Now we know there’s a method to the moustache madness enacted by Sgt. Sixta (Neal Jones). And we also know the rough-and-ready sergeant’s biggest fear: letting down his superiors. Bravo has seen its first combat, and here’s what’s next:
Episode 3 Summary: “Screwby”
While awaiting their next recon orders, Bravo company encounters an horrific act of violence […]
UPDATE (07.26.08): Our quick summary review of Episode 2 has been added. Scroll down beyond the preview for more…
Before we preview the second episode of HBO’s Generation Kill, it’s worth pointing out a telling scene in Episode 1, “Get Some.” It’s just before the First Recon troops rollout to depart (only to wait four hours for […]
When you create a miniseries as ambitious and high-brow historical as John Adams, the accolades roll in before the movie’s even done. As proof of that, the HBO seven-part extravaganza, based on David McCullough’s book, has scored 23 Emmy nominations. That’s a lot.
Wondering how one movie — well, one long movie – receives 23 nominations? Here’s how it breaks down […]
The old saying goes “war is hell,” but it also seems pretty surreal. I have no personal knowledge, but there appears to be crazy boredom balanced by stay-sane humor — marked by the occasional unbelievable situation. With the premiere of HBO’s miniseries Generation Kill, co-creators David Simon and Ed Burns (The Wire) give us the nitty-gritty of the U.S. First […]
Few holidays are as sadly compromised on television as the Fourth of July, with moronic car dealers urging you to “demand your independence from high prices.” So HBO has programming for some serious patriots: An entire day of the recent miniseries John Adams. (See our original John Adams preview.)
That’s every episode. 9 hours, 15 minutes of some hardnosed American Revolutionary […]
In the past couple of years, HBO has offered plenty of programming focused on the Iraq War, nearly all of them painful documentaries: Baghdad Hospital, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Alive Day Memories.
Now the network takes the narrative approach with the seven-part series Generation Kill, based on the first 40 days of the war as seen by […]
