In the Valley of Elah

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The Moviegoer: Losing the Battle for Box Office

James Rocchi | Posted 04.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, Lions for Lambs, Iraq, In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, Stop-Loss, Box Office, Films About Iraq, Movies About Iraq, War in Iraq, Entertainment News

So why are the Iraq movies failing? A few possibilities: it's too soon, they're not good, it's too late, and buying a ticket would be buying in.

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Where in The World Are Iraq War Movies Popular?

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Battle of Algiers, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Box Office, In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, Stop-Loss, Mission Accomplished, Iraq War, Iraq War Movies, Iraq, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Hollywood has tried to make it easy for us by making its Iraq War films about us, and setting the action here, in the U.S. But we can't be bothered.

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Who Should Win the Oscars -- The Major Categories

Alex Remington | Posted 02.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Hal Holbrook, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, No Country for Old Men, The Oscars, Tilda Swinton, Ruby Dee, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sweeney Todd, Juno, The Coen Brothers, Cate Blanchett, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Viggo Mortensen, American Gangster, Saoirse Ronan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tony Gilroy, Johnny Depp, In the Valley of Elah, Amy Ryan, I'm Not There, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood, The Academy Awards, Away From Her, Laura Linney, Casey Affleck, Tom Wilkinson, The Savages, Atonement, George Clooney, Gone Baby Gone, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Tommy Lee Jones, Movie Reviews, Julie Christie, Into the Wild, Javier Bardem, Jason Reitman, Charlie Wilson's War, Julian Schnabel, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Eastern Promises, La Vie en Rose, Entertainment News

This is it, guys. Here are my selections for who should win the Oscars for the big 6 catetgories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Bes...

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Body of War

Bruce Kluger | Posted 10.31.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War Films, Body of War, Michael Moore, Anti-War Movies, Phil Donahue, Toronto Film Festival, In the Valley of Elah, Movies About Iraq, Ellen Spirobattle for Haditha, Tommy Lee Jones, Rendition, Entertainment News

Hollywood's fast-moving popcorn-bucket brigade carries breaking stories from the newsroom to the editing room, seemingly overnight. Welcome to the industry's next new genre: the history-as-it-is-happening movie.

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The New Vampires: Sexy Time Is Over

Darrell Hartman | Posted 10.23.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: I Am Legend, 30 Days of Night, Lions for Lambs, In the Valley of Elah, Entertainment News

This serious-movie season, the war/political dramas are hogging the spotlight -- but can we please take a second to talk about the vampires?

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Operation Desert Date Night

Ken Levine | Posted 10.12.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: In the Valley of Elah, The Kingdom, Movies, Entertainment News

When we're in a war that most Americans disapprove of, why would we want to see movies about it?

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