Stereotypes

Forty Thousand Horsemen (1941)

Excuse me while I rant a little but Great War Films from the early 1940’s tend to have a problem or two. I’ve reviewed a couple already, Sergeant York and The Fighting 69th. Both of these films could be considered a call to arms for the USA. Funded by interventionists and laced with pro-war rhetoric, […]

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Flyboys (2006)

I’m an ex-pat Brit living la vida loca in Wellington, New Zealand. As such I am well aware of the Ellison’s. The Americas Cup is a national institution here. It’s historic. New Zealand has tasted victory in the past against the odds but was recently bought to its knees as the kiwi team snatched defeat […]

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