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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No Country For Old Men (2007) - ★★★★☆

I think it's interesting that this, the second movie I've viewed on this grand adventure with a motif of tube-related crime, is called 'No Country For Old Men,' because something I noticed while watching it was that there were actually a couple old men in it, and they don't even die. I think that some would have me believe it is called this because it is a line from a famous poem, and is a reference to the disillusionment Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (an old man) feels with these modern times.... kids have green hair and nose piercings, and guys do violence with tubes. He probably feels like he doesn't belong in Texas anymore because of all these crazy kids and their newfangled violence, thus making the country not one which is for an old man. Nonetheless, he's there, and time sort of goes on no matter what, and things have always been bad in one way or another. He should probably get over it. That being said, I have a few ideas of other names this movie (yeah, I kno...

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!!!!!

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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