Party Monster (2003)
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In this film based on a true story, Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin) arrives on a Greyhound bus in New...
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
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Tom Cruise delivers a riveting and unforgettable portrayal of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Oliver...
Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated McFarland USA (2015) in Movies
Aug 3, 2020
After finding a student who can most definitely run, he learns that the boy has other family obligations that prevent him from participating with the team. Overcoming that, coach convinces friends of the boy to join the endeavor. What they are able to accomplish is truly motivating and inspiring.
I feel corny suggesting this, but I wish Disney would focus more resources on this type of movie. They never cease to satisfy in this arena.
Dean (6927 KP) rated Ford v Ferrari (aka Le Mans '66) (2019) in Movies
Nov 21, 2019 (Updated Sep 13, 2020)
A Bunch of Sweet Peas
Henry Donald and Ann Ross Paterson
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In 1911, in the Scottish Border village of Sprouston, the young parish minister wrote to the Daily...
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Golden House in Books
Oct 6, 2020
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The Spirit Engineer
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William Jackson Crawford is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sitting...
The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France
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Arthur Meyerowitz was on his second air mission over France when he was shot down in 1943. He was...
A Theory in Vienna
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‘I bring to light a truth, which was unknown for many centuries with direful results for the human...
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Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Midwife's Child (WW2 Resistance Series #3) in Books
May 21, 2023
This is the third in this series but I think it works successfully as a standalone because whilst there are recurring characters, each book is a separate story which focusses on one of those recurring characters.
The Midwife's Child centres around Maggie, a former SOE Special Operations Executive) but now incarcerated in Auschwitz following her capture. There she finds herself working in the camp hospital where the devil incarnate, Joseph Mengele, practised his infamous experiments and where Maggie is determined to save the life of her friend Eva and new born, Leah. The end of the war is fast approaching and the Russians are getting close, Eva is too unwell to go on the forced march so she begs Maggie to save her child and reunite her with her father. A seemingly impossible task but one which Maggie vows to complete.
Told from two timelines, from her time as a doctor working in the 'hospital' at Auschwitz towards the end of the war and the period afterwards, The Midwife's Child is a story of exceptional courage, duty, love, friendship and hope and a story that I highly recommended to those of you who enjoy this genre and I have to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of The Midwife's Child.