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If the celluloid service for "The Call" had run out after 60 minutes, the new film from director Brad Anderson would have been an edge-of-your seat thriller about a 911 operator's valiant efforts to save a kidnapped young girl.
Comedy -- like magic -- has to be performed quickly, cleanly and with enough intelligence that it makes the improbable entertaining. Fail to do this, and the comedic illusions lead to disillusions.
This week's new DVDs include an Oscar-nominated effort, a film with performances that should have been nominated and a new release that sounds as if it was up for an Oscar.
There are plenty of movies in the feature film library vault having to do with every major -- and many minor -- battles of World War II.
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