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Iraq films barely a blip on Oscar radar



Iraq films barely a blip on Oscar radarFilm News: Who didn't make it to the nominations list -- What do Bart Simpson, John Travolta and Iraq-themed movies have in common? All were no-shows in noms for the Oscars.

Iraq films not attracting audiences --WASHINGTON - After five years of conflict in Iraq, Hollywood seems to have learned a sobering lesson: The only things less popular than the war itself are dramatic - Watch user-posted videos tagged with "Iraq." The films, as is usual, received a mixed critical reaction from - the Iraq films', also uses fresh media technologies to represent the rape of a 15-year-old girl and the murder - War. What is it good for? When it comes to Hollywood and Iraq, almost absolutely nothing. From a string of barely watched big-screen movies to short-lived TV dramas, - Analysis: The fresh movies on the war get passing marks for good intentions, says Richard Corliss, but the audience gets an incomplete for poor attendance See thousands of entertaining and informative rankings - from celebrities to universities - at Ranker. Or use the 5 million items in our system to - Oscar-nominated documentaries as a hotbed of anti-Bush, antiwar - It's not quite like any other Iraq-war film, because it's based on recently returned soldiers -- along with - Vivid documentaries like <cite>The Dreams of Sparrows</cite> challenge U.S. media portrayals of the Iraq war -- and spark an unusual indie revolution. By Jason Silverman. Showing the anarchy of Iraq no respect, James swaggers into uncertainty like a - the Loop are the first two Iraq films to have gotten their tone right. - You could never get a helicopter in the old building anyway ! - The film barely scratches the surface of what the site has to offer. In a city filled -