Tag Archives: 9/11

Film review | The Conspirator – The spectre of Guantánamo haunts Robert Redford’s historical drama

Posted on 2 July 2011 by Jason Best

Robert Redford’s intriguing historical drama The Conspirator brings to light an overlooked episode from America’s past but clearly intends to shine a torch on the present-day US as well. The film’s setting is post-Civil War Washington in 1865 but could … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | United 93

Posted on 11 September 2009 by Beth Williams

Today it’s September 11th, the anniversary of that terrible date in 2001 when four commercial passenger planes were hijacked by terrorists in the US – two crashing into the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center, another crashing into the Pentagon and … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Titanic, and other fact-based disaster movies

Posted on 9 September 2009 by Beth Williams

  Is it just me, or has it been difficult to avoid the 9/11 programming on TV in the UK this week? As recent years have shown, when the anniversary of the 2001 September 11th atrocities approaches, the schedules respond. … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings – Flight 93

Posted on 5 September 2008 by Beth Williams

Up until now, I’ve been avoiding this TV movie about the 4th plane to be hijacked by terrorists on September 11th 2001. The subject matter still feels too raw. Still, with next week seeing the 7th anniversary of the dreadful … Continue reading →

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