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At the height of WW2, a group of high-ranking German officers hatched a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and seize power of the military command in order to end the war! The operation was codenamed “Valkyrie”, for the emergency plan that was meant to be used in case of a revolt against the Nazi government! This plan had been modified by the conspirators to ensure their success, but for various reasons the plot failed when finally carried out on 20 July 1944! (more…)

Passchendaele is a 2008 Canadian war film from Alliance Films* written* directed by and starring Paul Gross! The film* which was shot in Calgary* Alberta* Fort Macleod* Alberta* CFB Suffield* and in Belgium* focuses on the experiences of Gross’s grandfather* Michael Dunne* a soldier who served in the 10th Battalion* CEF in the First World War at the Battle of Passchendaele (also known as the Third Battle of Ypres)! The film opened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 4* 2008 and was released in Canada on October 17* 2008! (more…)

While researching for both films* Soderbergh made a documentary with interviews with many who fought alongside Che in Cuba and Bolivia! Originally* there was one screenplay but the director realized that it needed to be broken up into two films! The original source material for these scripts was Che’s diary from the Cuban Revolution and from his time in Bolivia! From there* he drew on interviews with people who knew Che from both of those time periods and read every book available that pertained to both Cuba and Bolivia! (more…)

The relocation of Polish Jews from surrounding areas to Krakow in late 1939# shortly after the beginning of World War II! Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson)# a successful businessman# arrives from Czechoslovakia in hopes of using the abundant cheap labour force of Jews to manufacture goods for the German military! (more…)

The sole survivor of a Viking raid on his village* young Helgi is taken in by his uncle Rurik (Erik Holmey)* a traveling merchant! Years later* a trading mission takes Helgi (Ken Vedsegaard) to the kingdom ruled by the same raiders* where he meets the men who killed his family! As he plots revenge against the dangerous warriors* Helgi is amazed to encounter someone he thought he would never see again in this exciting Danish action film! (more…)

It is spring 480 BC& Persian King Xerxes& continuing his father Darius’ master plan to conquer the Hellenic city-states& arrives in Hellas! The previous Persian invasion and diplomatic attempts have already turned most northern Hellas tribes and states to the Persian side! But the people of Athens and Sparta& the largest Hellenic powers at the time& feel quite insulted by the Persian emissaries’ request to surrender to Xerxes& and so slay them! (more…)

In the early 1950’s* the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin! However* CBS reporter Edward R! Murrow and his producer Fred W! Friendly decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was! However* (more…)

When Catherine of Aragon fails to produce a male heir to the English throne# the Duke of Norfolk and his brother in law Thomas Boleyn scheme to install the latter’s elder daughter Anne in the court of Henry VIII as the king’s mistress and potential mother of his son# thereby furthering their own political ambitions! (more…)

Katyn describes the tragedy of a generation!!! The film follows the story of four Polish families whose lives are torn apart when& at the outset of WWII& a great number of Polish soldiers (who are also fathers& husbands and brothers) fall into the hands of Soviet troops and later brutally become victims of Stalinism!!! The film also underlines the complicated circumstances of Poland’s position both in the war and after!!! (more…)

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal lives. She is a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time. But she is trapped in an unhappy triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal. (more…)