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Green Zone – A Movie Review

March 22, 2010 John Adaptaion, Amy Ryan, Antoni Corone, Greg Kinnear, Matt Damon, Nicoye Banks, Paul Greengrass, Thriller, War

Rocketing from one bobby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. Spun by operatives with intersection agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. All-in-all, a pretty good movie with an authentic feel.

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Men Who Stare at Goats, The – A Movie Review

November 13, 2009November 12, 2009 John Comedy, Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Iraq, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Thriller, War

Reporter Bob Wilton is in search of his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady, a shadowy figure who claims to be part of an experimental U.S. military unit. According to Cassady, the New Earth Army is changing the way wars are fought. A legion of “Warrior Monks” with unparalleled psychic powers can read the enemy’s thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat simply by staring at it. Not a terrible movie, but I was expecting more.

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Band of Brothers – A Mini-Series Review

August 16, 2009August 16, 2009 John 101st Airborne, Adventure, Drama, Easy Company, History, Steven Speilberg, Tom Hanks, War, WW II

This is the story of “E” Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from their initial training starting in 1942 to the end of World War II. They parachuted behind enemy lines in the early hours of D-Day in support of the landings at Utah beach, participated in the liberation of Carentan and again parachuted into action during Operation Market Garden. They also liberated a concentration camp and were the first to enter Hitler’s mountain retreat in Berchtesgarten. A fascinating tale of comradeship that is, in the end, a tale of ordinary men who did extraordinary things. Worth everyone of it’s 705 minutes.

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Valkyrie – A Movie Review

December 29, 2008December 29, 2008 John Action, Adventure, Bill Nighy, Biopic, Bryan Singer, Drama, Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, War

A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler’s own emergency plan – known as Operation Valkyrie – these men plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow his Nazi government from the inside.

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Boy In The Striped Pajamas, The – A Movie Review

November 23, 2008December 13, 2008 John Asa Butterfield, Cara Horgan, David Hayman, David Thewlis, Drama, Friendship, hate, Holocaust, Jack Scanlon, Nazi, Rupert Friend, Vera Farmiga, War, War crimes, WW II

It is not often that I make a movie review one of our featured posts, but after my experience watching this movie, I realized that this was a movie that needs to be seen. It is a miraculous story with so many lessons about life and morality that I just don’t know where to begin. This is definitely a movie I may see again, and it’s certainly a movie I will encourage others to watch. Leaving the movie was like leaving a moving religious service.

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