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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Call of Duty and The Whitest Kids U Know

Sunday, February 22, 2009

There isn’t much to say about this except…damn…that is funny. The multiplayer gamers are beginning to eat their own. The WW2 tie in? It’s Call of Duty, the long running video game series, that gives us the platform for this. Many other vids are available from this group (The Whitest Kids U Know), including a […]

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With the Marines at Tarawa

Friday, February 13, 2009

I’m not sure why, but I got to thinking about the short film, With the Marines at Tarawa. Scanning some search engine hits, I came across a NY Times review of the film from March 1944. It’s rather matter of fact… [The movie] opens with scenes of the sea soldiers in their camouflaged suits and […]

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Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

So I finally got to see Miracle at St. Anna, the recent release by Spike Lee.  I read the previous reviews and put this one on the old “back burner.”  I’m not sure why I bought into that negative review hype, but I did. The movie, while not great, is pretty darn good.  Lee knows […]

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