Tag: The Hurt Locker
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Wachowskis Developing Iraq War Film With ‘Hard R’ Gay Love Story
Just when you thought the Wachowskis, the team behind “The Matrix” films, couldn’t get any weirder. Deadline is reporting that the brother/sister duo (sister because Larry is a post-op female now...
May 15, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongHow ‘The White Ribbon’ Fits Into Michael Haneke’s Moralizing Cinematic Vision
The first images of Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon,” a film shot in a delicately lambent palette suggestive of old gelatin silver prints, is of a shrub-ringed meadow, a horse and rider...
May 8, 2010 / Jesse CataldoClash of the Titans (2010)
Hollywood’s escalating war on originality is far-reaching. Independent films are finding it more difficult than ever to find distribution, tent-pole summer releases have a set a new precedent for...
Apr 16, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongFood, Inc. (2009)
Food and film have long been allies in the quest to appease the insatiable human appetite for sensory gratification. That conspiratorial bond has contributed much to America’s culture of euthanasia...
Sep 19, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #16 – The Hurt Locker, Enemy at the Gates
This week Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War film, “The Hurt Locker,” goes under the TMA microscope. Does it live up to all the hype? Also, Scott talks about the Jude Law, Ed Harris sniper flick, “Enemy at...
Jul 15, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Hurt Locker (2009) ★★★★★
“The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” The words of embedded war correspondent, Chris Hedges, linger on the screen in the opening frames of Kathryn Bigelow’s...
Jul 14, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBest Films of 2009… So Far
2009 has been a relatively good year for film. Action, adventure, comedy, drama, horror, and sci-fi have each been duly and honorably represented. And with the Academy’s recent announcement that the...
Jul 10, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBronson (2009)
Since 1975, Michael Peterson, later dubbed Charles Bronson after the “Death Wish” star, has been England’s most explosively unstable and notorious inmate. Initially incarcerated for seven years after...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTyson (2009)
Two-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world, Mike Tyson, is one of the most controversial, ferocious, reprehensible, strangely compelling, unknowable, simultaneously brilliant and laughably...
Jun 1, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #8 – Star Trek, Hunger
JJ Abrams’ “Star Trek” kicks off the summer blockbuster season. Does it soar or fizzle? The task of rebooting an ailing franchise can be daunting. Also, we take a look at British avant-garde video...
May 14, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongStar Trek (2009)
“Star Trek: It’s Worth Watching Again,” would have been an apt title for the J.J. Abrams-guided reboot of the nearly 50-year-old science-fiction staple of American pop-culture. Luckily, we’ve been...
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