If you’re thinking Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” is some kind of propaganda piece that’s either pro- or anti-Iraq War invasion, you’d be wrong. I don’t think the movie takes much of a political stance either way. It’s probably the most white-knuckle,...

Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” is probably the most pro-military movie that has come out of Hollywood in the last few years. And truth be told, it’s not even that pro-military. It’s just that compared to the most recent dozen or so entrants, “The Hurt Locker” does not seem to share...

KA-BLOOEY! (Or more like, KA-BOOM!) That’s what you’ll probably be seeing and hearing a lot from Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War-set “The Hurt Locker”, which is being sold as an action film that just happens to be set in Iraq during the war. It’s actually the smart way...

Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” sure hasn’t had an easy time of it getting into theaters. It’s had a very strange shelf life, including Festival showings in 2008, but in 2009 it’s finally landing in theaters on June 26. We’re probably looking at a limited...

Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War-set “The Hurt Locker”, about a unit of bomb disposal soldiers, was supposed to come out in 2008, but it’s been shelved indefinitely, probably because every Iraq War-set movie that has been released so far has, as the kids say, bit the big one at the...

I’ve been looking forward to Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War-set “The Hurt Locker” ever since I heard about it, and saw this very cool poster. Although I’m probably the only one, considering the public’s seemingly complete lack of interest in Iraq War-themed movies. Hasn’t...

Haven’t heard from Kathryn Bigelow in a while, which is too bad. It’s not neveryday you run across a 50-something woman who can do action movies, and Bigelow has proven that she can do the genre as well as, if not better, than most of her fellow male directors. (”Near Dark”, “Point...