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Five-part mini-series about the Easter Uprising of 1916 in Ireland. I looked it up because the director just completed The Unknown Soldier about the 1944 Continuation War. Rebellion suggests that the movie will be worth watching.

Plot 5/5
Visuals 4/5 (weak special effects)
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I was pleasantly surprised by how well this film was done. Historic accuracy, near as I can judge, is pretty reasonable. Props, accents, details also seem fairly decent.

Plot: 4/5
Acting: 4/5

Both are just a little flat, but I find no actual fault with either.

Sound design: 4/5
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http://kinomassa.net/5125-edinichka-2015.html

Пожалуй, один из лучших военных фильмов. И качество актёрской игры, и спец-эффекты, и сценарий - всё на высоком уровне.

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Intimate Enemies, 2007 French film about the war in Algiers. Available on Netflix.

Plot 8
Acting 8
Visuals 9
Props - 9
Audio effects - 10
Overall - recommended.

As war movies go, this one is fairly nuanced. The terrain and the people shown brings both Soviet and US incursions ( Read more... )

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A Dutch WW2 movie about a family part of which helps a downed British airman, others…not so much. Well-scripted and well-acted.

Plot - 9
Visuals - 7 (excellent action, good props other than people using decocked single action pistols to threaten others, rather annoying cyan cast ( Read more... )

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A Dutch WW2 movie about three kids, one a son of a collaborator, another of a resister, the third a Jewish refugee. Well-scripted and well-acted.

Plot - 9
Visuals - 9
Music - 9 (adds a lot to the mood)
Acting - 10 (the characters, even the bit players, come across as realistic)

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Suite Française (2014) - starts with an interesting premise but goes nowhere with it. The characters range from inconsistent to cartoony to unrealistic. It has all the elements of good film without actually turning into a satisfying, coherent whole.

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980648

Acting: 9
Light and SFX: 7 (pretty but overdone)
Plot: 9 (not very predictable and full of cute details)
Camera work: 9

Overall: 9+

Great date movie, and just interesting in general. Immigrants, in particular, would find certain moments of ( Read more... )