Battle of France

| August 31, 2003

After watching the gutsy and inspiring film Battle of Britain, I got to wondering if there might be any such film about France. They really need an inspiring film to redeem their (deservedly) tattered reputation. Battle of France? No such creature. But there was, to my surprise, a movie named Battle of Paris, an inspiring […]

DV-Do and DV-Don’t

| August 31, 2003

The TV aspect of the cable system in my area – the entire county, apparently, and perhaps beyond – went out last night, and is still out. My cable modem is fine. Odd. So I popped a newly-acquired copy of Battle of Britain (1969) into the DVD player. I’d owned a VHS copy of the […]