It is important to consider the context of “Zero Dark Thirty” before you view the movie. Director Kathryn Bigelow and her crew were already in pre-production on The Battle of Tora Bora, once believed to be a hideout for Osama Bin Laden. When the real-life S.E.A.L. Team Six raided a compound in Pakistan and killed Bin Laden in May of 2011, Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal started from scratch and decided to focus on the decade long search for the terrorist mastermind… (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)
Quentin Tarantino is the quintessential definition of the modern day film auteur. Going back to “Reservoir Dogs” has compiled a brilliant resume of films that while you may not ever know what QT is going to do, you can definitely recognize that distinct Tarantino flare for the shockingly ridiculous. “Django Unchained” is Tarantino’s ode to spaghetti westerns, following a slave on a quest for revenge against the white man. Buckle your seat belts.
Can a man truly be redeemed or is he doomed to relive his past? Based on the stage musical by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, which itself is based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables” is the story of one man’s quest for redemption, another man’s pursuit of justice and the question as to how we fit into the shaping of a country and the world around us. The film begins in 1815 France where the criminal Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), imprisoned for stealing bread for his sister’s family, is paroled after 19 years. (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)
It is important to consider the context of “Zero Dark Thirty” before you view the movie. Director Kathryn Bigelow and her crew were already in pre-production on The Battle of Tora Bora, once believed to be a hideout for Osama Bin Laden. When the real-life S.E.A.L. Team Six raided a compound in Pakistan and killed Bin Laden in May of 2011, Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal started from scratch and decided to focus on the decade long search for the terrorist mastermind… (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)