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Monthly Archives: March 2008

From Here to Eternity

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Okay, okay!  
So I finally broke down and saw this classic (from 1953), set in Hawaii just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  And I just loved it.  Everybody is smoking like crazy, drunk at every free moment (and it’s always a little adorable or cutsey…no mean drunks allowed), and folks are falling [...]

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The Pacific War, #15

Friday, March 21, 2008

I’ve been a little slack in keeping up with the filming of the Pacific War series.  Checking in at Dale Dye’s web site, he states that the production is in its 35th week, with a entry called “Surviving the surviving on Peleliu.”  So check that here.
Poking around IMDB this afternoon, I’d forgotten about some casting choices. [...]

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Battle 360 on the History Channel

Saturday, March 15, 2008

When I first read on the HC that a series would follow the USS Enterprise in WW2, I thought: “good idea.  Folks will watch.”  Watching an episode, however, is another matter entirely.  The production has one thing down: the interviews and overall look of show (the CGI).  All are top notch.   But GOODNESS!  Are [...]

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Sahara (1942)

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

I saw this gem the other day on AMC (here in the US), and later watched the full version on DVD. I liked it for a few reasons, mainly because I’m a Bogart fan.
But there is another reason, and it had to do with a scene at the bottom of a nearly dried up [...]

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