Film Reviews
Any historical fiction or based on a true story film review can be found here.
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Miss Potter: A Film Review
“There’s something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you. Mine took me here, where I belong.”-Beatrix Potter The opening scene…
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The Monuments Men: A Film Review
But if you destroy their achievements and their history, then it’s like they never existed. Just ash floating. That’s what Hitler wants and it’s the one thing we simply can’t allow. – Frank…
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Film Review
“If books do have the power to bring people together…” -Juliet Ashton This brings volumes of truths to book lovers alike but also to bring about a point of this film. Though technically…
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In Love and War: A Film Review
“We Must Not Fall in Love Enrico.”-Wanda Skoff This Hallmark Hall of Fame film was made in 2001 and is the love story of Eric Newby and Wanda Skoff. Eric (Callum Blue) was…
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The Finest Hours: A Film Review
“We’re not giving up on them. Not on my watch. We all live, or we all die.”- Bernie Webber The Finest Hours starring Chris Pine,was based on a true story involving a heroic…
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The Magic of Ordinary Days: A Film Review
In need of a good period piece romance drama? Then the Hallmark Movie Hall of Fame, The Magic of Ordinary Days is a one of a kind to watch and classic love story…
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Field of Dreams: A Film Review
“If you build it, he will come.” This is a poignant line in the movie Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner in 1989. Field of Dreams is based on the semi-historical baseball fictional…
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Australia: A Film Review
Australia is a riveting and heart-wrenching film. This historical fiction is set at the start of World War II. As the country enters the war, its citizens and Indigenous Australians deal with their…
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Defiance: A Film Review
“Nothing is impossible, what we have all done is impossible!” Defiance is a World War II era movie based on the lives of the Bielski Brothers who saved 1,200 Jews in the forests…
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A League of Their Own: A Film Review
“There’s no crying in baseball!” Those are the famous lines said by Tom Hanks who played the Rockford Peaches Manager Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own. This movie is based on…