Posts tagged Post-traumatic stress disorder
VIDEO: Post-film reactions to "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk"
VIDEO: Post-film reactions to "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk"

Five of the best film critics Chicago has to offer from the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle may have dodged the high frame rate experiment of Ang Lee's "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," but they still caught the full film. Enjoy the mixed reactions from Leo Brady, Jon Espino, Clint Worthington, Don Shanahan, and Jim Alexander!

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2016, Media Appearance, MOVIE REVIEW, Social Media, SPECIAL, VIDEO REVIEWDon ShanahanAMC River East 212016, 2016 Holiday Movies, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Ang Lee, video commentary, video review, Video, YouTube, social media, CIFCC, Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, Leo Brady, AMovieGuy.com, A Movie Guy, Jon Espino, HollywoodChicago.com, Hollywood Chicago, Don Shanahan, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Clint Worthington, Alcohollywood, Jim Alexander, The Young Folks, The Movie Blog, Post-movie reactions, Post-film reactions, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Post-film roundtable, Post-movie roundtable, film critics, movie critics, critics reactionsComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Good Kill
MOVIE REVIEW: Good Kill

Technology may change in warfare but what doesn't change are the human themes.  The dramas, successes, fears, and results of victories and failures still apply, only the scope and scale has changed.  "Good Kill," the new film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, typifies that signature human impact of war.  Reunited with his "Gattaca" muse Ethan Hawke, Niccol delivers a very timely and provocative slow boiler with a great deal to say about the current modern state of warfare.

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2015, 4 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanGood Kill, Andrew Niccol, Ethan Hawke, Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Kravitz, Gattaca, The Truman Show, Lord of War, 9/11 movies, 9/11 films, 9/11, Films affected by 9/11, Movies affected by 9/11, 2015 Summer Movies, film commentary, movie commentary, life lessons from film, life lessons, life lessons from movies, life lessons from films, Movie review, film review, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Zero Dark Thirty, Drone warfare, American Sniper, PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorderComment