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During the Napoleonic Wars, Lucky Jack Aubrey captains the crew of his H.M.S. Surprise. When the ship is suddenly attacked by a superior enemy, it is badly damaged and much of his crew is injured. In a bold and dangerous move, Aubrey decides...

As a truck transports troops into the African bush during the last Portuguese Colonial War a sub-lieutenant recounts the history of Portugal to his fellow soldiers.

...bloodthirsty alien race the Kilrathi. The Kilrathi have captured a computer navigation...and their elite fighter squadron stand in the way of the planet's destruction. Blair, Maniac and wing commander Deveraux are very different, but all are...

...Today -- or back in 2003, when The Commander debuted -- there are enough women...where this four-disc set of The Commander: Set 1, just out from Acorn...The other great thing about The Commander? It's an excellent example...

...Democratic Party, I'll be waving a flag for her like I'm in the cast of Les Miserables. DM: In both The Contender and the Commander in Chief, the female candidate rises to power not through election, but through tragedy or accident. Why was that...

...He's pumped, alive to the moment. That exhilaration courses through Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World...storm at sea -- filmed in the same tank in Mexico where TitanicMaster and Commander rides that road to glory...

...too bad it works better in movies than in real life. Master and Commander's greatest strength -- aside from masterful performances by Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany -- is in the almost sickening intensity of its battle scenes. It's an anti...