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The Employment of Negro Troops

Ulysses Lee

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The work started in the 1940s is written in the vernacular of the period. From the volume - As in...

Rickey A. Mossow Jr. (689 KP) rated Overlord (2018) in Movies

May 21, 2019

Overlord (2018)

2018 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

7.5

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Good gory fictional historical events that could have been shorter.

Been looking forward to this one for a while. While I enjoyed the film overall. the story took too long to develop in some spots. Characters felt a little hollow and depended on the World War II setting to get the viewer to understand them. That being said, once the story hit its mark, the action was fast and furious. Some truly amazing visual effects. Not for the weak stomached in the least. A good, gory fictional take on historical events that could have been helped with shorter run time.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2346 KP) rated Princess Elizabeth's Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Maggie Hope gets her first assignment for British secret service - go to Windsor Castle and act as Princess Elizabeth's tutor all while looking for any evidence that there is a plot on her life. Maggie has hardly arrived when someone is murdered. Was the princess the target? Once again, this was a fun World War II spy novel, and I enjoyed spending time with Maggie. However, some editing glitches and a very familiar sub-plot did bother me some.

My full review at <a href"http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-princess-elizabeths-spy-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Milleen (47 KP) rated Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink in Books

Nov 14, 2018 (Updated Nov 14, 2018)

The prize-winning screen writer of the film 'The Theory of everything' has penned a wonderful insight into the life of Winston Spencer Churchill. This narrative examines his rise during one of the most crucial periods of World War II. It relives the conversations between Britain's most powerful men, revealed through their private diary excerpts. Through these intensely researched accounts of the time, McCarten skilfully conveys a very rounded and human account of Churchill. He cleverly shows how a man full of self-doubt transformed himself into the iconic figure that led the country to victory.

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Ocean's 11 (1960)

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Danny Ocean gathers several of his World War II comrades to pull off a simultaneous heist at five...

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Conspiracy (2001)

7.4 (5 Ratings) Rate It

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In January 1942, as the United States enters World War II, a conference assembles near Berlin. SS...

Wallace Shawn recommended Topsy-Turvy (1999) in Movies (curated)

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

1999 | International, Comedy, Drama

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"Well, England is to my taste a great, great film country. I don’t think any filmmakers have been greater than Hitchcock, fabulously represented in the Criterion Collection by The Lady Vanishes and a great box set, Wrong Men & Notorious Women; Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, represented by many films, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (one of their very best, also made during World War II); and of course Mike Leigh. Topsy-Turvy is so fascinating, because Mike Leigh celebrates precisely the approach to acting that he has driven his own actors farther and farther away from in his own films."

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