Tonight's Movie: Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)

Independence Day weekend is always a good time to watch a patriotic film of any kind, and so I decided to watch IKE: COUNTDOWN TO D-DAY (2004), in which Tom Selleck stars as General Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower.I bought this film in a sale several years ago but as so often happens, hadn't caught up with it yet simply due to so many viewing options. I lent the DVD to my late father in 2019, who commented "Very high recommendation on this film. Selleck was excellent."My interest in seeing the film right now was sparked in part by my enjoyment of the new film PRESSURE (2026), as well as a D-Day revisit of THE LONGEST DAY (1962) last month.IKE: COUNTDOWN TO D-DAY is a TV-movie which originally aired on cable's A&E Channel.Written by Lionel Chetwynd and directed by Robert Harmon, the film traces General Eisenhower's decision-making process in the weeks and days leading up to D-Day on June 6, 1944.Following the factual outlines of history means that IKE unfolds fairly similarly to PRESSURE,…