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War Horse
A stylistic throwback to classic studio movies, Spielberg's film about war as seen through a horse's experience of it rarely rises to the occasion.
"...so many movies set against the backdrop of World War II, Steven Spielberg now turns to the First World..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'War Horse'
An inanimate steed of aluminum and cane Handsprings to life in this award-winning drama
"...thing is, you can see the people manipulating the horse – two standing inside the "body" of the beast,..."

May 2, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
This adventure fantasy about a boy's involvement with a mysterious animal is also a period story about childhood anxieties.
"...Cox. A family film in the best sense, Water Horse plays like a cross between a World War II-era..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

War Stories
Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro collaborate to document one wounded soldier's transformation into 'anti-warrior'
"...the modern daytime TV talk show, would make an anti-war film. This war, that president, that bunch of rubber-stamping..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

First-Ever Appraisal District Election Is Small Battle in GOP-Dem War Over Taxation in Texas
Elected Dem- or GOP-backed candidates would have outsized power over district
"...Beyond fairness to taxpayers, Wang, Lavine, and Hanna all warn that inaccurate appraisals can affect school funding. Regularly, the..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Page Two: Civic War
Can a city so dedicated and so divided endure?
"...claimed that I am unusually observant or demonstrate much awareness of what is going on around me. But even..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Railway Man
Colin Firth stars with Nicole Kidman in this memoir about a WWII POW in Burma who, in the present day, still suffers repercussions.
"...and the resemblance to Omar Sharif in David Lean’s war epic, Doctor Zhivago, is uncanny: same poetic heft, cleft..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

12 Strong
High-tech bombs and horseback soldiers fight together in the U.S. war in Afghanistan
"...the first and most unequivocal victories of the U.S. war against the Taliban and al Qaeda. In the immediate..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin and the Academy
'Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations
"...Emmanuel Lubezki, and the producers, who traditionally accept the award for Best Picture, were all recognized for their work...."

Jan. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Casa de mi Padre
Will Ferrell commits 100% to this goofy, all-Spanish-language soap opera-cum-horse opera.
"...this Will Ferrell comedy masquerading as a Mexican soap opera-cum-horse opera unfortunately levels off somewhere near the undistinguished center...."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Big Sleep
"...Directed by: Howard Hawks. Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy..."

June 6, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Barb Wire
"...Directed by: David Hogan. Starring: Pamela Anderson Lee, Clint Howard, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell, Steve Railsback and Udo Kier...."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aquaman
The underwater superhero brings long-awaited color to DC's films
"...Even if the results aren’t there, Aquaman proves that Warner Bros. has decided to back the right (sea)horse...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Duchess of Langeais
Jacques Rivette adapts a Balzac novel and creates a period piece that's also a timeless tale about obsessive love and hate.
"...languid pace that's reflective of an era in which horse-drawn carriages and sealing wax were the norm. But oh,..."

June 20, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fury
Brad Pitt commands a Sherman tank in the waning days of World War II, and teaches his men the simple algorithm of war: Kill or be killed.
"...Fury opens with the eerie image of a white horse emerging through a pall of smoke into a muddied..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Legend of Bagger Vance
"...the golf course, Junah goes off to the Great War and returns home a drunken wreck. Ten years pass,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Reasons (+3) I Stayed in Love With Theatre in 2014
Valentines to theatre and comedic craft played a large part in making 2014 a memorable year in theatre
"...a shot of Scotch – and gave me the warmest glow I felt in the theatre all year...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bamako
This Malian courtroom drama is like nothing you've ever seen: The people put the institutions of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on trial.
"...natural resources. Although formed with good intentions after World War II for the stated purposes of regulating the international..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

U-571
"...film to end all U-Boat films, and a heady anti-war piece to boot. U-571 falls somewhere in between, neither..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant
War flick about the US exit from Afghanistan sabotaged by a weak script
"...screen? With Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, his first conventional war film, the answer seems to be: as soon as..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Dex Wesley Parra

The White Ribbon
A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in Michael Haneke's import, The White Ribbon.
"...in the months prior to the outbreak of World War I, The White Ribbon depicts a village that is..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Timeline
Time-traveling archeologists can't make the time pass quickly enough.
"...of an ancient village destroyed during the Hundred Years’ War. Johnston’s son Chris (Walker of The Fast and the..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ever the Spoils
Two University Dramas Tackle Women After War
"...describing Boudica, a Celtic queen who waged a two-year war against the Romans. "In appearance most terrifying, in the..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

HBO Premiered 'Mary and Martha' in Time for World Malaria Day
Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn star
"...Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank took on the lead role of..."

April 22, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Get Your Rees On
Comic artist David Rees and the theatre of 'War'
"...now turn their considerable adapting powers to Get Your War On, David Rees' riotous clip-art comic about the War..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tulia's Freedom Ride
Activists travel to Tulia for "Never Again!" rally against drug war.
"...some who had been personally affected by the drug war. Nearly every activist group imaginable -- from the Travis..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Letters at 3AM
Preparing for War With Europe
"...launch pads in "rogue" countries with these same conventional war planes while those sites were still in the building..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Summer fun is heating up around the state
"...July is high time to go to the rodeo, horse races, and music festivals...."

June 30, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

With Ti West In a Valley of Violence
Director on PTSD, Westerns, and the world's greatest dog
"...in In a Valley of Violence, the new revisionist horse opera from writer/director Ti West. He said, "You're forced..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place
Gay up that vote, y'all
"...election to dupe evangelicals, lying to justify an evil war (Iraq) to avenge a loss (Daddy's face? Pathetic), Abu..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Column by Kate Getty

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