There are more than a dozen big names attached to this purposeful and often powerful war story, but perhaps the one with the biggest impact is behind the scenes, Jerry Bruckheimer. Because for all of its big star, big budget verve, this adaptation of the first Marines’ revenge for the 9/11 attacks is also a procedural drama, melding a few of the producer’s other hits, not just Black Hawk Down, but CSI, this time: Afghanistan.
This dramatic biography has the familiar Aaron Sorkin snap and crackle, but why doesn’t it have any pop?
Based on a true story that feels eerily fresh, this highly strung procedural may not hit the jackpot, but it does pay off.
You may or may not be surprised to learn I do not automatically swoon every time I hear the words ‘Star Wars’. But, I’ll be damned if I didn’t feel a distinctive shiver down my spine watching The Last Jedi.
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Florida Project
The Shape of Water
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
The Big Sick
Faces Places
Wonder Woman
A veritable army of films that have something to say has provided much to comfort and challenge us these past months. Stretching the genres of horror, romance and war among others, there’s been an artistic option for almost every socially concerned eye. And while maybe there are more adventurous and creative choices among those, and I do admit he’s speaking to issues that I, personally, relate to, I also believe Spielberg’s The Post is the movie of the year.
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