Movie Review: ***^ The Great Escaper (2023)

 This movie is a portrayal of an older couple, Bernard and Irene Jordan (Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson), who live in a nursing home together.  The story is based on the true story of Bernard Jackson, 90 years old, leaving the nursing home to attend the 70 year anniversary of D-day in France in June 2014.  The telling of the story brings back many memories, good ones and traumatic ones.  It is also about growing old together.  

I think the movie told its story well.  Especially good was the relationship of the old couple.

TV Movie Review: Ike: **** Countdown to D-day (2004)

 Made for TV movie

This is a very good study of General Eisenhower and the lead up to D-day.  Tom Selleck, as usual does a very good job portraying Ike.  They can control many things, even creating a fake army in an effort to fool the Germans.  However they cannot control the weather, which is very threatening.  If it doesn't cooperate they have to wait another month for the tide to be right, and their decoy army may be exposed.  A good look at the politics of war.  I really liked the way that problems with Patton (Gerald McRaney) were handled.  He had spoken out about Russia, an ally, and was censored as a result.  The interaction between he and Ike was classic.  He was assigned to the pseudo army but only later would get back into the fighting.