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WWII Review

Focus Features is bringing to light a sensitive matter in the latest Zookeeper’s Wife.  Jessica Chastain portrays a real life Polish woman, Antonina Zabinski, who lives a the Warsaw  Zoo with hundreds of animals  and her husband Jan (Johan Heldenbergh).  Now as the German’s invade Warsaw and Antonina fears for her life as well as that of her animals and family, she is caught between rescuing both the animals as well as hiding hundreds of Jews in the grounds of the now abandoned zoo.

At over 2 hour run time, The Zookeeper’s Wife will bring you into the war-torn region of Poland as never before seen through the eyes of the camera.  It’s a movie that will have you cheering the courageous heroism of the woman who rescued over 300 people and hundreds of animals from the clutches of World War II.

The Zookeeper’s Wife came out January 31, 2017 to limited theaters and currently has brought in over 4 million domestically at the box office, expanding its theatrical release April 7.

See it in a theater near you.

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Miracle of The Hudson- Seven Years Today.

It’s been 7 years since it came on the news of the heroic landing of a jet plane into the Hudson River by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and yet people still remember.

To recap as previously reported by NBC News on January 15, 2009, the US Airways plane had just taken off from Upstate New York when a flock of birds reportedly ran into a jet line causing both engines to go out. In an effort to save the 155 people on board the jetliner, Captain Sully maneuvered the plane safely down using the Hudson River to land with enough time to rescue all passengers with very few mild injuries.

Sully had instantly been made a hero and celebrity with that one event and people couldn’t stop thinking about it, including a local BMI songwriter named Peter Prince.

Three days after, Prince listened to the cockpit recording that was now public domain as news media outlets had played them frequently and he said, he could feel the strength of the man (Sully) as he was communicating with the airport’s control in LaGuardia causing him (Prince) to tear up emotionally.

From this Prince wrote a song called, “Softly Down”.  Listen here to the two versions sung by Colene Walters and Nashville Vocalist, Alan Johnson.

Both versions are currently available for purchase via CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify.

And stay tuned, Warner Brothers are currently working on a movie under the direction of Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks as “Sully“.  The movie is set to be released September 9, 2016.

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Hero Defies Odds

Based on the true story of college football star, who leads his team to the championship and then faces a life altering condition just weeks before the Sugar Bowl championship.

My All American stars  Finn Wittrock  as Freddie Steinmark, the hero both on and off the football field,  Sarah Bolger as his girlfriend, Linda, who stands behind him through triumph and tragedy and  Aaron Eckhart as the coach who see potential in a hard working boy with limited money for college.

Overall, it’s a story that will have you routing for the underdog from college acceptance to injury and conquer.  Very well done story, it captures the struggle of a true hero in the eyes of college football as well as the camaraderie of a football team, when one of their own faces tragedy.

My All American opens in theaters November 13 and a must see for everyone.