MACGRUBER takes the Saturday Night Live sketch played to perfection by Will Forte and brings it to the big screen with the sense of the ridiculous intact. No high-end effects, no upscale sets, its a paean to the 80s action hero genre, sub-genre television. Forte, all mullet and ego, plays it with a straight face,… Read More »
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, based on the book of the same name by James Bradley and Ron Powers, begins with the line “Every jackass thinks he knows what war is, especially those who have never been in one.” That may or may not be a swipe at the current administration, but it is definitely the… Read More »
BREACH
In a moment of supreme and unintentional irony, Robert Hanssen, the quarry in BREACH, tells his assistant, Eric O’Neill, who doesn’t know yet what his real assignment concerning Hanssen is, that he was never interested in making headlines, only history. Of course, they will shortly be making both, but neither of them is aware of that yet.… Read More »