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By Mr D Stevens

 Movie Reviews this week looks at the Oscar-winning, hard-hitting Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker.

It stars Jeremy Renner (28 weeks later) as Sergeant First Class William James, an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) bomb disposal expert, who has been sent into Bravo Company, at Camp Victory. We join the movie as Staff Sergeant Matt Thompson played by Guy Pearce (Memento) along with Sergeant JT Sanborn played by Anthony Mackie (Half Nelson), and Specialist Owen Eldrigde played by Brian Geraghty (Bobby), are attempting to disarm an IED, that has been put there to kill and maim as many civilian and military personnel as possible, Thompson is the bomb expert while the other two soldiers are to watch for any problems, i.e. anyone interfering and to keep the people relatively safe.

Unfortunately things do not go as planned, and James soon joins Bravo Company. However his innovative or carefree (as his fellow soldiers regard it) methods at bomb disarming don’t go too well with Sanborn and Elridge, there is a memorable scene where Elridge tells one of his commanding officers, after he asks how he is doing, he says that his team leader is inspired, and mentions sarcastically that his team leader is going to get him killed, the commanding officer, mentions that he shouldn’t be having these kinds of thoughts, that war is a one in a lifetime opportunity, as Elridge looks distantly, the audience cannot help wondering at the indirect sarcasm in that statement, as Elridge tells asks him if he knows what it is he and the other men do every day, his commanding officer states that he has had his time on the field, to which Elridge sarcastically asks “Where was that…Yale”?

Matters come to a heated exchange when James attempting to disarm a bomb, that is extremely complicated, removes his bomb suit, so as to get comfortable, as he puts it “If I am going to die today I might as well die comfy”, even going as far as to throw away his radio as Sanborn constantly tells him that there are “too many eyes” watching them and they have to move.

We get a little glimpse at the difficult problems facing the military in Iraq, attempting to liaison with the local population (there is a charming boy who sells DVDs that has made friends with some of the soldiers; nicknamed Becks; who James gets friendly with over a game of soccer, and the ice is broken over his namesake, Beckham, but the boy states he is much better than Beckham), often meeting language barriers, and at the same time not trying to seem dictatorial, but requiring them to keep at a safe distance while they try and do their job.

The acting in the Hurt Locker is top-notch all the way, and the movie is shot almost documentary style, with close-ups of the soldiers and the mass of emotions they go through during many tense moments. You can see why this is the first movie to have a woman, Kathryn Bigelow winning the Best Director Oscar.

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Relationship Help
How to Save Your Marriage

By Piper Cox

 Marriage is not always a bed of roses; it is more like a ferris wheel that is full of ups and downs. Having disagreements every now and then is normal but when it gets more frequent by the day, its time to sit down and talk. When nothing positive comes out of it and even petty things like what television program to watch sparks into a full blown quarrel, its time to get a relationship help.

You can arrange a meeting with someone whom you mutually respect to get a relationship help but truly, the best help you can get will come from yourselves. If you can recall the things that made you adore your spouse, you can find ways to keep your marriage. Keep in mind that at one point in your life, your spouse was the love of your life.

Find time to be together where there are no distractions, sit down and really listen and not just hear each other. Bring out your feelings and unburden your thoughts that are making you unhappy with your marriage. In return, also give your spouse the chance to share whats really on his/her heart. If talking between yourselves doesnt seem to work out, you might want to consider getting a relationship help and have a mediator facilitate your serious talk.

If a face to face conversation is not effective, consider writing a letter reminding your significant other that you love him/her. Putting emphasis on his/her best qualities will tremendously make it easier to go back to the kind of connection you had before.

Keep a day of your weekend open to schedule for a date. As your marriage drags on for years, you become somewhat complacent and forget to dress up for each other on a date. This will bring back memories that you had when you were still on the dating stage, sweet, thoughtful, tender embrace, full of smiles, kisses and laughter.

Do something that will make you feel good, reward yourself with a day in a beauty salon or spa, doing it together will be even better as this will give you time together. If you are miserable with the way you look, you might pass this negative feeling to your spouse. Take charge and enroll your self in an exercise program that would make you fit and trim.

Let your spouse feel that they are your priority. Once they feel special, there is no need to get a relationship help. The flames of love will rekindle once more.

Piper loves researching her genealogy and family tree and reading stories of her ancestors. She spends her time researching her family history and using her HP slide scanner. She likes life, reading and spending time with her family. She also teaches people how to go about using a 35mm slide converter in her spare time.

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