Tricky, isn't it. And even trickier considering there is a whole bunch of good war movies covering other wars. Some good mini series out there as well.
warspite1
AAAAGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
You've made me think of another.... Waterloo. And then there's Zulu....
Oh for goodness sake [:D]
Zulu had some amazing body shots at the beginning. Amazing for 1964, that is.
This miniseries was broadcast in Italy during the Summer of the same year (I remember it was divided in three parts). I watched it with my mother (who was and still is a war movies nut [:)]), and, for some reason, I was fascinated by the character of Albert Speer. One of the very first military history books I bought was about him.
"Yes darling, I served in the Navy for eight years. I was a cook..."
"Oh dad... so you were a God-damned cook?"
(My 10 years old daughter after watching "The Hunt for Red October")
Denial a film about the libel trial in 2000 when the ahem... 'historian' David Irving sued the American professor Deborah Lipstadt for libel over her claim he was a holocaust denier.
Excellent - and I mean excellent - cast led by Rachel Weisz (Lipstadt) and Tom Wilkinson (her QC Richard Rampton) - not to mention Timothy Spall as Irving and Andrew Scott as Anthony Julius. A very watchable film about the trial that truly exposed Irving for what he is.
Recommended
Now Maitland, now's your time!
Duke of Wellington to 1st Guards Brigade - Waterloo 18 June 1815
Season 2 of The Expanse premiers here in the US tomorrow night. This is a great space opera for those of you that like the genre. It's really a well done SyFy channel original based upon the books by "James S.A. Corey". It's roughly akin to a slightly milder version of A Song of Fire and Ice (better known as Game of Thrones) in space.
We just rewatched all of season 1 in preparation for the premier. A very good adaptation of a thought provoking series of novels.
Fortitude has started its second series - and the opening episode was okay The Affair has just finished series three - if they make a fourth they need to step it up a bit..... The Halcyon - a WWII piece that has proved surprisingly watchable
Missing my annual dose of Penny Dreadful though [:(]
Now Maitland, now's your time!
Duke of Wellington to 1st Guards Brigade - Waterloo 18 June 1815
Netflix had a four part series on the Einsatzgruppen-their origin and their activities on the (mostly) Eastern front. Interesting and informative series, but terribly depressing. [:(]
Netflix had a four part series on the Einsatzgruppen-their origin and their activities on the (mostly) Eastern front. Interesting and informative series, but terribly depressing. [:(]
Had, you say, so they do not have it any longer?
Any chance you recall the name of the series?
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