First off, let me get something off my chest – the title of this film is absolutely horrible. Now I understand where it comes from – “Whisky Tango Foxtrot” is military slang for the expression “WTF” – but can we just note that they actually chose to use that as the title of a film…
Category: war
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
To be perfectly honest, I hated Grave of the Fireflies – I hate it for being so emotional. I hate it for making me feel things I have never felt before. I hate it for showing me a different side to war, that I have not encountered. I hate it for making me weep like…
Son of Saul (2015)
The Holocaust has been a continuous source of inspiration for many filmmakers, and it is probably one of the most filmed historical topics, and even now, over seventy years later, it is still a horrific and raw historical memory that still exists in our collective minds. Films about the Holocaust range from horrifying (Shoah) to…
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
War films have the ability to be either an absolute chore to get through, or to be moving and emotional adventures into times of extreme suffering. War films, in my humble opinion, are best when they are unflinching in regards to their subject matter. What is the use of telling the audience a story about…
The Imitation Game (2014)
There is no genre as omnipresent as the prestige British period film. These films have a long history, and as long as cinema has existed, there have existed the intense and sometimes dreadfully boring period pieces. They reached their peak with the Merchant-Ivory period pieces, and since then, there have been some brilliant ones, and…
The Great Escape (1963)
Gosh, they just don’t make movies like this anymore. Filled with bravado and adrenaline, but constantly stays away from becoming overly masculine. It is a gruff, entertaining adventure film that defines a by-gone era of filmmaking. Assembling a cast that is the very definition of true action star – Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles…
The Postmodern Pelican 