Tonight's Movie: Pressure (2026)

On this June 6th anniversary of D-Day, it's very appropriate to review the new film PRESSURE (2026).PRESSURE, which opened a week ago, is what might be called a "procedural," about the days immediately leading up to June 6, 1944.The focus is particularly on meteorology, including weather forecaster James Stagg (Andrew Scott), and the process of choosing the D-Day invasion date.In an era where all the data was gathered and charted by hand from a variety of sources, Stagg's job was to forecast for General Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) whether it was "go or no go" for landing on June 5th. The 5th had been chosen for a variety of reasons, including tides and the moon phase.Stagg forecast a heavy storm was likely, though not certain, for the 5th and advised not going...and then he forecast an opening in the weather for June 6th. June 6th weather conditions still weren't ideal, but "good enough" for the landing, which otherwise would likely have to be put forward for a number of days.I found…