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Battle of Britain
OK 17 Points 1969

They don’t make war movies like this any more: primadonna stars rendering glamorous portrayals of gentlemanly air-boys, and acting that would be considered as being over the top. Battle of Britain is all of that, and I loved it. Marvelous old planes, awesome old aerial shots of the English co…

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Body of Lies
Good 83 Points 2008

Given the dismal state of Islamist terror movies, this surprisingly evenhanded thriller tops the heap, though its disjointed plot comes together slowly and Leonardo DiCaprio’s CIA character lacks charisma. Fortunately he’s flanked by two great actors, the estimable Russell Crowe and the slickly …

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Breach
Great 78 Points 2007

Excellent movie about the final days of turncoat FBI agent Robert Hanssen. For current events junkies, it seems like just yesterday that his February 2001 arrest was front page news. Looking back, it was the final coda to the Cold War, occuring just months before the long war of the current ce…

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Breaker Morant
None Yet 0 Points 1980
Bridge of Spies
Great 17 Points 2015

Cool old school spooks and a get-it-done-against-all odds spook lawyer Tom Hanks; Tom is smooth and polished, a leader among men, brave and willing to do the undoable; great enough to move from lawyer to negotiator. Paired with some great acting from Mark Rylance and Alan Alda, a subtle humor th…

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Brothers
Good 37 Points 2009

Good bro goes to war, Bad bro stays home and looks after good bro’s family – em, maybe a little too well? Brothers has a great cast and a story that probably resonates with many, but unfortunately comes across a bit disjoint in execution as it tries to be both a drama and a war movie at the same…

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Captain America...
Great 88 Points 2011

Popcorn movies should all be this strong. Channeling Indiana Jones’ 1940s movie tropes, Marvel’s First Avenger proves engaging from the outset, exciting from the middle and exhilarating to the end.

Notwithstanding a pair of underwhelming leads, the overall strong cast, irony-free patriotism …

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Casablanca
Perfect 73 Points 1942

The best movie ever is still fresh, funny, romantic and captivating after all these decades. Try it as a date movie, perfect for him and for her. After all, “we’ll always have Paris.”

Casablanca remains important because it transcendently dealt with life-and-death political challenges, nam…

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Class of '61
OK 17 Points 1993

So what happened to the West Point graduating class as the time that the civil war broke out? This little examined facet of the war is the main theme of this movie. As you’d expect, the class splits along Northern and Southern boundaries. West Point suffered greatly as cadets and instructors le…

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Closed Season
Great 66 Points 2012

Closed Season’s home-front Holocaust drama gets amplified by delving into some serious sexual intrigue. Result? A great movie, one that’s titled Ende der Schonzeit in its native Germany. Google translates that as “End of the grace period”. Hmm, besser in Deutsch.

A near feudal German…

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