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![]() While War Pigs is nothing spectacular, this fairly typical WWII film holds its own with other B players of the genre. Dolph Lundren an Mickey Rourke add some star power and the writers don’t copy old ideas too obviously. |
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![]() If you liked ‘Sniper’, this is a sniper you’ll want to see. It is worth sticking out the subtitles for this great story about Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history. This is a Bio-Drama war flick, so you’ll be highly engaged as you follow her story as war forces her t… |
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![]() Bicycle troops against invading Germans? The equipment, including the machine guns mounted to motorcycle side cars seemed comically inadequate. It’s easy to make fun of the circumstances, but apparently this is a serious tale of bravery and heroism to the Danes. |
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![]() Obama’s War on Terror comes alive in Good Kill. Set in 2010, after the second POTUS to prosecute the Islamist War dramatically escalated drone warfare, it unflinchingly portrays the toll on airmen and their families from a new kind of combat in an incompetently defined war. Albeit fictional, it…
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![]() Instead of a serious “Saving Private Ryan†we get a semi-humorous “Saving Claude Monetâ€. The story is decent, send in a platoon of art experts to save the world’s gems from Nazi tyranny. However the execution is “meh.†With a cast like the one presented, I expected more in the com…
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![]() 300: Rise of an Empire is Greek history through a fantasy lens darkly, prequel and sequel to the ‘06 hit about King Leonidas and his band of 300. The new movie’s nearly 4x Reality factor stems from Frank Miller’s graphic novel, full of vainglorious liberties, supernatural contrivances and hist…
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![]() Angelina Jolie directs the astounding true story about Olympic runner Louie Zamporini. Louie was art of a Bomber crew in pacific who was shot down, survived over 45 days at sea, surrounded by sharks, shot at by and then captured by the Japanese, tortured by a sadistic Japanese commander "the … |
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![]() Saving Private Ryan has a new neighbor atop the pantheon of Great American War movies. Chris Kyle, Bradley Cooper and Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper illuminates the reality of America’s 21st century war as never before, just as Steven Spielberg’s classic did about the Greatest Generation’s …
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10 Questions with the real Chief Kyle
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![]() Standard war movie fare: Â A small group of jarheads against all odds, survive against the Taliban while carrying out an unlikely mission of having to rescue a local female political hero. Decent (albeit mindless) shoot-em-up entertainment is sometimes just what the Dr. ordered for war movie buffs. |
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![]() Russell Crowe’s directorial debut is a hit. Not only does he shine as the dramatic star, but he captures the compelling story of a father’s somber journey to find and bury his sons after the bloody battle of Gallipoli. Enjoy the historical references, the drama, and the adventure. Great stuff. |