But we're here to talk about airplane battle scenes, and Michael Bay's World War II epic at least delivers on that score, especially with its eponymous centerpiece battle sequence. The movie follows ...

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There are plane movies—the sort that you might want to watch when you're stuck in the middle seat of a long flight—and then there are plane movies that are actually about planes. Given how a lot of ...