2 Military Movies and a Romance

Our movie expert, Paul Smith of the Strongsville Library, is recommending two films with military themes this week, as well as a fun romance.

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Paths of Glory - During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general who planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney.  

Hurt Locker - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Will James, Sgt. J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When he arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has 39 days left on its current deployment, and it will be a long 39 days for Sanborn and Eldridge, whose styles do not mesh with their new leader. While the three members face their own internal issues, they have to be aware of any person at the bomb sites, some of who may be bombers themselves.

Beauty and the Briefcase - Lane, a fashion journalist, gets the assignment of a lifetime when Cosmopolitan magazine hires her to write a story about finding love in the workplace. Posing as a corporate assistant, Lane finds herself torn between the office's eligible men in suits and a dashing stranger who sweeps her off her feet. Will she find the 'magic man' who fulfills her fantasy checklist, or will her story have an ending as unexpected as love itself?