War, Inc, Yet Another Anti-Iraq War Movie

Published: May 1, 2008, 4:03 pm

Tags: foreign policy, iraq, hillary duff, john cusack, entertainment media, movies

The obsession continues. Yet another Hollywood leftist is coming out with an anti-Iraq war movie. This time, it's "Sixteen Candles" star John Cusack who is begging us to take his political views seriously with his new film, "War, Inc," styled as a "dark, political satire," which seems basically to mean ham-fisted film clef set around the fictional country of Turaqistan.Making her debut in liberal wrist-slitting films is Hillary Duff, one of the many teen princesses manufactured by the Disney empire, who seems to be trying to earn some sort of credibility by screeching about politics. "We're trying to raise awareness with it. It is funny and it is bizarre and a little disturbing," the former Lizzie McGuire told Reuters. "But really at the end of the day it's looking at what (our country is) doing, and it's not right." Inspired by anger about the war and questions about the political power held by global corporations, "War,

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