Movies based upon historical events — especially historical events which were classified until a few years ago — hold a great deal of interest for me.  This World War II adventure was largely unknown because Winston Churchill wanted it kept […]

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I cannot recall a more depressing movie that I have ever seen than Civil War.  What a downer.  It should have been titled The Fall of America or something as equally pessimistic about the future, because that’s what it is.  Pure pessimism. […]

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Horror films are supposed to horrify.  Many fail to do so.  Barbarian begins with a solid premise, one which might lead in any one of several directions, and eventually leads us underground to a genuinely harrowing scenario.  While it eventually […]

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