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Grunts Digging in at Khost: the 9th Company

by Mad Duo | Jun 3, 2016 | Assorted Ramblings | Hollywood Hoodoo, Poor Bloody Infantry

Russian grunts digging in at Khost: this scene will be familiar to many of you. It’s from a Russian movie called The 9th Company.

Review: Only the Dead [See the End of War]

by Mad Duo | Mar 31, 2016 | Musings | Hollywood Hoodoo, Your Weekend Read

Just released Monday on HBO is a new documentary by Australian journalist Michael Ware, who spent seven years in Iraq. It’s called Only the Dead [See the End of War]. Watch it.

Movie Review | 13 Hours

by Dave Merrill | Jan 27, 2016 | Assorted Ramblings | Hollywood Hoodoo

In case you didn't know, the film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is based on the accounts from the book with the slightly longer name, 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened...

Review: Mad Max: Fury Road

by Apocalypse Josh | Jun 4, 2015 | Assorted Ramblings | Hollywood Hoodoo

Who better to do a review and breakdown of Mad Max: Fury Road than are own tamed (if not tamed, then at least mostly housebroken) Australian? There are spoilers below. If you haven't yet seen it and don't want to ruin it for yourself, check out this Gratuitous Hawt...

American Sniper – Minion Review #2

by Mad Duo | Jan 29, 2015 | Op-Eds | Hollywood Hoodoo

The wide range of responses to this movie is astonishing - we've seen everything from cult-like dedication to venomous hatred. As with the public, our minions have had varied reactions. We can't agree on much of anything, much less the relative merits or message of a...

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American Sniper: Minion Review #1

by Chris Hernandez | Jan 28, 2015 | Assorted Ramblings | Going Commando, Hollywood Hoodoo

It seems like everyone who has seen this movie has gotten something different from it, and our minions are no different. We decided to have a few of them give their own impressions. Hell, if none of us can agree then most of you probably can't either--let us know your...

84 Charlie MoPic – the Best Vietnam Movie You Never Saw

by Mike Durand | Nov 30, 2014 | Assorted Ramblings | Hollywood Hoodoo, Red2Alpha73

The Odd, Angry Shot. The Lighthorsemen. The Man Who Would Be King. We're big fans of older, lesser-known movies, particularly lesser-known war films. Today we bring you a review of just such a film courtesy of our friend Mike Durand, who has (happily) resumed writing...

Fury: Was it Everything We Hoped it Would Be?

by Chris Hernandez | Nov 20, 2014 | Assorted Ramblings | Hollywood Hoodoo, Tank Week

Over a month ago, Fury was released. I watched it just after opening weekend and again last week with a French soldier I met in Afghanistan. There’s a reason I waited before writing this followup; a real review had to capture the depth of meaning I had just witnessed....

Sententia – Australians at War

by Mad Duo | Nov 18, 2014 | Assorted Ramblings | Hollywood Hoodoo

Cavalry Troop V75: Setentia is a documentary about Australians in Afghanistan. We enjoy documentaries about US troops (Restrepo, Into the Hornet's Nest) but we always watch these too - and not least because some of our minions went into harm's way with some Diggers....

Fury – A Real Tanker Movie?

by Mad Duo | Sep 11, 2014 | Musings | Hollywood Hoodoo, Tank Week

We sure hell hope this doesn't suck. Kelly's Heroes is classic and there was that flick about the Russian tank in Afghanistan, but this one shows promise. A movie about armor in WWII made with modern film-making capability and a decent cast? We've got our fingers...