AMERICAN SNIPER

2014 DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood May contain spoilers! Clint Eastwood is a strange one for me. His popularity as a director is strong, seemingly with older film fans, those who grew with him from his early acting roles in TV series such as Rawhide, to his legendary Spaghetti Western era, his mainstream movies such as Dirty Harry (1971),…

9|11 (TV DOCUMENTARY)

2002 DIRECTORS: James Hanlon, Gédéon Naudet & Jules Naudet 9|11 was first aired on the 1st Anniversary of the attacks in September 2001, but by now, the 14th Anniversary of the world-changing event, 9|11 has lost some of its poignancy but not much. After so many more detailed accounts, following the jumpers, the heroic emergency services and the…

CINEMA & 9/11

It's been 11 year today that the world was shaken and in many ways, changed forever by the terror attacks on the World Trade Center, The Pentagon and United 93's heroic sacrifice in Pennsylvania. The movie industry has struggled to find the right tone and direction for this subject and since it was only 11…

UNITED 93 (2006) – REVIEW

2006 DIRECTOR: Paul Greengrass This is simply an incredible movie. Certainly one of the most moving and intense that I have seen in many years. Now, seventeen years on, this film's poignancy is still as relevant today as it ever was. Casting relative unknowns was the key to this frightening realistic portrayal of the world shattering events of September 11.…