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Dunkirk

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Dunkirk (2017) Directed by : Christopher Nolan Written by : Christopher Nolan Starring :  Kenneth Branagh, T om Glynn Carney,  Tom Hardy,  Cillian Murphy,  Mark Rylance,  Harry Styles,  Fionn Whitehead Rating : PG* Release Date : July 21, 2017 A soldier watches the sky from within a sea of soldiers. Image Source Warning: If you plan on seeing Dunkirk, I would do so with fresh eyes. This review contains a multitude of 'spoilers.'       Within cinema, especially the English speaking world, the war genre has always been popular, and has always been a sure-fire way to make a few bucks at the box office. That's not to say war films don't have their merit - both World Wars were definitive moments in the history of man. The first world war was an exercise in sadism and misery, and the second pushed the limits of human indecency to the breaking point. Like one of the characters in David Ayer's underrated Fury says: "it's a hell of a thing, [...], seei