![]() One of the more maddening, frightening aspects of drone warfare is the ambiguity over just how many of the people who have been killed from tens of thousands of feet up were in fact “the bad guys.” That ambiguity is absent here. Thus, as Colonel Katherine Powell ( Helen Mirren) leads a secret mission in Nairobi, they have surveillance capabilities which give them a far clearer picture of the situation on the ground than any real such operation could currently hope for. It’s modeled as a gritty military thriller, but is also a light sci-fi film, its plot incorporating the use of technology that’s either not yet refined, like a hummingbird drone (which, believe it or not, is real), or purely conjectural, like a tiny beetle drone. Though it tackles drone warfare, Eye in the Skyremoves itself from many of the thornier issues of this ultra-timely subject. The latest film from the Like Crazy director is not really lacking in emotions - quite the opposite if anything - but it is, quite frankly, a bit dull as it plays out in a near constant melodramatic key. Lobbing the proverbial one up for dissatisfied critics to knock out of the ballpark, Drake Doremus’ Equals is a love story set in a dystopian future where emotions, it would seem, have been scientifically obliterated. His general likability and genuine passion for the subject alone makes the piece worth watching. Sure, Leo’s been a climate activist for most of his adult life - even producing and narrating the under-seen climate doc The 11th Hour in 2007 - but here he is, front and center, from beginning to end. In so many ways, Before The Flood, directed by Fisher Stevens, is like any climate change documentary released in recent years, save one facet: Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s even more of a shame that Anthropoid can’t do it justice. Which is a shame, since it’s a riveting story. And despite the fact that Anthropoid is the sixth film on its particular subject (with a seventh, the bafflingly-named HHhH, imminent), if you quizzed a random person about Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, or Operation Anthropoid, you’d likely get blank stares. But there are literally thousands of facets of World War II that have relatively little cultural exposure. Of course, pretty much any film about the Good War that doesn’t focus on the American (sometimes British) point of view of the conflict will probably seem “random” to the mainstream one odd side-effect of Hollywood’s Oscar-baity love of the era. ![]() Throw a dart at a map, and you can make a World War II movie set in whatever place you hit. Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. ![]() With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options - not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves - we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. ![]()
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