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1945: War is Hell

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2008-03-02 11:27:55 by Thom in Film of the Year
...war-related films released during World War II. A full list of the war films I've been immersed in can be found here Flares, tracer bullets, and exploding artillery light up this night-for-night shot of the battle of the Kasserine Pass in G.I. Joe Produced by independent producer Lester Cowan and directed by William Wellman, G.I. Joe is...
 
Tags: world war, world, war, famous world war, hollywood combat film, hollywood, film noir, film, famous war reporter
 
 
 
 
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1942: War Rumors - part II

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2008-01-07 13:54:55 by Thom in Film of the Year
...War II, and why I'm looking at a didactic short this week As the home port of the Pacific Fleet and the site of massive aircraft and shipbuilding operations fulfilling federal defense contracts, Los Angeles was directly affected by World War II. In the wake of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, victories in Southeast Asia and the Pacific,...
 
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1942: War Rumors - part I

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2008-01-07 13:52:51 by Thom in Film of the Year
...wartime short subject film World War II affects everyone in In Which We Serve (1942 Over the holidays I watched not one, but four war-themed feature films from 1942: In Which We Serve (1942), based on the bombing of the British destroyer HMS Kelly and the loss of half her crew during evacuation efforts following the Battle of Crete ,...
 
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Stop-Loss Batles The War Film Jinx

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2008-04-03 01:18:55 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
...war is second only to the economy as a hot button issue, yet another such film is in the process of tanking The uninspiring box office results for Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss --the film, which cost about $25 million to make, generated just $4.5 million in its opening weekend in about 1300 theaters--only deepens the irony. The practice...
 
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Stop-Loss Battles The War Film Jinx

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2008-04-03 01:18:55 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
...war is second only to the economy as a hot button issue, yet another such film is in the process of tanking The uninspiring box office results for Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss --the film, which cost about $25 million to make, generated just $4.5 million in its opening weekend in about 1300 theaters--only deepens the irony. The practice...
 
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Stop-Loss Battles The War Film Jinx

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2008-04-03 01:18:55 by Fred Schruers in Portfolio.com: Hollywood Deal
...war is second only to the economy as a hot button issue, yet another such film is in the process of tanking The uninspiring box office results for Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss --the film, which cost about $25 million to make, generated just $4.5 million in its opening weekend in about 1300 theaters--only deepens the irony. The practice...
 
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"A nation rabid for war"

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2007-07-18 22:44:00 by Anna in The Crowd Roars
...War and stepping into her 20th century position as a major world power; and the likes of Chaplin, Fairbanks and the rest of the movie making industry helped to push that transition ever more quickly forward If theres one thing I love more than anything else about the movies, its when they collide with history. And its the influence of the...
 
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Charlie Wilsons War (2007) R 97min

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2007-12-24 08:35:37 by Maxim in Maxim's Movie Reviews and Opinions Blog
...War was at its peak, it would mean a directarmed conflict betweenUS and USSR. Charlie Wilson was the only politician in Washington who,lead to the cause by therichest woman of Texas and a socialite Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts), turned to a rouge CIA agent Gust Gus Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman)for help andwas able to covertly provide...
 
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It's the War, Stupid, Says Moore

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2008-01-05 00:42:17 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood
...War," Says Iowa to Hillary -- And a "Happy Blue Year" To All! ...from Michael Moore January 3, 2007 Friends There was no doubt about it. The message from Iowa tonight was simple, but deafening If you're a candidate for President, and you voted for the war, you lose. And if you voted and voted and voted for the war -- and never once showed any...
 
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Moore Calls on Dems to End Iraq War

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2008-03-24 08:40:07 by Variety.com * in Thompson On Hollywood