“Darkest Hour” finally opened at a nearby theater. As expected, Gary Oldman knocked it out of the park. I’ve seen lots of people talk smack about the movie, how it besmirches Churchill’s memory, but I thought it was pretty good. I can’t speak to the historical accuracy of it, but I liked it.
What really surprised me was the inclusion of two trailers… one for “15:17 to Paris” and the other for “7 Days in Entebbe.” Both are based on actual events; both are films that seem to cast westerners (American soldiers on leave in “Paris,” Israelies in “Entebbe”) as heroes fighting jhadi & leftist terrorists. Now, trailers often mislead; maybe the actual movies do the modern Hollywood schtick of making the jihadis not villains, the westerners as either dupes or dirtbags, but from here they don’t *look* like that’s what happens. Especially “Paris,” since it – rather unusually – stars three of the actual heroes of the event, playing themselves. Audie Murphy would approve.