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Movie Review: Dutch Marines spring into action when “Invasion!” comes to The ABC Islands

A drowning marine being slapped awake — while 25 or so feet UNDER water — may be the silliest event I’ve ever seen portrayed in a combat film. That’s not enough to ruin the compact Dutch thriller “Invasion!” But it … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Reckless Pilot Peck makes a WWII Trek across “The Purple Plain” (1954)

By the time he made “The Purple Plain,” Gregory Peck had already made a film that touched on the fear and emotional toll of air combat in World War II — 1949’s “Twelve O’Clock High.” But the text of that … Continue reading

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