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Battalion and the Unlikely Heroes

 Friday: Thunderbolts* (2025)

     Yelena is unhappy. She wants to be doing something different. She agrees to do one more job for Valentina and then will make a change. The job is to take out a thief breaking into a secure storage facility, as well as taking out the facility. When she gets there she soon finds out she is not the only one there on a mission from Valentina. It's a trap. This group of misfits heroes have to work together to survive. Once out they realize there is a much bigger threat they have to worry about. They have to come together again to take it down. I thought this movie was good. The cinematography was great. It's fun.

Saturday: The Six Triple Eight (2024)

       This is based on a true story. Set during WWII a young black woman, Lena, joins the all black female battalion of WAC. They have to work twice as hard to get any respect. They aren't given any missions. Until the war department starts getting lots of complaints of missing mail. So they assign the battalion Lena is in to sort it out. They are sent to Europe to get the mail in order. There were several airplane hangers full of mail. There was 17 million pieces of mail they had to go through. The battalion was able to develop a system to get the mail sorted and sent to the right place. They did it in less than 90 days. This movie was alright. Some of the acting wasn't great. It is an amazing story.

Sunday: Einstein and Eddington (2008)

         This is also based on a true story. During WWI Einstein was working on his theory of gravity. Although Germany wanted him to be working to help with the war. An English professor, Eddington, learned of Einstein's work and thought he had a way to help. Despite both of their countries not wanting them to work together, the two men exchanged letters and worked on the theory. Eventually Einstein developed his General Theory of Relativity. Eddington is the first scientist to test it out. I thought this movie was alright. Interesting to learn about. 

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