Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad Review (PC)
Tripwire Interactive’s realistic shooter focuses on the often overlooked Eastern Front of World War II.... read more
Found in: Games, ReviewsThe Pacific Review: "Part 10" (1.10)
The war is over. And so ends HBO’s spectacular miniseries The Pacific. Leaving the bloodshed to earlier episodes, a peaceful conclusion follow the show’s main characters as they make their way to their respective homes.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsThe Pacific Review: "Part 9" (1.09)
The Pacific spends so much time (in a good way) with dynamic special effects, gutsy dialogue and dramatic action that many of the details about the World War II campaign against Japan are omitted. Fortunately, HBO fills in the holes with its excellent website. It’s where I learned that by the time the Marines invaded Okinawa the Japanese had not only known that winning the war was impossible but they had also been ordered to stay and fight to the death. Surrender was not an option. This presented the Americans with one of the most difficult and deadly operations of... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsThe Pacific Review: "Part 8" (1.08)
This week’s chapter begins with an epilogue on the American victory at Peleliu, and it ends with the invasion of Iwo Jima—twelve minutes of the most intense and emotional battle scenes of the series so far.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsThe Pacific Review: "Part 6" (1.06)
It wouldn’t be unusual, and even a little understandable, for viewers of The Pacific to change channels during the HBO series’ graphic battle scenes, with their vivid reenactments of Marines being torn apart by enemy fire. Detached limbs, gaping wounds and copious amounts of blood can take a psychological toll. But that’s the point—by taking us as close to the events as possible, short of actually being there, we better understand the emotional impact the battles are having on the men.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsThe Pacific Review: "Part 5" (1.05)
An old friend, a Vietnam vet, once told me that while he was watching the combat scenes in Apocalypse Now he shoved some high schoolers down off their theater seats and shouted “Take cover! Take cover!” One of the sweetest guys you’d ever meet was susceptible to sporadic flashbacks. The metal plate in his head didn’t help. But it reminds me of a running theme in The Pacific, one that war hero Basilone reiterates to a busboy asking for battle advice before enlisting. “Keep your head down and keep moving,” he says, a fitting statement for Part 5, with its... read more
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