Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Gulf War"

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Three Kings **** (1999, George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze) – Classic Movie Review 4618

Writer-director David O Russell’s brilliant American satirical black comedy anti-war movie is based on a story by John Ridley. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze star as adventurous American soldiers during the 1991 Iraqi uprising against Saddam Hussein, who […]

Nov, 09

Courage Under Fire *** (1996, Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips) – Classic Movie Review 1779

Director Edward Zwick’s 1996 war movie stars Meg Ryan who is working outside her usual romcom comfort zone and isn’t really credible as an action woman. This flashback-told Gulf War drama is seen through the […]

Oct, 25

The Jacket (2005) – Classic Film Review 913

Director John Maybury’s ambitious, eye-catching 2005 film is a stylish, arty and impenetrably baffling puzzle thriller. Adrien Brody stars as a US Gulf War soldier who is shot in the head in Iraq in 1991 […]

Mar, 15

The Manchurian Candidate **** (2004, Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Jon Voight)) – Classic Movie Review 240

‘We can’t clean up the world with dirty hands.’ Denzel Washington and Liev Schreiber are superlative as soldiers brainwashed in the 1991 Gulf War in director Jonathan Demme’s heart-poundingly urgent 2004 update of the dazzling […]

Sep, 14

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