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Journalist sheds light on PTSD

Brittany Claramunt

Brittany Claramunt @BrittClaramunt bclaramunt@foghornnews.com One in 5 men and women in uniform come back home with some kind of brain injury. Often times their injuries are not visible — they are mental. These men and women defend their country but are also protecting their friends, family and people whom they have never met. The movie adaption of “Thank You for Your Service” by American journalist David Finkel focuses on real-life veterans who returned to Fort Riley, Kansas, following a 15-month deployment to Iraq in 2007-08. They return home and try to adjust to civilian life while dealing with post-traumatic stress…

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Adaptation brings suspense

Azrael Montoya

Azrael Montoya amontoya@foghornnews.com Murder and sins from the past come back to haunt the passengers in “Murder on the Orient Express.” Murder and drama are here in this mysterious film and it will leave you guessing from frame to frame. A famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, played by Kenneth Branagh, must solve a murder on the Orient Express set in 1934. Poirot is almost a divine detective with his abilities and his amazing prowess to solve the most difficult cases. The murder target on the Express is Samuel Ratchett, played by Johnny Depp. He is a shrewd American businessman. A…

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1 part education, 1 part inspiration

Jonathan Garcia

Jonathan Garcia jgarcia@foghornnews.com Del Mar College recently hosted a screening of the hit film “Hidden Figures” in the Retama Room on East Campus, but it wasn’t just for entertainment. The screening, part of a contest put on by 21st Century Fox and AMC Theaters, included a curriculum guide in hopes of starting a “social impact” among the institution, students and educators. “They just don’t want the viewer to go to the movie and watch it,” said STEM science adviser Leticia Wilson. “They want to be able to analyze it make it very relevant to their subject they are teaching.” Regardless…

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Thriller satisfies, but leaves more to be desired

Mark Young

“The Help” director Tate Taylor adapts last year’s hit novel written by Paula Hawkins, which was deemed “the next ‘Gone Girl’” by critics, for “The Girl on the Train.” However, the film proves that the two movies have little in common. The film follows Rachel Watson, an alcoholic who has an obsession with a couple she sees when she passes on the train every day. When she wakes up from a blackout covered in blood and discovers that one of the people she obsessed over has gone missing, she fears she had something to do with it. The unreliable narrator…

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‘Hell or High Water’ one of year’s best

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Latest Western film bound to become a staple within genre Mark Young myoung@foghornnews.com In a summer of blockbusters that fell short, director David Mackenzie teams up with Chris Pine and Ben Foster to deliver one of the best movies of the season. The opening scene of “Hell or High Water” shows a quiet Texas town on a hot day, a setting that many Texas natives will find all too familiar. The quiet scenery moves to a woman unlocking the doors of a bank, with two masked strangers showing up behind her, guns pointed toward her head. As they begin robbing the bank,…

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Animated action-family film fun for all ages

Matthew Tamez

Kubo and the Two Stings” is a stop-motion adventure movie directed by Travis Knight. The movie, released on Aug. 19, is a well-done action film that will resonate with all ages. In ancient Japan, Kubo (Art Parkinson) lives on the outskirts of a small village in a cave with his ill mother. When Kubo was an infant his grandfather, the Moon King, and his two aunts attacked Kubo, taking one of his eyes. His father, Hanzo, and his army sacrificed themselves to secure Kubo and his mother’s escape. In moments of lucidity his mother tells stories about his father, usually…