Review first published by Little White Lies “We don’t do new — we renovate!” So declares Mayor Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner), a salt-of-the-earth politician in New Jersey 1978, as he shows Sheik Abdullah (Michael Peña) around the Atlantic City building that he hopes to turn into a casino. Carmine’s big dream depends on Abdullah’s investment, but…
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The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Hurt Locker first published by Film4 Synopsis: Powerful drama probing the internal wiring of soldiers involved in the Iraq War. By the director of Near Dark, Point Break and K-19, Kathryn Bigelow. Review: “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” This quote, lifted from renowned…