Glorious 39 review

“On the eve of World War II, while the formidable Keyes family tries to uphold their traditional way of life, their daughter Anne sees her life dramatically unravel when she stumbles upon secret recordings of the pro-appeasement.” The story of Glorious 39 centres on Anne Keyes (played by Romola Garai), a young actress and daughter of a House of Commons British MP (Bill Nighy). Anne is the eldest of three children who lead charmed lives between their father’s country residence and their town house in London near to St. Paul’s Cathedral. Times are tense as Hitler begins his take over of mainland Europe, country by country. The British think they have avoided going to war with him and there is a growing pro-appeasement movement in the country intent on any kind of agreement with Hitler and the Nazis that will keep them out of another war so shortly after World … There’s more

Army of Crime: review

Army of Crime is a French World War II film, featuring a variety of young men in occupied France trying to get their own back on the Nazis they are forced to live side by side with. It was described to me by someone as the ‘real’ Inglourious Basterds. The men, mostly immigrants to France in fact, are eventually pulled together by the Resistance movement into an underground revolutionary unit, headed by Missak Manouchian an Armenian man long settled in France. Missak, against violence or blood shed of any kind at first, slowly comes to embrace the guerilla warfare favoured by the younger men in his command. These men and one women become heroes of sorts, avoiding capture by the French police and German soldiers equally. When pressure is exerted on the local french Chief Inspector from on high to crack down and pull off something spectacular he has them … There’s more