Veronika Wild

  -Big thanks to Gerd Altmann and Pixabay for this image “All the Light We Cannot See” (2023) Netflix This is a poignant story set in the French seaside town of St. Malo shortly before the end of World War II.  Marie, a blind girl, continues to broadcast over the radio despite the fact that listening to anything other than the official German broadcasts is punishable by death, let alone broadcasting. Initially she does it to reach out to her missing father and to inspire hope in others, just as a wonderful professor had inspired her when she was a child. There are several subplots which include both good Germans and bad, but most telling and timely of all, it shows that despite the harsh reality of war, small islands of sanity, humanity and courage prevail.  5 Stars. "Painkiller" (2023) Netflix This movie takes on the Pharmaceutical Industry, particularly its role in the Opioid Epidemic which took hold in the USA over the last two decades largely due to the aggr...