Rosie the Reviewer: a WW2 movies and shows podcast

In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss The King's Speech (2010), the biopic about King George VI and his unlikely friendship with Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue. We get into what the film gets right and where it takes some liberties... look, Edward VIII was a lot more pro-Nazi than the movie suggests. Also: how the Second World War ended up being the best thing that could have happened for the British monarchy's reputation.
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In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss Der Tiger (2025), a German film about a Tiger I tank crew on a special mission behind Soviet lines in 1943. What starts as a tense war film quietly becomes something else entirely. We talk about the Eastern Front after Stalingrad, give you much-needed tank facts (are we a tank podcast now?), and generally enjoy this one a lot.
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In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss Days of Glory (2006), the Rachid Bouchareb film that follows a fictional group of North African soldiers fighting with the Free French forces to liberate Europe. We talk about the film’s honest depiction of colonial racism, the ensemble cast, what the film gets right and where it falls flat, and the real history of the hundreds of thousands of African soldiers whose story went largely untold for decades.
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In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss Another Mother's Son (2017), the true story of Louisa Gould, a Jersey shopkeeper who sheltered an escaped Russian POW on the German-occupied Channel Islands. We talk about the film's strengths and where it shortchanges its own story, and we cover the history of the occupation, from Britain's decision not to defend the islands to what happened to Louisa after her arrest. It's also Mother's Day this weekend, so we're joined by a very special guest: Rhonda, Sam's mom.

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In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss Empire of the Sun (1987), Steven Spielberg's adaptation of J.G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical novel about a kid more or less growing up in a Japanese POW-camp and making it home. We feel a little old because Christian Bale is in this and he's a child.
Also: the Shanghai International Settlement, and Cadilacs of the Sky, baby.

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