Robert Redford is clearly the unluckiest person alive in All Is Lost. Alone at sea, his yacht is holed (and radio destroyed) by an errant shipping container, and he’s then plagued by a series of mishaps and mistakes that he deals with stoically, pragmatically and mostly silently – without a lot of the panic and…
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Continuing with the American History theme in this week’s film-watching, I caught Robert Redford’s The Conspirator this morning. Awesome. I admit, I cried a bit. You know, Redford’s previous attempt to criticize the Bush government’s abuses of power – Lions for Lambs – was a complete clunker and virtually unwatchable? This time though, he couches…
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A zealous congressman launches a new military strategy designed to win the war in Afghanistan and details it to a lefty journalist. Two friends, soldiers involved in the operation, are caught behind enemy lines due to bad intel. Meanwhile, their former college professor tries to re-engage a promising but disillusioned student. These are the people…
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