My eyelids have finally returned to normal after two days of crying-induced puffiness, so it’s time to weigh in on War Horse, the source of my emotional display in a Lexington cinema on Monday.

The highly anticipated film whose trailer even had me in tears when I saw it for the first time back in August was one I will return to see in the theater and will own on DVD.

Courage Under Fire

This sketch by War Horse equine makeup artistic director Ali Bannister appeared briefly in the film, along with several of her other sketches. Freelance correspondent Christa LestŽ-Lasserre met Bannister at a press event late last year

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