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New This Month for Streaming, December 2023

  Slow Horses: Season 3 (Apple TV+) Rated TV-MA Premieres: Dec 1 Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve as a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes. Starring Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott … Continue reading

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Escape from a Nazi Death Camp (2014) Rated NR

On October 14, 1943, the inmates of the Sobibor death camp fought back with the biggest prison breakout of World War II. Starring Eric Meyers, Andreas Beckett, and Georg Nikolloff. PBS interviews the remaining survivors of the Sobibor prison break. … Continue reading

Posted in 2014, Documentary, films, Movie reviews, movies, Rated NR, reviews, Short | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Anthropoid (2016) Rated R

Based on the true story of the Operation Anthropoid mission during World War II and the plan to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the third in command in the Third Reich. Starring Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, and Brian Caspe. This … Continue reading

Posted in 2016, Action, Based on a True Story, Biography, films, Movie reviews, movies, Rated R, reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Inglourious Basterds (2009) Rated R

 During World War II, a group of U.S. soldiers plan to assassinate Nazi leaders while a theater owner plans her own revenge against the Nazis. Starring Brad Pitt, MĆ©lanie Laurent, and Christoph Waltz.  The film likes to say it is … Continue reading

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SS-GB (BBC) Rated TV-MA

 A British homicide detective investigates a murder in a German-occupied England in a parallel universe where the Nazis won World War II. Based on a novel by Len Deighton. Starring Sam Riley, James Cosmo, and Rainer Bock. The BBC does … Continue reading

Posted in 2017, Action, Based on a Novel, BBC, Drama, films, Miniseries, Movie reviews, movies, Rated TV-MA, reviews, Tv Shows | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

My Grandparents’ War (PBS) Rated NR

Ā  Actors learn about the life and death decisions that their grandparents made during World War 2. Starring Caroline Catz, Helena Bonham Carter, and Mark Rylance. British actors learn what their grandparents did during the Second World War. Each one … Continue reading

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My Christmas Soldier (2006) Rated NR

On Christmas Eve 1943, in a small town in Georgia, everyone struggles as World War II takes precedence over the holidays. A train of German POWS, stops for a rest at the train station and their lives are changed. Starring … Continue reading

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Woman in Gold (2015) Rated PG-13

A Jewish refugee takes on the Austrian government to recover her family’s artwork stolen during WWII. Starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, and Daniel Brühl. I thought this was great storytelling of true events – the art that was stolen during … Continue reading

Posted in 2015, Biography, Drama, films, Movie reviews, movies, Rated PG-13, reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Midway (1976) Rated PG

A drama surrounding the battle at Midway, which was the turning point in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, and James Coburn. Midway is a unique film that uses battle footage and real footage … Continue reading

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The Monuments Men (2014) Rated PG-13

A world war II platoon is ordered to rescue priceless art from Nazi thieves and return them to the original owners. Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Bill Murray. This is a story that needs to be told, but I … Continue reading

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