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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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...
Attempting Free Enterprise: Thief
Imagine what being in prison for a decade takes away from a person Start with the immediate things such as time, opport...
Managing Relationships: Heat
Action cinema has long been a genre that glorified strong and silent heroes Classical stoics who work through their inn...
“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...
Being a Man of Action: Tenet
We find ourselves in an interesting dilemma here at RV discussing this film This film is about as apolitical as one can...
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...
Show Them That You Care: The Insider
What makes a person disrupt their own comfort What compels a person to advocate for someone else What forces us to do t...
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...
The Meaningless Athleticism of 1917
The war film is about as old a genre as cinema is an art form It was a subject where there was always plentyof re...