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WAR HORSE (official site: view trailers, see gallery)

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Rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) Running Time: 146 minutes

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Nominated for 2 Golden Globe Awards:

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Best Original Score – Motion Picture (John Williams)

Synopsis

DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.

The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. “War Horse” is one of the great stories of friendship and war— a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical hit that is currently on Broadway. It now comes to screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history.

DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War.

Wikipedia’s entry for War Horse gives background information on the Origins of the 1982 children’s novel written by Michael Morpurgo that the film is based on.

Early Reviews:

Movie Vu – Joe Marino rated it a “Masterpiece” and says “Ever since “Saving Private Ryan” (or arguably “The Minority Report”), director Stephen Spielberg has been hit-or-miss. I would be among the first to say that the brilliance evident earlier in his career (with “Jaws,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T.,” and “Jurassic Park”) has been sadly lacking recently. Considering that Spielberg will go down in history as being one of the most iconic cinematic visionaries in American film’s history, I – and others like me – have hoped for the last decade that we haven’t seen the last of that classic Spielberg touch. Finally, our wait is at an end with “War Horse,” which is both a model of cinema done right and – even more importantly – the epitome of Spielberg done right.” Click Here to Read Full Review

 People who attended preview screenings said:

“I’ll be giving a full review early tomorrow (I need to let this brilliant film sink in a bit more), but I am DEFINITELY giving it 5/5. Actually, I’ll go farther than that. This was a masterpiece. This should be one of the top 2-3 during Oscar season. All the hype we were hoping for was well-deserved. Outside of the first 30 minutes being a tad “eh,” the rest of the film is the best I’ve seen of Spielberg in years. Some of the greatest scenes I’ve seen in his career. I’m going to go as far as to say that it’s my second favorite Spielberg film after “Schindler’s List.” First chance you get, go see it. There should be quite a few ore screenings leading up to its late December release. A+++!!

“New John Williams music. I’m in heaven. WAR HORSE is a gorgeous, classic Williams score. I’ve missed this. John Williams will get his 47th Oscar nomination for WAR HORSE, no question. Maybe a 48th for TINTIN. Whoa. There’s a brief moment in “No Man’s Land” where Williams goes all PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN on us. OMG…the solo piano version of the main theme in “Remembering Emilie, and Finale” is breaking my heart. WAR HORSE first impression – Lacks the usual Williams concert suite of the main theme, but the overall score is a fantastic return to form. As Williams’ first dramatic score in 6 years, it is a godsend to fans, and one of the maestro’s finest in years. The final track, “Homecoming,” is a breathtaking 8 minute summation of the score’s themes. Tremendous Williams material.”

“This was a masterpiece. This should be one of the top 2-3 during Oscar season. All the hype we were hoping for was well-deserved. Outside of the first 30 minutes being a tad “eh,” the rest of the film is the best I’ve seen of Spielberg in years. Some of the greatest scenes I’ve seen in his career. I’m going to go as far as to say that it’s my second favorite Spielberg film after “Schindler’s List.”

YouTube user ChrisStuckmann did a five-minute video review. He talks about how the trailer is much different than the actual film and how Spielberg never takes side in this story, among other things.

Click here to see the Full Cast

Director Steven Spielberg worked with most of his favorite film collaborators on the making of War Horse, Including:

Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski (36 titles, 2 Oscars for Saving Private Ryan and Schindler’s List as well as 22 other  wins and 24 additional nominations to his credit!)

Edited by Michael Kahn (Edits almost all of Steven Spielbergs’s movies, has 67 titles to his credit, 3 Oscars for Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and Raiders of the Lost Ark, plus 8 other wins and 17 nominations)

Music by: John Williams (Has Edited 120 films, Composed 139 titles and Won 5 Oscars [Schindler’s List, E.T: The Extra Terrestrial, Star Wars, Jaws, and Fiddler on the Roof], and has 67 other wins and 119 nominations!)

Released by the Walt Disney Company. Running time: 2 hours 26 minutes (tentative).

