This past spring, I watched the movie “Operation Mincemeat.” It was based on Ben Macintyre’s book on the British Operation Mincemeat during World War II. There’s plenty of intrigue, clashing personalities, and drama, but the entire scenario—while embellished for film audiences—is true. Macintyre, as an author and a historian, has a deft knack for bringing…
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Film Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’: Director John Madden’s Engrossing World War II Spy Thriller
PG-13 | 2h 8min | Drama, War, History, Thriller | 11 May 2022 (USA) Englishman John Madden is known mostly as the director of the Best Picture-winning “Shakespeare in Love” and “The Most Exotic Marigold Hotel” franchise, yet his resume includes other titles (“Proof,” “The Debt,” “Miss Sloane”) that indicate there’s more to his talents than churning out mildly pleasant and innocuous…
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