HBO's drama of Marines in Iraq has gritty edge - San Jose Mercury News
"Generation Kill" offers insider look at the Iraq war Chicago Sun-Times, United States - BY BILL GOODYKOONTZ We have seen no shortage of films and television series about the war in Iraq. Actually, that's not entirely true. ... |
 | Generation Kill is not your typical Hollywood war movie Vancouver Sun, Canada - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The dusty desert flats and frantic firefights of Iraq are a world removed from the red carpets and paparazzi flashes of Hollywood, ... |
Are you ready for Iraq immersion? Globe and Mail, Canada - BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. -- American viewers may be unprepared for the shock and awe of HBO's Generation Kill. And those in the minority still supporting the ... |
Iraq at the Movies New York Times, United States - By Eric Owles BAGHDAD — We recently wrote about some of our favorite books on the Iraq war. Commentators added some of their own excellent suggestions, ... |
STARGAZING | ‘Generation Kill’ makers had Marine backup Kansas City Star, MO - Eric Kocher (center) with David Simon (left) and Ed Burns on the set of “Generation Kill.” Olivia Newton-John, who starred in the hit movie version of the ... |
'Generation Kill' Captures War's Lulls and Horrors Washington Post, United States - By Jonathan Finer War is often, and aptly, described as long stretches of boredom punctuated by moments of terror. Many movies get the latter right. ... |
On HBO, The Fierce Tug of War Washington Post, United States - By Tom Shales Making an earnest attempt to fake magnanimity, the commanding officer approaches a small group of his men and tells them he wants to know ... |
Not War Weary But War Wary Hartford Courant, United States - By ROGER CATLIN | Courant TV Critic Movies made about the five-year engagement in Iraq haven't caught on at the box office. The only television series made ... |
A war-weary America may not embrace HBO's new mini-series on the ... guardian.co.uk, UK - When it comes to depictions of the Iraq war, Hollywood is in the habit of throwing good money after bad. A spate of films based on the conflict have flopped ... |
"Generation Kill": Band of brothers for a new age Kansas City Star, MO - After five years fulfilling his epic vision for “The Wire,” David Simon has returned to his journalistic roots with “Generation Kill,” a seven-part ... |
Critic: 'Generation Kill' Feels All Too Familiar NPR - Day to Day, July 11, 2008 · HBO's new miniseries Generation Kill starts this Sunday. TV critic Andrew Wallenstein says the newest dramatization of the war ... |
'Generation Kill' Takes Television To The War Zone NPR - Fresh Air from WHYY, July 11, 2008 · Now that The Wire has finished its run, those looking to get their David Simon fix will be tuning into HBO's new ... |
 | In for the 'Kill' Boston Globe, United States - Adapted by writers from "The Wire," the seven-part HBO miniseries is based on journalist Evan Wright's reports. (globe staff digital illustration; ... |
 | Soldier on; HBO drama worth the early struggle San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Before you embark on the mind-bending journey that is HBO's “Generation Kill,” you should know there will be big chunks of time in which you will have no ... |
HBO drama goes to the 'tip of the spear' Salt Lake Tribune, United States - At the start of the Iraq invasion, the war was mostly seen from the side windows of dusty, camouflage-painted Humvees rolling north along the desert floor. ... |
Television: 'Generation Kill': TV at its blistering best Salt Lake Tribune, United States - By Vince Horiuchi Every war is essentially constructed of the same thing: young men called to perform unthinkable tasks under impossible conditions. ... |
 | TV Review | 'Generation Kill' New York Times, United States - The mini-series “Generation Kill” documents the profane, and sometimes profound, experiences of an elite Marine reconnaissance battalion leading the 2003 ... |
Marines Snack on Skittles, Mock Kids in Gritty Iraq War Series Bloomberg - July 11 (Bloomberg) -- The creators of ``The Wire,'' HBO's gritty tale of urban warfare in Baltimore, have shifted the battlefield to the Middle East in ... |
posted by jicnacho at 7/12/2008 12:17:00 PM : 
Post a Comment
<< Home