WWII

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Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean movie review

by Chris   ⋅   January 10, 2008   ⋅   Comment [1]

When I first picked up Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean I expected a standard, rather boring WWII submarine flick from the other side of the Pacific. Then I found out it was a WWII submarine flick with Koji Yakusho, which made it seem it might be a little less boring, but didn’t really [...]

Battle of Okinawa — dvd movie review — early!

by Chris   ⋅   October 27, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

War films are easily one of my least favorite genres, not so much for the content, but for its tendency to sensationalize and glorify tragic events. Admittedly in recent years we have seen a drift from the norms (ie: Sam Mendes’ Jarhead and Clint Eastwood’s Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima), [...]

Flags of Our Fathers — movie review — screener!

by Kris   ⋅   October 17, 2006   ⋅   Comments [13]

Everyday we are sheltered from the truth. On the news, in history books, by our peers and parents. We are forced to believe that War is inevitable. War is unpreventable. War ultimately saves lives. The topic is so saturated with deceit that the proletariat always accelerates acclimation. It is [...]

Fast Food Nation, Flags of our Fathers, and more… // trailers

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   August 16, 2006   ⋅   Comment now

Fast Food Nation. Richard Linklater adapts the hit book on the evils/health risks of fast food. Funny, the book is even studied in college Lit classes these days…. See the trailer here.
Flags of our Fathers/Red Sun, Black Sand. Two films on World War II, told from the perspectives of the US and the Japanese respectively. [...]

Fog of War (aka: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara) — movie review

by Kris   ⋅   March 7, 2005   ⋅   Comments [3]

DO NOT MISS THIS ONE
For such a small word, WAR imbibes and evokes the presence of fear, destruction, and humility. But does it hold any connotations with the word humanity? Americans as a nation wholeheartedly supported and slaved for WWI, turned a deaf ear on the Korean War, then split on the controversial Vietnam [...]

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