Welcome, Cinematic Fanatics, to Slick Flick Pick, an entertaining, slick/flick-explaining series, a desirable diversion from the main vein of Chemohawk Sessions. You are my Cinematic Fanatic; I, your worthwhile f****** cinephile. For your octonary episode, I offer a congressionally selected film successfully admitted into the National Film Registry as it proved culturally, historically and/or aesthetically significant thrilling war, frequently fulfilling-- but never a bore-- auricular presentation of one of my most favorite, frequently re-watched, semi-contemporary war/antiwar film shown, vicariously, through the eager, haunted, energetic eyes of my main man… Jeremy fuc**** Renner, working off an unassuming and organic screenplay capturing the heat, blood, fear and sand, in a riveting quasi-documentary gloss: The Hurt Locker, circa September 2008. This flick is sleek, with a focused plot unique and, based on all of the reviews I perused…immune from critique. This locker may be hurt, but the film was not hurt critically or financially, this is the best, most confident, creative and singularly focused post-Iraq-invasion-war-film made with frenetic, kinetic, cinematic handheld-cam shots, claustrophobic close-ups and desolate desert shots that accelerate your heart rate for William James is wild, slick, sometimes a dick, at times a child, but always an intense, superlative expert diffusing the lethal left behinds misused by a bomb maker's escalating twisted fstars design. Renner's naturalness and acting prowess steals this lauded, applauded show, for he casually struts to where they won't go and delicately diffuses situations before he, his team and city blocks, up, they blow. In honor of this Slick Flick Pick unveiling, I describe, through smooth detailing, this flick's slickness unfailing, ceaseless suspense prevailing and raw dialogue regaling. This is a slick cinematic experience that touches a trio of genres: war, drama, and suspense/thriller. It transitions so seamlessly between genres and oft simultaneously, in such a way, that you process it as a simple study in filmmaking sleekness. I have adored this film since the unique treat of my first blu-ray viewing. Recline, Cinematic Fanatics, in your favorite well-worn, stale chair, rustle up some popcorn, fresh as fstars, the antithesis to that stale a** chair, I just mentioned, zoom in and zone out as we unwind the daily grind with a slick f****** flick pick. The Hurt Locker is the flick, so very slick, hence my fstars pick! When Slick Flick Pick is near, stick around, till, Falsetto Prophet's voice, you hear. Lights... camera...action... lends distraction and, with the right Slick Flick Pick, grants satisfaction. I am your worthwhile cinephile; you're my cinematic fanatics; together, we, excitement unlock and run down the real world's unimaginative fstars clock while feasting our eyes on this slick-flick-pick prize.

Enter, with me, you cinematic fanatics, into the realm of film's fantasy as we unwind the grind of reality… I offer you: Pick 8: Slick Flick Pick: I Vote Renner Oscar Winner; (The Hurt Locker, 2008) Today, we discuss: a war-torn city forlorn... rife with blood, sweat, sand and gunslingers, the unmistakable look of Renner's fingers and you will leave this slick flick shaken, overtaken with a worldly warring weariness that lingers. - Your worthwhile cinephile: Falsetto Prophet

P.S. (Procrastinated Statement) *Intro/outro song, Soulicious, courtesy of the artist, Dyalla.

F.C.F.U(Fact-Check Follow up) Ebert awarded Point Break 3.5 stars and awarded Zero Dark Thirty 3 stars.