There are a lot of ways this film could have gone wrong, but Michael Bay sticks close to the source material providing us with a surprisingly effective war drama. On September 11th, 2012 a US outpost in Benghazi, Libya was attacked, leading to the death of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Stevens was [...]
"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" tells the story of the 2012 attack on the US Compound in Lybia that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Stevens. What actually happened leading up to, and after this event, has been muddled by the media while both parties used it as propaganda during the last Presidential debates. [...]
The Oscar winning director of “Birdman” shows us the extreme ends of human nature against a breathtaking background of freezing wilderness. While not all enjoyed 2014’s “Birdman”, everyone seemed to agree on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s genius camerawork and editing that made the movie seem like one very long take. We’ve seen it used as a [...]
Billed as “The True Story Behind Moby Dick”, Ron Howard’s latest shines when it sticks to the truth, but suffers from his creative embellishments. “Moby-Dick” was certainly based on the story of a rogue whale sinking the Essex in 1820. But as Ron Howard tells it, Herman Melville (Ben Whishaw) himself sought out one of [...]
