The closing minutes of the opening episode of “The Long Road Home” is a harrowing piece of television. Built up over the course of a half hour of tearful goodbyes, skeptical glances, and tiny rifts in neighborhood peace, a platoon of soldiers patrolling Sadr City in Baghdad comes under fire from all sides. An afternoon convoy of tanks rolling through the streets of Iraq soon becomes a bloodbath as a tense, uneasy peace gives way to chaos.
While there are seven additional installments of the Nat Geo miniseries based on Martha Raddatz’s 2007 book, that premiere is an effective representative of the show as a whole, preamble and all. Immersive in scenes of combat, disorienting when it hops between its myriad backstories, and clunky in its attempts at small talk, “The Long Road Home” rises and falls in many of the same ways that on-screen war stories do. A mostly...
While there are seven additional installments of the Nat Geo miniseries based on Martha Raddatz’s 2007 book, that premiere is an effective representative of the show as a whole, preamble and all. Immersive in scenes of combat, disorienting when it hops between its myriad backstories, and clunky in its attempts at small talk, “The Long Road Home” rises and falls in many of the same ways that on-screen war stories do. A mostly...
- 11/7/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 4 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Oppo Research," and it sounds like things will get pretty intriguing as Alicia keeps contemplating actually running for State's Attorney, Eli goes as far as to bring in a campaign manager, and more. In the new, 4th episode press release: Alicia is going to further explore the option of running for State's Attorney. Press release number 2: When Alicia agrees to further explore the option of running for State’s Attorney, Eli is going to bring a respected campaign manager into the fold to help her decide once and for all. Actor Steven Pasquale guest stars as the campaign manager, Jonathan Elfman. Other guest stars will feature: Stockard Channing (Veronica Loy), Katie Paxton (Lauren Lytton), Rachel Hilson (Nisa Dalmar), Anne Marsen (Jennifer), Nicole Roderick (Nora), Tom Cotter (Himself), Joseph Weisberg...
- 10/5/2014
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Ioncinema.com’s Ioncinephile of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This October, we put the spotlight on an indie personality who moonlights as a film critic/writer for the likes of The Village Voice and Filmmaker Magazine and who saw his feature film debut land in 2014 SXSW Film Festival’s Narrative Feature competition. Toplined by John Gallagher Jr. (Short Term 12) and Kate Lyn Sheil (Listen Up Philip) with supporting players in the shape of David Call (Gabriel), Katie Paxton and Louisa Krause (Bluebird), The Heart Machine (October 24th limited release/VOD FilmBuff) is according to the glowing remarks made in the trades with Variety calling it “thoroughly modern without being ostentatious” and THR dissecting it as “a thoughtful, emotionally tricky debut”. This month we profile Zachary Wigon — be sure to check out his top ten films of all time.
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- 10/2/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" premiere episode 1 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "The Line," and it sounds like things will very interesting as Diane contemplates joining Alicia's new firm as a partner. Alicia refuses to run for state's attorney, and more. In the new, 1st episode press release: Alicia will be adamant in her refusal to run for state's attorney. Press release number 2: Alicia is going to be adamant in her refusal to run for State’s Attorney despite Eli’s attempts to persuade her to launch a campaign. Meanwhile, as Diane considers joining Florrick/Agos as partner, an internal crisis will threaten to destroy the firm. Guest stars will include: Jess Weixler (Robyn Burdine), Michael Cerveris (James Castro), Kelli Giddish (Sophia Russo), Katie Paxton (Lauren Lytton), Fred Melamed (Judge Alan Karpman), Samantha Mathis (Bonita Yarrow), Nicole Roderick (Nora...
- 9/3/2014
- by Megan
- OnTheFlix
Recently, CBS released the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 21 of season 5. The episode is entitled, "The One Percent," and it sounds like things will get quite interesting and dramatic as Alicia scrambles in an effort to save a multi-billion dollar merger after her client screws things up, and more. In the new, 21st episode press release: Alicia will scramble to save a multi-billion dollar merger when her clients insensitive remarks threaten the deal. Press release number 2: Alicia is going to manage the fallout when her client’s insensitive statements to the press, threaten the fate of a multi-billion dollar merger. In the meantime, Diane will face a potential conflict of interest when she and Louis Canning are on opposite sides of a class action suit involving a pharmaceutical company. Also, Eli is going to learn the truth about Alicia and Peter’s relationship.
- 5/4/2014
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
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