Welcome to Rosie the Reviewer, a Dutch-Canadian female-led WW2 media podcast. A new episode airs every Friday!
Everything about Rosie and our WW2 adventures.
This week, we discuss the movie Memphis Belle, a fictionalised tale about the B-17’s final mission. Sam also watched the documentary of the same name. Maartje has only been to RAF Bassingbourn once but pretends she knows stuff now.
This week, we have a special episode for you and another video pod! Ben Simmons, military advisor on SAS Rogue Heroes season 1 and 2, sits down with us and answers all our (and your) questions without spoiling (much).
Also joining us is our series regular, friend of the show, SAS correspondent George, because it just wouldn’t be an SAS show without them.
This week, we discuss the movie Anthropoid, about the mission of the same name, set up to kill the evilest of evils
Reinhard Heydrich. Perhaps one of the only evils to get the ending he deserved. (Spoilers, it was slow and painful).
This week, we discuss the movie Lee, the biographical story about war correspondent Lee Miller. We talk about what a firecracker Lee was, and how, in our opinion, the movie fails to convey that.
This week, we discuss Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan’s 2017 movie about Operation Dynamo, with the most nerve-wracking soundtrack ever. Maartje may or may not offend the entirety of Britain…
This week, we talk about The Darkest Hour and Winston Churchill, with a healthy discussion about the importance of not putting your heroes on pedestals.
For the video version of this podcast, please go to our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@rosiethereviewer
This week, we have a very special guest on the pod: actor Scott Gibson. We talk to him about his portrayal of Andy Haldane in HBO’s The Pacific, his recent trip to Guam and Peleliu with Beyond the Call and his upcoming documentary.
This week, we discuss Flags Of Our Fathers, about the famous flag raising photo taken on Iwo Jima. Sam has read the book and Maartje has also watched part of the companion film Letters From Iwo Jima. We’re very serious and learn one very important lesson at the end.
This week, we discuss The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946), based on the novella Glory For Me. It’s an honest movie about three men from different walks of life returning home after the war and their struggles to settle back into civilian life. Also, weird hats.
In this episode, we discuss Hacksaw Ridge, southern accents, our love for Andrew Garfield and our hopes that Desmond Doss gets one moah.
In this episode, our friend Bec joins us to talk about Fury. Listening to Bec talk about Fury is much better than watching Fury, for the most part.
In this episode, we discuss the 1949 classic Twelve O’Clock High and Maartje reflects on WHF506’s 8th Air Force on Film tour in Cambridge.
Ps. This features Sam reading a passage from the book Twelve O’Clock High and that alone should make you want to listen.
This week, we discuss Taika Waititi’s satirical film, Jojo Rabbit (2019) and once again question what makes good satire. This story is based on Christine Leunens’s 2008 book Caging Skies that Sam had the difficult task of reading. Pallet cleanser after that one, Sam?
This is part two of our Generation War episode with Anna! We get into the nitty-gritty of this show and have some honest discussions about the series’ themes. Thank you again, Anna, for making us sound smart.
In this episode, we take on the German Perspective as we discuss 2013’s Generation War with our friend Anna! This three-part limited series received praise and criticism in equal measure, and it’s a tough watch. Does it take enough risk? It certainly makes for meaningful conversation. This is episode one of two about this series, so be sure to check back for part two next week.