Louis Zamperini's death this past July triggered an international outpouring of grief on a scale typically reserved for the death of movie stars or royals. Indeed, in his own way, Zamperini, who was ninety-seven years old, served as both rock star and A few years later he joined the Air Corps and, during World War … Read more
Almost 40 minutes into Angelina Jolie's “Unbroken,” a soldier named Louis Zamperini needs desperately to fall back on advice he heard in church as a boy: “Do not fear the night.” The need to keep focused in the worst of times kicks in for us, too As spirited as the real-life Zamperini was said to … Read more
Unbroken movie review, the story of Louis Zamperini is brought to the big screen by Angelina Jolie and the result is miserable. I need to start by acknowledging that Louie Zamperini—the man whose story is told in Laura Hillenbrand's runaway bestselling biography Unbroken and now in the film by the same name—is incredibly inspiring: first, … Read more