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Green Zone (2010)

By WatchMovieOnline ⋅ September 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Iraq has not been, in any sense, good box-office. Even Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-feted The Hurt Locker struggled to pull in the crowds when it was first released – and that’s not to mention the slew of soapboxy dramas (In the Valley of Elah, Stop-Loss, Redacted) whose messages fell largely on deaf ears. Reuniting the director and star of the last decade’s savviest action franchise, Green Zone hopes to break that pattern, and its method is simple. “Bourne goes Epic!”, boom…

Dear John (2010)

By WatchMovieOnline ⋅ September 23, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

There is nothing misleading about a film based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. For the past decade, titles like The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Nights in Rodanthe and Message in a Bottle unabashedly wielded the looks of love (and two more of his novels are in studio development). The trend continues with Dear John, a romantic tale of love found, love lost and love stupidly misplaced. It starts off well enough, however, and one character in particular stands out.…

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