“Gary Thompson: 'Tillman' recalls death of ex-football player in Afghanistan” |
| Gary Thompson: 'Tillman' recalls death of ex-football player in Afghanistan Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:36 AM PST Posted on Fri, Feb. 4, 2011 THERE IS pointed irony, no doubt, in the Super Bowl week DVD release of "The Tillman Story." This is a first-rate documentary about Pat Tillman, the Arizona Cardinal safety who quit pro ball to enlist in the Army Rangers after 9/11, and was killed in a friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan. The movie builds a circumstantial case for a conspiracy (ultimately futile) to cover up the events surrounding Tillman's death, a conspiracy that reaches high into the Bush administration. But the movie is more interesting for its unforgettable portrait of the freethinking, unclassifiable Tillman, described by a comrade as a "true American original," certainly a dwindling national resource. The rest of the Super Bowl week releases seem pitched to a female audience - Hilary Swank stars in "Conviction," based on the true story of a woman who goes to law school and passes the bar in order to exonerate her brother (Sam Rockwell), falsely convicted of murder. Chloe Moretz as a "girl" vampire in "Let Me In," an effective horror movie remake of the Scandinavian cult fave "Let the Right One In." Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley headline "Never Let Me Go," a downbeat, low-key, almost good sci-fi about a near-future dystopia about institutional children being raised for a sinister purpose. Andrew Garfield co-stars. More than one critic has described "Night Catches Us," by local filmmaker Tanya Hamilton, as "criminally neglected." The locally-shot indie, new on DVD this week, stars Kerry Washington in a drama of former Black Panthers still sorting through the personal and political echoes of their involvement in the movement. Much lighter is the worthwhile Brit comedy "Tamara Drewe," with Gemma Arterton in the title role as a bombshell who returns to her hometown and disrupts life at a writers colony. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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