Narrated by Jenny Hoops Run Time: 6 hrs and 35 mins Summary: Government girl Louise Pearlie gets blackmailed into investigating a co-worker’s mysterious disappearance. Additional Comments: The excerpts from the 1943 Guide to Hiring Women are hilarious. Louise is a great character. She’s intelligent but not impossibly smart. She’s savvy, but not perfect. She makes…
Summary: Anybody who reads even the titles of most of my reviews can probably tell that I have pretty strange taste in movies. But occasionally, I have bouts of normality. I’m going to count Hacksaw Ridge as one of those moments. This is Desmond Doss’s story. He was a conscientious objector who joined the war…
Narrated by Tom Jordan Summary: Two love stories woven into one. Present tale: A girl isn’t quite sure she wants to commit to the perfect guy because his grandmother suddenly becomes a part of the picture. Past tale: An Italian girl meets an America GI in the winddown and aftermath of WWII. Additional Comments:…
Narrated by Curt Bonnem *Mild spoilers possible in the discussion* Summary: Ben Peters is called upon to undertake two big missions at once, escort a woman and her son out of France and smuggle the French supply of platinum away from Germany’s grubby hands. WWII is about to sweep over Paris and down the French…
Note: I don’t own the rights to the picture. Pretty sure it’s just one of a dozen different versions of the movie’s promo posters. Summary: You know what happens. It’s kind of like watching Titantic in that you have a general gist of the story. The taglines are pretty cool. There are a few very…