Red Tails opens with Nazi fighter planes attacking an American bomber group; thanks to excellent special effects, the danger and confusion of the fighting hit the viewer hard. Meanwhile, four African-American pilots are flying secondhand planes over peaceful-looking Italian countryside, picking off German supply trucks and trains. "War is hell," says one of them, "but what we're doing is just boring as hell."
This movie is all about fighting, and not only against the Germans. The Tuskegee Airmen (named for the college where they were trained as a controversial experiment) also have to fight frustration, racism, and their own weaknesses.
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War Horse
by Michele January 4th, 2012 | Drama, Family, Historical
This movie is the tale of friendship between a teenage boy and his horse. The horse, purchased as a means of farm labor, is placed in the hands of the farmer's son in order to be trained to pull a plow. The 14-year-old son, Albert, spends all of his time teaching the horse commands and with much effort is able to get the horse to plow a rock-filled field. However, through a series of misfortunes the family is unable to keep the horse, and the father sells him to the army when World War I starts. From there, the
Hugo
by Shannon and Michael November 29th, 2011 | Family, Historical
Set in 1930s Paris, Hugo is the story of an orphaned boy named Hugo (Asa Butterfield) who lives in the walls of a train station, repairing the city clocks. With a broken automaton (i.e. robot) as his only link to his past, Hugo sets out to solve the mystery of the automaton and communicate with his father.
He Said:
Hugo isn't the mind-blowing special effects film that the previews might convince people to expect, but the world that has been created for the film is magical and interesting. Hugo is a film that's all about amazing story-telling and acting
He Said:
Hugo isn't the mind-blowing special effects film that the previews might convince people to expect, but the world that has been created for the film is magical and interesting. Hugo is a film that's all about amazing story-telling and acting
The Three Musketeers
by Shannon and Michael October 26th, 2011 | Action, Drama, Historical
The Three Musketeers is a story centered around a young man named D'Artagnan (Logan Lerman), son of a former Musketeer who seeks to become a Musketeer himself. D'Artagnan awkwardly ends up in an alliance with three other formerly legendary Musketeers, Athos (Matthew Macfadyen), Aramis (Luke Evans), and Porthos (Ray Stevenson) after a run-in with the Royal Guard. The Musketeers later unite in an attempt to thwart an evil plot to take over the French throne and launch Europe into war.
He Said:
This film felt like I was watching a cartoon using real actors. What I mean by that
He Said:
This film felt like I was watching a cartoon using real actors. What I mean by that
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
by Shannon and Michael June 15th, 2011 | Action, Drama, Family, Historical, Movie ReviewsHe Said:
All of the Pirates of the Caribbean films are fun and entertaining to watch. This last film, On Stranger Tides, does not disappoint in that aspect as well. I consider all of the Pirates of the Caribbean films incredibly entertaining family-oriented films. For that matter, anyone interested in pirate-themed movies, these are some of the best. All of the actors consumed their roles very well and Penelope Cruz (Angelica Malon) and Ian McShane (Blackbeard) were great additions to the cast. Johnny Depp continues to be incredibly entertaining in is role as the eccentric Jack Sparrow.
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