Starring: Tom Hiddleston (Captain Nichols); Benedict Cumberbatch (Major Stewart), Emily Watson (Rose Narracott); David Thewlis (Lyons)

7 Metacritic Reviewers rated it 100!

26 (out of 38) Rated it 70 or better (a rating of 60 is positive)

New York Magazine – David Edelstein (100)

Miami Herald – Rene Rodriguez (100)

New York Post – Kyle Smith (100)

New Orleans Times-Picayune – Mike Scott (100)

The A.V. Club – Keith Phipps (100)

New York Observer – Rex Reed (100)

Time Magazine – Richard Corliss (100)

Entertainment Weekly – Lisa Schwarzbaum (91)

The New York Times – A.O.Scott (90)

THE GUARD (view trailer)

Official Site (more about the film, characters, etc.)

“Rated R (for pervasive language, some violence, drug material and sexual content) (Genre: Comedy/Thriller)

COMING SOON!

Synopsis

THE GUARD is a comedic, fish out of water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption, and the two cops who must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang, an unorthodox Irish policeman and a straitlaced F.B.I.agent.

Cynical and crass, Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a bit of a maverick with his own moral code, not always above the law but certainly with its own high standards. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn’t much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it.

Boyle takes nothing and no one seriously, but when a fellow police officer disappears and the small town Boyle patrols becomes an important location in the greater scheme of things, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless F.B.I. agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) assigned to the case. Left to run his territory to his liking for many years, he is not at all impressed when the F.B.I. comes to town.

Agent Everett has led an American life of privilege, complete with the highest levels of formal education. Consumed with his pursuit of justice, Everett has no interest in Connemara other than as a backdrop to solve the case. He underestimates the townspeople, especially Sergeant Boyle. Everett looks down on Boyle as a provincial low level cop with a limited view of the world who doesn’t take anything seriously. Boyle doesn’t have any higher appreciation for Everett, who he sees as a by the book cop with a chip on his shoulder and no understanding of how the real world runs.

However, despite the fact that Boyle seems more interested in mocking and undermining Everett than in actively working to solve the case, Boyle finds that circumstances keep pulling him back into the thick of it. First his tiresomely enthusiastic new partner disappears, then his favorite hooker attempts to blackmail him into turning a blind eye, and finally the drug-traffickers themselves try to buy him off as they have every other member of the local police force.

These events unwittingly offend Boyle’s murky moral code. He realizes that he needs to take matters into his own hands, and the only person he can trust is Everett. And so the scene is set for an unlikely friendship and explosive finale.

CREDITS: THE GUARD stars Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligott, Sarah Greene and Katarina Cas. Shot by Larry Smith against the epic grandeur of Ireland, with production design by John Paul Kelly.  The scenery juxtaposes with the inventive soundtrack from Americana/alternative country band Calexico. Written and Directed by John Michael McDonagh (Ned Kelly), THE GUARD marks McDonagh’s feature directorial debut. The film is produced by Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe; Executive produced by Martin McDonagh, Don Cheadle, Lenore Zerman, Ralph Kamp, Tim Smith, Paul Brett, David Nash.

14 Metacritic Reviewers rated it 80 or higher (anything over 65 is excellent, 100 is max). Average Critics’ Metascore = 78. Average Viewers’ Metscore = 66

Orlando Sentinel – Roger Moore (100)

Empire – Kim Newman (100)

Portland Oregonian – Shawn Levy (91)

Arizona Republic – Bill Goodykoontz (90)

Philadelphia Enquirer– Steven Rea (88)

Boston Globe– Ty Burr (88)

Chicago Tribune– Michael Phillips (88)

Chicago Sun-Time – Roger Ebert (88)

National Public Radio (NPR) – Mark Jenkins (88)

Salon.com – Andrew O’Hehir (80)

Chicago Reader – Michael Wilmington (80)

Time Out New York – Alison Whillmore (80)

Boxoffice Magazine – Steve Ramos (80) [trade journal]

Variety – Justin Chang (80) [trade journal]

Insiders’ Corner:

Here we give you a peek behind the screen at what we’re considering and give you a chance to help pick the films we show.

Below is a list of films that our film buyer, Greg, is recommending for Joe’s consideration (and now, yours) … what would YOU like to see here?

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