November 2009

Here’s a post about the validity of the film’s “documentary footage” and true story claim. Review below. Milla Jovovich, bathed in white light, steps into the foreground. As the camera circles her and abruptly changes angles, the actress delivers a spiel about the film’s production, its authenticity, our freedom to draw our own conclusions, and […]

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Robert Zemeckis has helmed his share of modern classics. “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” is not one of them. There’s so much in the film rife with potential and I frequently caught glimpses of what it could have been. But, sadly, it just didn’t amount to much. For one thing, it’s operating at cross-purposes. The contents […]

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Top 10 Military Comedies

by Eric Melin on November 3, 2009

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This weekend “The Men Who Stare at Goats” will enter theaters with George Clooney leading an impressive cast (Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor) behind the curtain for a very strange peek into arguably the most powerful organization around—the U.S. military. Seeing the movie made me think immediately of another great Clooney film that takes […]

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