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DVD review | Fair Game
Doug Liman, director of The Bourne Identity and Mr and Mrs Smith, is at the helm of gripping real-life spy movie Fair Game, a sober and sobering account of the double-dealing of the Bush White House in the run-up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Doug Liman, Fair Game, Iraq war, Joe Wilson, Karl Rove, Naomi Watts, President Bush, Sean Penn, Valerie Plame
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Film review | The Messenger – Ben Foster & Woody Harrelson bear the burden of bad news
The knock at the door that foretells the news of a loved one’s death in combat has long been a movie staple. As its title suggests, The Messenger focuses on the other side of the threshold – on the men … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Foster, Iraq war, Oren Moverman, Samantha Morton, The Messenger, Woody Harrelson
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Out on DVD : The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow beats the boys at their own game
As director of gripping Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow will be going head to head with ex-husband James Cameron as Best Director nominees in the Golden Globe awards on January 17th – and probably also at the … Continue reading
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The Best view | The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow’s nerve-shredding Iraq war movie blows away her macho rivals
People often make a fuss about Kathryn Bigelow’s status as a female director of action movies as if it’s her gender that makes her special. Yet the remarkable thing about Bigelow isn’t that she’s an action director with breasts, it’s … Continue reading
The Best view | In the Loop – Cock-ups and conspiracies in the run-up to war
For all those still seething over the cynical manipulation and mendacity behind Bush and Blair’s rush to war in Iraq, Armando Iannucci’s blistering political satire In the Loop offers a measure of catharsis. Based on The Thick of It, Iannucci’s … Continue reading
