Rebecca Deniston

Oh, the places a crapshoot can go. This time Crapshoot Cinema takes us to 1979’s Rock ‘N’ Roll High School, an eye-popping spectacle featuring The Ramones. In the 1970s, Hollywood was desperate to get young people to buy movie tickets again, and rock music seemed to be the ideal hat trick. It was nothing new, of course. Hollywood has featured pop stars in movies since Al Jolson trilled his way through The Jazz Singer.

Weather is a big deal. We all know this. It’s not often, though, that weather affects the fate of the world, and the period leading up to D-day was one of those times. Pressure tells the story of the D-day invasion when weather stood between the Allies and a more certain victory. I was really excited for this movie, and for the most part it didn’t disappoint because it hits all the right notes without getting bogged down in details we don’t need. Still, I felt as if there was something missing.