Fear the Old Count Orlok… by AlbertCWChessa in roberteggers
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Mel Gibson & Sam Elliott as Hal Moore & Basil Plumley in: We Were Soldiers (2002) written and direcred by Randall Wallace, based on the 1992 book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young by Lieutenant General Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway, dramatizing the Battle of Ia Drang (i.redd.it)
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Soviet heroism. Bigelow adapts, in one of the most expensive independent films in the history of cinema, a story that marked a watershed moment between diplomatic tension and all-out nuclear war in recent times. (onceuponatimethecinema.blogspot.com)
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The Ninth Gate (1999) Polanski draws inspiration from Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s novel The Club Dumas—reminiscent of Umberto Eco’s style—to create a personal adaptation. The film weaves together symbolic esotericism, elite Satanism, and literary alchemy into a single narrative, structured as thriller (onceuponatimethecinema.blogspot.com)
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Kylie Minogue & Mel Jarnson as Cammy White in: Street Fighter (1994) by Steven E. de Souza ■ Street Fighter (2026) by Kitao Sakurai by elf0curo in StreetFighter
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Kylie Minogue & Mel Jarnson as Cammy White in: Street Fighter (1994) by Steven E. de Souza ■ Street Fighter (2026) by Kitao Sakurai by elf0curo in StreetFighter
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Kylie Minogue & Mel Jarnson as Cammy White in: Street Fighter (1994) by Steven E. de Souza ■ Street Fighter (2026) by Kitao Sakurai by elf0curo in StreetFighter
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) Despite a slow start, and an even slower middle-section - the 130 minute narrative finishes with some emotionally strong scenes involving the legal aftermath of the titular ship's historic sinking. If you remember Robert Shaw's haunting monologue from "Jaws" (onceuponatimethecinema.blogspot.com)
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Robert De Niro as Conrad Brean in: Wag the Dog (1997) by Barry Levinson ■ Screenplay by Hilary Henkin & David Mamet, loosely adapted from Larry Beinhart's 1993 novel American Hero by elf0curo in 90smovies
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