Movies
"Hurt Locker" Wins Academy Award For Best Picture And Sued By Army VeteranIraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" won best picture and five other awards yesterday at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, making director Kathryn Bigelow the first woman to earn an award for best director. While receiving her award Bigelow said, "There's no other way to describe it. It's the moment of a lifetime. |
"The Crazies" Movie ReviewLet's welcome the latest movie to stir the hot pot in the cinema for both audiences, and well, perhaps ... the military. Introducing "The Crazies" - a remake of an old 70s movie by George A. Romero that depicts a portrait of paranoia caused by a military experiment (gone bad) in a small town. |
Iraq War Vet Talks About "The Hurt Locker"The war in Iraq has inspired the Academy Award nominee "The Hurt Locker", where the movie tells the tale, lives, mission and experiences of three soldiers from an explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) team. Ever wondered what a real Iraq War veteran really thinks about the movie? Ryan McDermott is that Iraq War Vet and Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project. |
Big-Buget Nazi Propaganda Film Highlights Berlin Film FestivalBig-budget German movie about Nazi's successful propaganda entitled "Jew Suess - Rise and Fall" by Oskar Roehler is one of the most anticipated motion picture at this year's Berlinale. On Thursday, it was shown to all who attended the Berlin Film Festival. |
82nd Annual Academy Awards To Welcome Various Military-Themed Movie NominationsThe Military has been a main recurring theme for movies that came out last year. Nominees of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards have collected 29 nominations in 12 different categories (in total). Without a doubt, "The Hurt Locker" had been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, in addition to five other nomination categories. |
RSS
"Restrepo" Wins Sundance 2010's U.S. Documentary AwardSundance 2010's U.S. Documentary Award winner "Restrepo" tells the tale of the lives and experiences of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. “Restrepo” was named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. The documentary is one of the most realistic documentaries ever out there about the American military. |
"Inside Buffalo" Screens During Black History MonthAfrican-Italian film maker Director Fred Kurwornu researched the story and accomplishments of the 92nd "Buffalo" Division during World War II two years ago. While celebrating Black History Month, the 54-minute documentary entitled "Inside Buffalo" was the first film to be screened at Fort Belvoir's Army Management Staff College. |
"The White Ribbon" A Candidate For The Oscars?Directed by Michael Haneke, "The White Ribbon" is a film set in pre-World War I Germany that depicts an interesting insight on the "sociological antecedents of Nazism in ways both fresh and timeless," as reported by Benjamin Wickowitz for Thenationallaedger.com. The movie has recently won the top award at Cannes for best adopted accent film. |
"The Hurt Locker" Director Kathryn Bigelow Wins DGA AwardThe DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has always been known as the film's industry most accurate counterpart for Best Director Academy Award. Those who win the DGA Awards almost always win the Oscar. |
18-Minute Film Made During "Dr. Strangelove" Era Recently DiscoveredAn 18-minute Air Force film made in 1963 entitled "SAC Command Post" has been recently discovered at the National Archives in College Park, Md. The film which "belittles the possibility of such unauthorized U.S. nuclear strike" was never been publicly released. |
While China Pulls 2D "Avatar" Screenings, Geoge Lucas Expresses 3D Interest For Star WarsWhile "Avatar" is the highest grossing film in China as well as it is everywhere else in the world, China Film Group - a company run by the State - has recently decided that the plot of the movie is "too concerning" for the Chinese people. They have pulled all of the 2D screenings of the film. |
