RICHARD FERNANDEZ ON MIDWAY:

It does seem to be a particularly tough nut for Hollywood to crack. The 1976 Universal production, with a cast of stars that are all slightly past their freshness date, only has a 6.8 rating at IMDB. The 2019 telling of Midway by director Roland Emmerich only has a 6.7 rating.

By the way, to get a sense of how far the US Navy has lost its way in the decades since WWII: CBS Evening News: How Dare Pete Hegseth Rename the USS Harvey Milk, DURING PRIDE MONTH??? “The whole Milk fiasco encapsulates what underlies Secretary Hegseth’s mission at DoD: restoring readiness to a United States Navy decimated by woke nonsense. Ships run aground, aircraft carriers colliding at sea and amphibious vessels burning in port with no one seemingly able to extinguish the fire because the Navy elevated shipboard drag shows at the expense of operational readiness.”