December 21, 2011 On Screen » Movie Reviews + Features

War Horse 

Handsomely filmed, but a manipulative and sentimental tale of a boy and his horse at war

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World War I was one of the worst things to ever happen, and consequently, there haven't been many feel-good family films about it. Until now. With War Horse, Steven Spielberg -- Mister Wonderment himself -- delivers a glossy fantasia about a boy…

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