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Memorial Day Must See WW2 Movies

World War Two Movies Memorial Day is right around the corner and one of the things I like to do over the weekend is to watch my share of war films. It is Memorial Day, right? TNT and other cable channels will show different war films all weekend. Here are five of my favorite World War Two films. I chose World War Two because there are so many good ones out there. Do you agree with my choices? Which would you choose over the ones I have picked? I was going to include Band of Brothers, but it is a mini-series and doesn't fall into this type of list, but I highly recommend that one if you haven't see it. Enjoy the list. Read more...

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Posted by Jimm - May 25, 2011 at 7:56 pm

Categories: Entertainment, History Tags: Band of Brothers, dirty dozen, memorial day, sands of iwo jima, saving private ryan, the longest day, to hell and back, world war 2, world war two, WW2, wwII

My Five Best Movie Portals

Reader Submitted: Five Best Movie Portals

User Submitted by Willie Davis,

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Original Article posted here: http://peoplelution.biz/blog/?p=495#more-495

…people want to explore, go places where they can adventure. It is the job of the artist, copywriter, or movie director to take them there.

One of the most utilized and little recognized mechanisms to move a person from one conscious state of mind to another is a “portal.” A portal is a doorway, an entrance, an opening in which you are one side looking through to another. Your subconscious mind says, “Let’s go there.”

Movie directors have been using portals since movies were in diapers. Early movie directors used portals in their movies subconsciously (raw talent) while later directors use them consciously (a learned skill).

Here are my top five movie portals and the reasons why…

myFiveBest Opinions: World War 2 Fictional Films

The other day I wrote about my five favorite historical World War Two movies. While that list only touched upon movies that tried to re-tell history, I thought a list of fictional fighting films was needed. There are just too many great flicks about WW2, so here is my list of fictional films of adventure that were made about the war. Please feel free to add your own films to the list. There are dozens of others.