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January 10, 2014
At the Movies: Superb action scenes anchor ‘Lone Survivor'
By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
AP National Writer
Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitschstar in "Lone Survivor," the true story of a disastrous 2005 military operation in Afghanistan.
With all the talk about fact-based films and how accurate they should or shouldn't be, it's worth noting that some stories are best brought to screen as simply and purely as possible.
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