirations in this British-Kenyan Film
The First Grader (2010) by director Justin Chadwick of The Other Boleyn Girl, sells itself as the inspiring story of Kimani N’gan’ga Maruge [Oliver …
To End All Wars: A Movie: A Moral Claim: Mercy Unimaginable
To End All Wars, 2001, by David L Cunningham is a film I might normally recommend for all the typical filmic reasons: …
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream
KPFA, the venerable public radio station in the Bay Area, is offering during its fund-raiser, a copy of the film …
Bogart: I Was Born When You Kissed Me, Died When You Left Me….
Sometimes you come upon a book or a movie you can’t figure out how you had missed earlier. I haven’t seen …
Wooden Crosses: A Movie of Wartime France
Reading the Absolutist last week, a British novel of war in the trenches, WW I, I was reminded of …