Since You Went Away stars Claudette Colbert as a World War II housewife keeping the home fires burning whilst her husband is away fighting Nazis. Her daughters are played by Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple.
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La Ciociara/Two Women (1960). Film review of the WWII drama starring Oscar-winning Sophia Loren
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Continue readingThe Sound of Music (1965). Film review of the WWII-set musical starring Julie Andrews
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Continue readingJojo Rabbit (2019). Film review of the World War 2 satire
StandardThe Good Liar (2019). Film review of the thriller starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellan
StandardBombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017). Film review of the documentary about the titular Hollywood star
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Continue readingThe Aftermath (2019). Film review of the WWII drama starring Keira Knightley
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Continue readingThe House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018). This magic fantasy casts a decent spell
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Florence Foster Jenkins (2016). Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant excel in this musical biopic
StandardFilm review by Jason Day of the movie Florence Foster Jenkins, in which Meryl Streep takes the title role, a tone deaf singer who finally achieves her dream of singing to an audience, despite the fact she is tone deaf. Co-starring Hugh Grant.
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Darkest Hour (2018). Film review of the WWII drama about Winston Churchill.
StandardFilm review, by Jason Day, of Darkest Hour, the drama about the early days of Winston Churchill tenure as Britain’s WWII Prime Minister. Starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott-Thomas.
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