'Red Tails'
In "Red Tails," the famed Tuskegee Airmen get the John Wayne-style heroic rendering they very much deserve, but in a hackneyed and weirdly context-less story that does them a disservice. Long a pet project of his, George
When George Lucas shines the spotlight on the Tuskegee, Ala., Army Air Field with the Friday opening of "Red Tails," what is now known as Keesler Air Force Base will not have a recognizable role. The movie, after all, centers on the 332nd Fighter Group
Photo: AP WASHINGTON, January 19, 2011 – The legacy of the Tuskeegee Airmen is playing itself out in more places than just George Lucas' Red Tails, in theaters this Friday. The Tuskeegee Airmen, the 1940s squadron composed of all black men who helped
DULUTH, MN (KDAL) – A member of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War Two and Duluth resident Joe Gomer will be attending the premiere of the movie that tells the story of that famous group of African-American airmen. The movie is being shown at Zinema 2 in
By COLIN COVERT "Red Tails" never takes off. The subject matter – the trials and triumphs of the first ever all-black US Army Air Corps fighter group, nicknamed the Tuskegee Airmen – is new. Yet the film has no story to tell that Hollywood hasn't told
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