Hurt Locker
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Read More: Female Oscar Coasters
Over two years ago, I wrote these words about a female directed Oscar contending war film: “The film plays this war as it is—an emotional roller coaster of fear and…
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Read More: Imagining We Care: “Supporting Our Troops” in Recent War Films
I recently watched Brothers (in a theater) and Taking Chance (at home). They tell opposing tales about Americans’ relationships to our troops—disavowal and send ’em to the dustbin versus hero-worshipping,…