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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Dirty Dozen’

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick goes behind the lines of World War II France with the 1967 release of Robert Aldrich’s The Dirty Dozen. The film stars the legendary Lee Marvin as Major John Reisman, an American OSS (pre C.I.A.) operative chosen … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘M*A*S*H’

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1970 comedy classic M*A*S*H, from acclaimed director Robert Altman. M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was adapted by screen writer Ring Lardner, Jr. and based on the hit novel from Richard Hooker about three military surgeons … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘Kelly’s Heroes’

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Kelly’s Heroes is a war film that has all the great elements of an old fashion, rousing epic that keeps your attention all the way through. Set in the late summer of 1944 as the allies swept across occupied France, … Continue reading →

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