The Pacific DVD Review

Directors: Tim Van Patten, David Nutter, Jeremy Podeswa, Graham Yost, Carl Franklin, Tony To Writers: Bruce C. McKenna, George Pelecanos, Michelle Ashford, Robert Schenkkan, Graham Yost, Laurence Andries Cinematographers: Remi Adefarasin, Stephen F. Windon Starring: Joseph Mazzello, James Badge Dale, Jon Seda, Rami Malek, Gary Sweet, Annie Parisse, William Sadler, Ashton Holmes, Brendan Fletcher Studio/Running Time: Home Box Office, 530 min. A realistic look at the other side of WWII...  read more

High Definition: The Pacific

I’ll occasionally tear up in movies, but I cried like a baby in Saving Private Ryan. My wife’s Grandpa Wigton flew bombers in Europe during World II but was called home after his two brothers died in combat. I was completely alone in the theater, catching a mid-week matinee. I paced the floor in front of the screen in the tenser parts of the movie, but the scene that knocked me out was just after one of the most brutal accounts of war I’d ever witnessed: the opening battle on the beaches of Normandy. The film cut to a non-descript...  read more