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Baby Face Nelson

[rating:1.5] Baby Face Nelson (Mickey Rooney) becomes a bank robber after he is released from prison but gradually becomes a trigger happy maniac. The role was ideal for Mickey Rooney, who had spent...

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Bloody Mama

[rating:2.5] Determined to escape grinding poverty, Katherine Barker leads her four sons on a crime wave. The movie is a strange experience. Even by today's standards, it is pretty weird. Despite the...

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Against All Flags

[rating:2.5] Errol Flynn brings his trademark charm to the film where he is sent undercover to a pirate republic on the coast of Madagascar, which threatens the key trading route to India. Not the most...

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Captain Kidd

[rating:2.0] Although superficially a pirate movie, Captain Kidd is really a fiendishly ambitious confidence scheme. While Charles Laughton was hired to play a straightforward if ruthless villain, his...

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Dragonfly Squadron

[rating:1.5] In 1950, an American officer is assigned to train South Korean pilots as war with North Korea seems increasingly likely. If ever there was a film that is a waste of time and money, this is...

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Alfred the Great

[rating:2.5] To the best of my knowledge, this is the only film about Alfred the Great, and it is a disappointment. For a movie with numerous battles, the fight choreography is surprisingly weak. The...

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And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself

[rating:3.5] Forced to buy weapons on the black market by President Woodrow Wilson's embargo, Pancho Villa (Antonio Banderas) sells exclusive rights to film his battles against President Victoriano...

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Dunkirk

[rating:2.5] The portrayal of the evacuation of more than three hundred thousand British soldiers from Dunkirk, France across the Channel back to England, Dunkirk is a disappointment, despite an...

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Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier

[rating:2.5] Initially, three episodes that were shown as the Disney television miniseries Davy Crockett, the movie presents Crockett as a frontiersman, congressman and one of the defenders of the...

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A Bullet for Pretty Boy

[rating:2.0] The soundtrack is good. The locations and period cars are great. Unfortunately, the dialogue is dull, and is not helped by the performance of the actors. Basically, I enjoyed the movie...

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