The Literal Cost of War: The Outpost
Even though a lot has been said about the obvious aspects of war on screen, there are still more nuanced comments to be...
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Saving Private Ryan: What Separates a Hero From a Bystander
As Americans, we know the stories, we’ve studied the events, we’ve seen the movies, we’ve argued over the history...
Brought to You by the CIA: Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse
It was only a matter of time before Tom Clancy adaptations came back into the fold, and after two decades of developmen...
Rejecting the Anti-Social Experience: Collateral
“What makes this __ not like any other” It’s the fundamental question that must be answered in order to justify t...
Managing Relationships: Heat
Action cinema has long been a genre that glorified strong and silent heroes Classical stoics who work through their inn...
Disney and Marvel: Should We Sympathize With the Enemy
A hero is someone who has the courage to do what most others would not Film used to largely be our way into their psych...
“It Starts in the Home”: Run Hide Fight
When independent film producer Dallas Sonnier first came on the scene in 2015 with the western/horror throwback, Bone T...
Walking the Righteous Path: The Equalizer Series
“What do you see when you look at me” This question is on the surface of Denzel Washington’s The Equalizer films ...
Hypocrisy Exists Within Your Minority Report
There have been plenty of think-pieces written on the 2002 soon-to-be-classic Minority Report, directed by Steven Spiel...
Dissent in Enemy of the State
When the espionage thriller is discussed amongst cinephiles, the first two names people mention as masters of the genre...