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Love and War

Channing Tatum’s ‘communicative shoulder blades’ work in this war romance

Dear John could be The Hurt Locker of romantic movies when Green Beret Staff Sergeant John Tyree (Channing Tatum) loses his stateside girlfriend Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) while serving his country in Iraq. The film has little feeling for military experience, or the sense of patriotic duty that John enunciates during the opening narration: “I am a coin in the United States Army. My edges have been rimmed and beveled. I have two [bullet] holes in me, so I’m no longer in perfect condition.”

 
 
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Pride & Precious

You can thank media titans Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry for much of the hype surrounding Lee Daniels’ film Precious. ARMOND WHITE calls it the ‘Con Job of the Year.’

SHAME ON TYLER PERRY and Oprah Winfrey for signing on as air-quote executive producers of Precious. After this post-hip-hop freak show wowed Sundance last January, it now slouches toward Oscar ratification thanks to its powerful friends.Winfrey and Perry had no hand in the actual production of Precious, yet the movie must have touched some sore spot in their demagogue psyches. They’ve piggybacked their reps as black success stories hoping to camouflage Precious’ con job—even though it’s more scandalous than their own upliftment trade.

 
 
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Love and War
By Armond White
District 13: Ultimatum
By Simon Abrams
Diplomatic Sense
By Armond White
Piq and Choose
By Linnea Covington
Red Riding Trilogy
By Armond White
Happiness is a Warm Gun
By Mark Peikert
Power and Passion
By Armond White
Diseased Desires
By Armond White
Creation
By Simon Abrams
 


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