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MacGruber (2010)

Bill Clark — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:00:21 +0000

The bar for Saturday Night Live-inspired films is set appropriately low. After all, for every Blues Brothers or Wayne’s World (the diamonds of the genre), there’s a The Ladies Man, Superstar, A Night at the Roxbury, Coneheads, or many other failures. That MacGruber is as consistently funny and inspired as… Continue reading

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Stop-Loss (2008)

Bill Clark — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:00:07 +0000

Of all the things that incite anger regarding the Iraq War (and there are too many to count), the “stop-lossing” of soldiers should be higher up on the list than it probably is for most. We hear stories of soldiers who are on their third or fourth tour of duty… Continue reading

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Breach (2007)

Bill Clark — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:00:07 +0000

Spies often make for subjects of great films, but how often do we really think about them in the real world? Billy Ray’s Breach explores the tailing and arrest of Robert Hanssen (Cooper), now classified as the biggest spy and traitor in American history. A loving, church-going family man on… Continue reading

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Flags of our Fathers (2006)

Bill Clark — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:00:15 +0000

“Every jackass thinks he knows what war is, even if he’s never been in one.” So begins Flags of our Fathers, easily one of the year’s finest films. Based upon the book of the same name by James Bradley (son of John Bradley, one of the six men who raised… Continue reading

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