Tag: History

Movie Review: Lincoln

IMDB, Lincoln“Lincoln” on IMDB

Historical Drama, 150 Minutes, 2012:

This is an excellent historical drama.  There are some amazing performances, notably by Daniel Day-Lewis [IMDB] and Tommy Lee Jones [IMDB].  Focusing almost exclusively on the little understood, but intensely interesting, fight to pass the 13th amendment it’s a movie that every American should watch and understand.

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Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty

IMDB, Zero Dark Thirty“Zero Dark Thirty” on IMDB

Drama, 157 Minutes, 2012

This was a great movie.  Incredibly well acted, incredibly well paced, incredibly well written.  It deserves all the accolades it received and more – moreso because it could have so easily been a self-aggrandizing, America – fuck yeah!  anthem but instead delved much deeper and much more honestly.

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