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You’re a lucky fellow, Mr. Smith

By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. 1989 found me gainfully employed as a “customer service representative” for our local Blockbuster Video franchise (it...
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The fear is always there

By Edward Copeland As the Second Platoon Battle Company prepared for its 15-month deployment in the Korengal Valley in Eastern Afghanistan ...
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"I'm Pat fucking Tillman — why are you shooting at me?"

By Edward Copeland That post title were the last words the former NFL star turned Army Ranger said before he was killed in Afghanistan by h...
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Be careful which enemies you make

By Edward Copeland In Charles Ferguson's outstanding documentary on the financial meltdown, Inside Job , one of his interview subjects ...
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For him it's therapy, for the world it's art

By Edward Copeland When Marwencol began, I had no idea what kind of documentary it was. I knew the title from various lists, but hadn'...
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There's life, there's death and there's a middle that's the worst of all

By Edward Copeland Some of the most satisfying films play as if they started as short stories, telling simple, self-contained tales that ca...
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Not so good grief

By Edward Copeland No two people grieve exactly the same way. No book contains rules for proper mourning. When someone loses a spouse, a si...
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Tic yak d'oh!

By Edward Copeland I dread reviewing movies like Blue Valentine because I already anticipate the responses to my pan of this critical darl...
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I Come to Praise Caesar, Not to Bury Him.

By Damian Arlyn Before he was the sharp-minded, fast-talkin' insurance investigator in Double Indemnity or the poker-playin' master...
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Requiem for a lifestyle

By Edward Copeland As much as an icon as Humphrey Bogart has been and for as long as he's held that status, it's hard to believe th...
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