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‘Fury’ takes us into the belly of the beast

Fury Written & Directed by David Ayer USA, 2014   Brad Pitt’s new tank drama, Fury, is an unrelentingly grim affair that strives for greatness and occasionally reaches it.  What could have been reduced to ‘300 in a tank’ has been expanded to a gripping human drama that values the soul just as much as …

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A dark, morally ambiguous mission has Dick Powell ‘Cornered’ against evil

Cornered Directed by Edward Dmytryk Screenplay by John Paxton, story by John Wexly U.S.A., 1945 Of all the villains to have in a film, among the most popular are the Nazis. Cinema has always depicted the Nazis for what they were: very nasty people. Granted, some movies embellish the villainy of the organization to exaggerated …

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