Since my own beloved mutt Jazubee Yogi died (yes, that was really his name), I haven't owned another dog. The loss was too painful. This makes me a sucker for dog-centric movies.

"Duke" (8 tonight, Hallmark Channel) is a dog-centric movie and so, I liked it. But you unless you're dead inside you'd have to be moved by "Duke." The dog is good and the main human performance is really good.

It's the "inspired by true events" story of Terry Pulaski (Steven Weber), a  proud Marine who, when the story opens, has been badly injured but still helps to return to his military duties. Unfortunately, not only do his injuries prevent that, but Terry also has a bad case of post-tramautic stress disorder.

Check out this photo gallery of Camp Lejeune Marines in a firefight. Scott Sharpe just posted these online.

Here is some info about the photographer, David Goldman, who is shooting in Afghanistan for the Associated Press. Most of the photos in the gallery are by him.

If you want to see what it looks like when Marines go out on patrol in Afghanistan, look at Chuck Liddy's photo gallery on our site.

N.C. State's football players and coaches make a second annual trip to visit the Wounded Warrior Barracks, where injured and ill Marines convalesce ... more

See photos from the Memorial Day services held at the State Capitol in Raleigh. Photos by staff photojournalist John Rottet.

See a collection of the day's best photos from around the world.

President Barrack Obama addresses military personnel at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.

See video of President Barack Obama speaking to Marines at Camp Lejune, N.C. where he set a date for a troop pullout from Iraq. Video by staff ... more

There's a lot of silence in "Taking Chance," a film that is both elegant and elegiac.

That's because it's a simple but powerful story, one that doesn't need fussiness to be effective.

It's on HBO at 9 Saturday night.

It's the true story of the journey of Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl (Kevin Bacon), a Quantico-based Marine, as he accompanies the body of 19-year-old Lance Corporal Chance Phelps, a Marine who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Strobl volunteers for the duty after seeing that Phelps is from his home town, but Strobl also has a bit of guilt about the fact that he works as a numbers cruncher, when others are fighting in Iraq.

That's really it, plotwise. But what happens on that journey is a revelation to Strobl and maybe to you too. The film shows the encounters Strobl has with everyday Americans, some who come to know he is escorting a fallen soldier, and some who discover it later. There has been debate about whether one can be against war and still support the troops. This film seems to answer that it's possible.

One lovely scene shows how, when Strobl is in his car following the hearse carrying Phelps remains, other drivers turn on their lights and form a funereal caravan, their small show of respect.

It also reveals what happens to the body every step of the way, without being gruesome. The people who care for the body -- those who clean the blood from personal effects, those who train the escorts on how to talk to the families -- all are shown doing their jobs with tenderness and dignity. Whatever you may feel about the military, the film proves how moving its traditons can be.

Bacon gives another wonderful performance. He's portraying a military man, a disciplined man not prone to big emotion. Yet he manages to convey all you need to know and feel.

If you don't have HBO, invite yourself over to someone's house who does. You can bring the tissue.