The Gathering Storm

This biographical made-for-cable film about British Prime Minister Winston Chrichill and the years — 1936-1939 — leading up to WWII does justice to its larger-than-life central figure without giving short shrift to larger historical events. In the 1930s, Churchill (Albert Finney) was regarded as something of an imperialist relic and with a pacifist prime minister in office the English parliament was in no mood for Churchill's anti-Gandhi, pro-Empire sentiments. But undisguised anti-Jewish sentiment emanating from Germany's diplomat corps rankled some British officials and the winds of war soon swept Churchill back in favor. Churchill's cohort, Desmond Morri...