"I died with a full heart, with my brothers." Swift shot: Peter Berg has clearly become one of the better action movie directors out of Hollywood, as Lone Survivor demonstrates in a visceral way, as you feel each and every wound and fracture as you learn the fate of the seemingly cursed Operation Red Wings. While this film is BOATS, (Based On A True Story) and the sheer … [Read more...] about Lone Survivor
History
Captain Phillips
Directed by: Paul Greengrass Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener, Corey Johnson, Michael Chernus Once upon a time, pirates roamed the high seas and commercial vessels were on constant guard, always leery of being attacked by a hostile ship flying the Jolly Roger. You’d have thought that by now all that kind of stuff no longer existed. If you did think that pirates … [Read more...] about Captain Phillips
Renoir
Swift shot: Renoir has never fascinated me. Impressionism as a rule is not my personal go-to when I enjoy art. This was a challenge for me to let go of my apathy and immerse myself into a foreign film about an artistic style I don't favor. For these types of films I only ask one thing, keep me interested, and Renoir did manage to do that. But, the Renoir I was … [Read more...] about Renoir
Pain & Gain
A comedy of errors with a truly horrific twist - it really happened! Click the image above for more pics! Swift shot: This is a true story, and yes it is also tragically funny. It's hard to explain how it made me feel, because as Michael Bay put it, "I want people to be conflicted." Well, that about sums up how I feel . . . conflicted. One one hand … [Read more...] about Pain & Gain
Zero Dark Thirty
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Chris Pratt, Edgar Ramirez, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong “Zero Dark Thirty” (Military Jargon for Half Past Midnight) is a film about the decade long search by an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted to a single goal; to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden, the world's … [Read more...] about Zero Dark Thirty
