In part two of two, we discuss the Canadian TV show Bomb Girls, specifically the second half of season two and then that thing they call a movie that came after it. Are we harsh? Maybe a little. Is it entertaining? Sure is!
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.
In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss the 2019 historical drama A Call to Spy, which follows the real-life wartime missions of Virginia Hall, Noor Inayat Khan, and Vera Atkins — three extraordinary women recruited into Churchill’s Special Operations Executive during WWII.
We explore what the film gets right, where it fictionalises, and how the true stories behind these women are even more astonishing than what made it to the screen. We also reflect on why telling these stories now matters more than ever, as the generation that witnessed them is rapidly disappearing.
Episode ten is here! In this episode, we discuss the nuances of a Dutch film called The Forgotten Battle (originally titled De Slag Om De Schelde), about the ‘forgotten’ battle for the Scheldt.
We discuss episodes 4-7 of Band of Brothers. Maartje goes on a tangent about her grandpa’s WW2 adventures for a bit. Sam wants #JusticeForCobb.
We dive into 1963´s The Great Escape, a movie so long that Maartje had to watch the last 30 minutes at three times the speed. Sam did a lot of research for this and now knows a lot about escaping, so if you´re ever in jail…
