40s Britain - Women And Children At War (DVD)

Women's Experiences of World War Two

Advantages: Inspiring, entertaining and thought provoking accounts of women in wartime
Disadvantages: Only that there must be so many thousands of other stories which remain untold

able to enjoy a much more independent life than they would otherwise have had at that time. The war changed women's roles, says Mavis Nicholson, yet after it was over the contribution of women was largely overlooked for many years. When the war ended women had to step aside to vacate jobs for men who were being demobbed. It was not always easy for either the men or the women to settle back into ordinary life. She notes that often children too found it hard to adjust to having their fathers back home. This struck a chord with me as I remember a relative of mine saying that until he was aged seven his father was virtually a stranger, being away fighting with the army, most lately with the Desert Rats. After the war the father was prone to depression, not helped by having to take a job working nights. All these years on, my relative ...

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Review of What Did You Do in the War, Mummy? (Women in World War II) - Mavis Nicholson

children of men

Advantages: fantastic actors, effects and storyline
Disadvantages: none

Children of men is a movie by Alfonso Cuarón It is based in 2027 where the uk is at war with itself and especially immigrants, Women are no longer fertile and the youngest person in the world who was 18 years old has just died, It follows a story about a man called theo (actor clive owen) who lives in london,Theo hears from his ex wife julian (actress Julianne Moore) who needs theos help to get certai papers to help an immigrant she has with her, Theo accepts as he needs the money in this dark time. Even though he obtains the papers he tells julian he must travel with the immigrant, Theo finds out that the immigrant he will be transporting is a young african girl called kee (actress Clare-Hope Ashitey) Theo is told he must transport her to sea to meet with a boat which looks after people who escape the war torn country. Kee trusts ...

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Review of Children Of Men (DVD)

dragon wars DVD

Advantages: makes you tired
Disadvantages: bad graphics,boring,slow,makes you want to smash it up

dragon wars is the worst film i have ever seen! its all about an old man who asks this boy to find a girl who is enchanted or something and has mystical powers,she is the girl who will bring a magical dragon from heaven to fight the evil dragon.at the end the girl dies but it is a very poor ending and the film tried to be a sob story,but frankly,its a load of cheap ,low budget rubbish. there are some scenes that dont make sense,for example when the guy gets shot head on and he just gets up and walks away,and when the guy unleashed a power and it burned everything around him ,but his ropes were still tied up,then he runs to the girl. it really is the most terrible movie ive ever seen,would never watch it again. ...

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Review of Dragon Wars (DVD)