Saving Private Ryan (movie)

The last week, highlighted by Benghazi testimony, has apparently resulted in various media members coming out of their comas. Some doubt has actually been expressed about Jay Carney's truthfulness, particularly on Benghazi. Hopefully some in this audience...

On or near national holidays such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day and Armed Forces Day, orchestras and choral groups program concerts to include decidedly patriotic music to honor sacrifices made by veterans and current military personnel. For better or...

We should celebrate it every day, but since today is the Hallmark-denoted day, here goes. Cheers to all the mothers and their children out there. And to Nina Haggerty, who gave me my wife. I wish I could have met my bride's mother, a wonderful woman and...

In Rafa Lara's film "Cinco de Mayo: The Battle," calendar dates are superimposed over the action counting down to May 5 — the day in 1862 when a ragtag Mexican army defeated France in the fight for independence. It may not be the only countdown...

In a world of increasing segmentation, allow me to add a couple of segments. As I see it, the world can be divided into two distinct groups _ people who were alive on June 20, 1975, and people who don't know what it was like. What they don't know is...

It will be a weekend filled with "Lincoln" events related to both the Steven Spielberg movie and the real-life visits of the 16th president in the final weeks of his life and the Civil War. In a weekend that combines Hollywood and history, and...

When playwright Terence Rattigan's beautiful and long-neglected "Flare Path" was first performed in London in 1942, Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" was all the rage. To many Americans, Coward and his snippy pals still represent the English stiff upper lip...

Based on a popular video game, this military adventure sends a group of soldiers into the thick of the Battle of the Bulge. They try to derail a Nazi plot to develop an atomic-fueled weapon, having to overcome their own differences during the attempt....

With the Oscars finally upon us Sunday, it's do-or-die for the movies ranked in the L.A. Times Data Desk's HeatMeter, which tallies points at events throughout the season to gauge the overall traction of people and films. With Ben Affleck's "Argo"...

I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...

It's time to play one of our favorite yearly games at Times Community News: Can You Outguess the Features Editor? And no, that's not a rhetorical question. You probably can. Last year, incurable Oscar junkie that I am, I challenged readers to beat my...

"Lincoln" leads the field. Will its momentum carry through to Oscar wins? Here are the newly revised Gold Standard odds for the post-Ben Affleck/Kathryn Bigelow landscape. PICTURE "Lincoln," 10-9. Nominee kingpin, with nods in all the right...