Casualties of War (1989) - ★★★★★

Talk about short movie stars!!! Michael J. Fox is only 5'4"!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He did a great job with being that height.

Notably, as the shortest man in this movie, he also happens to be the moral center—the only one, among a sea of tall men, who does the right thing. It makes you think....

Something else that makes you think is the question, "Is Woody Harrelson in this movie?"

Sources disagree. Wikipedia and IMDB say no. Fandango and Vudu (not sure what this is) say yes, but offer no explanations. I wasn't really willing to take any risks, though, so I watched it anyway.

I really don't think Woody is in this movie. If he was, he was an extra in the background of a scene. But by 1989, Woody was already several years into his successful career, so it wouldn't make sense for him to be a mere extra in a big movie like this.

So, at the risk of being wrong, and at the risk of losing my claim as the world's foremost Woody Harrelson scholar, I'm making the executive decision that he was not in this movie. If I'm wrong—well, I suppose I'll have to rescind my title. But I don't think I'm wrong.

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The Hi-Lo Country (1998) - ★★★★★

A shockingly underrated and under-talked about Woody Harrelson masterpiece. Reminsicent of the classic Marty Robbins banger, "Tall Handsome Stranger," this is a must watch for cowboy fans and Woody Harrelson fans alike. Unequivocally Woody's best cowboy role!!!!!

LBJ (2016) - ★☆☆☆☆

I'm horrified! They should not have done this to Woody! Why did they need to make his ears so damn big? And get rid of his beautiful blue eyes?? I had a specific memory of watching an HBO movie about LBJ in 2016 and liking it, so I was expecting this to be good—little did I know, HBO made two movies about LBJ in 2016 and this is apparently the bad one! And when I say bad, I mean bad! Etc., etc. There's a much more important issue that needs to be discussed. Please take a moment to think about this question: What color hair did JFK have? If you said dark grey, you'd be like me. I mean, look at this picture and tell me that's not what color it is! Well, color me surprised, because apparently this is a black and white photo and that means that even though everything in it looks to be various shades of grey, that's actually due to a specific type of photographic technology which is not capable of reproducing colors. Okay. Fine. Whatever. If this picture is concealing ...

The Big White (2005) - ★★★☆☆

It is, perhaps, a little-known fact that a movie only needs exactly one (1) ingredient to be a good movie. That ingredient is not a good director (what even is a director? The guy who clacks the black and white thing and shouts "action!"?). That ingredient is not beautiful cinematography (though The Big White has no shortage of that. I really liked the vast snowy landscapes and also the matching snowy whiteness of the insurance office, especially since it was snowing outside my window while I watched this movie and I guess that just felt serendipitous). That ingredient is not an incredible and talented cast—something I think everyone agree this movie has (Robin Williams, yes, but also this guy , who looks like Pete "Mad Men" Campbell, but isn't. I like him a lot and would like to see more of him!). That ingredient is not even—dare I say it?—Woody Harrelson. Many a movie, in fact, as this blog evidences, is very bad in spite of Woody's wonderful presence. ...

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