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'The Hurt Locker': Iraq war thriller is explosive drama AP/Summit Entertainment Jeremy Renner is shown in a scene from, "The Hurt Locker." It's finally here: the war movie this era needs. For years, directors have been trying to turn our attentions to Iraq, and for years, few have listened. Unapologetically blunt and undeniably gifted, Kathryn Bigelow isn't the kind of filmmaker who expects to go unnoticed. Striding forcefully into their all-male terrain, Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal pull us along with them, insistent that we see war as soldiers do, in all its brutal, romantic, senseless, predictable, terrifying, and even addictive ways. In one of many smart choices, they broaden their scope by narrowing their focus, towards three members of an Army bomb squad. The team has just a month left in Baghdad, but for men who... [read full story]
By Alan Mitchell Nov 22, 2009 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- China's economic policy is unsustainable. The country's Budget surplus is used unwisely to support consumption in the US. China's...
The deadline of most things that rattle, drill, stamp and bang in the city is May 2010, aka the start of Shanghai Expo. I’ve blogged before about some of the buildings that have been razed in the huge effort that is taking...
LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Ten British soldiers stationed in Afghanistan have been sent back to England during the past six months after becoming pregnant, authorities say. Despite a "no touching" rule, many servicewomen may have...
MANILA – Margarita Moran-Floirendo, the 1973 Miss Universe, is being groomed to run for governor of Davao del Norte, a province in Southern Philippines, against the incumbent governor, who is her husband’s uncle.
