D.C. MOVIE GUYS

MOVIE REVIEW: “BOBBY”

June 5, 1968 and the events that took place at the Ambassador Hotel late that night changed the course of a decade and a nation. Just two months after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Senator Robert Kennedy was shot shortly after winning the crucial California Primary. A campaign and a life were ended and a generation was plunged into a sense of despair that took many of them years to emerge from. Actor turned director and screenwriter Emilio Estevez looks at the hours leading up to the assassination and its ripple effect on a wide variety of people in the hotel that day and night in the new film “Bobby.” Though flawed in places, the film evokes the spirit of the man and the times with often superior acting. (more…)

Movie Review: “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nat
Yes, Sasha Barron Cohen’s “Borat” is a funny film. Boorishly, mindlessly, obnoxiously funny. But if classy, clever comedy is what you’re looking for, you’re better off with a Hanna-Barbara cartoon. Cohen, best known for creating the mythical interviewer Ali G, whose “Da Ali G Show” ran for several years on HBO, plays the title character, a “lournalist” from Kazakhstan who comes to the United States to learn about our culture and create warm relations between the two nations. Anyone who saw Borat on “Ali G” knows neither of these goals will be met.

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MOVIE REVIEW: “FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS”

In the last 14 years, in the autumn of a very successful career, Clint Eastwood has delivered several remarkable films to moviegoers. “Unforgiven,” “Mystic River” and “Million Dollar Baby” have been works of depth, intelligence and artistry. Now, in “Flags of Our Fathers,” Eastwood delivers a movie that stands with “Saving Private Ryan” as a masterful view of war and its ultimate costs.

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MOVIE REVIEW: “CATCH A FIRE”

Where does a society draw the line when it comes to judging whether a man is a terrorist or a freedom fighter? Can a man who believes in peace and family be turned into a single minded revolutionary by mistreatment or was there a spark of violence in his heart waiting to be tapped into ? These questions are at the center of a gripping new film, “Catch A Fire.” Based on a true story, the movie follows the journey of one man, falsely accused and tortured by the apartheid government of South Africa, who changes his apolitical attitude after his experience.

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MOVIE REVIEW:”THE DEPARTED”

Martin Scorsese delivers an often gripping and edgy look inside the Irish Mafia in “The Departed.” Based on the acclaimed Hong Kong police drama “Infernal Affairs,” this star heavy drama boasts a wicked sense of humor and a number of stand out performances.

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