VIKINGS VALHALLA – Review by Susan Granger

Netflix’s Vikings Valhalla begins in the early 11th century with the adventures of legendary Norse figures like explorer Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett), his feisty sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), and ambitious Prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter). Set 100 years after Vikings, which aired on the History Channel, the semi-spinoff’s first season, introduces Leif Erikson, son of the notorious Erik the Red, who forged the first European foothold in North America, 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

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I’LL FIND YOU – Review by Lois Alter Mark

Martha Coolidge may not be the first director you’d think of to helm a tear-jerking Holocaust love story but she has created a small gem with I’ll Find You, a beautiful new film inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 1930s and 1940s. It feels like you’re watching a movie that was actually filmed back in the ‘30s/’40s rather than a modern movie about that time period. There’s something about the cinematography and the whole style that is so authentic, it’s like you’re watching a beloved old classic. One day, it just might be.

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