June 14, 2014
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True Detective: The Complete First Season
Movies about men in combat are tough ones to review. Most of the time, these stories are based on “true events†or actual missions. My personal favorite is Sam Fuller’s The Big Red One (1980)
I have often said that a Criterion Collection release is like a bottle of fine wine. So with the release of Howard Hawks’ Red River ( Spine #709 ), I was ready to have a classic John Wayne vintage night. Oddly enough, this is one of the classic John Wayne movies I have never seen…
During one of the blu-ray extras Non-Stop Director Jaume Collet-Serra states that he wasn’t just trying to make “Taken†on a plane, referring to Neeson’s 2008 action film. Very true…instead Non-Stop plays more like Neeson’s 2011 action thriller “Unknown†aboard a plane with dashes of old 1940s-style who-done-it mysteries…
The credits have rolled at Hugh Moore Park in Easton. ” Movies at the Mill ” is moving to the State Theatre .    By moving the event, organizers said it’s a chance to showcase hidden gems in Easton, and when you think of the arts, there is no better place than the State Theatre. With construction moving full speed ahead at the Simon Silk Mill, it could be a little tough watching a movie …
A six-years-in-the-making passion project for Peter Berg, who wrote and directed the film, Afghanistan war drama Lone Survivor is an adaptation of Marcus Luttrell’s book Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 . Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch (Berg’s star on Battleship and TV’s Friday Night Lights ), Ben Foster, and Emile Hirsch star as …
12 Years a Slave (15) Steve McQueen DVD/Blu-ray (134mins)