Category Archives: Political Cinema

Ask Phillip Williams: Larry Garfield- Other People’s Money (1991) ‘Failure to Innovate, Obsolescence’

“Larry the Liquidator discusses how to kill a company.” From Ask Phillip Williams Larry Garfield (played by Danny DeVito) is right about one thing in this speech (and that might be the only thing) which is when you stop innovating and … Continue reading

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Classic Film and TV Cafe: A Fever in The Blood (1961)

Source:The Daily Review A Fever in The Blood is a picture of courtroom drama and political cinema, intrigue, and ambition. You have three powerful influential ambitious men who want to be the next governor of their state, which is never … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Opinion: Hanif Willis-Abdurraqif- America’s Most Electable Fictional Presidents

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: The New Republic: Opinion: Hanif Willis-Abdurraqif- America’s Most Electable Fictional Presidents Hey, what do you know. The New Republic with an article not only worth sharing, but commenting on and … Continue reading

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Video Detective: The Seduction Of Joe Tynan (1979) Starring Alan Alda & Meryl Streep

Source:The Daily Review The Seduction of Joe Tynan is one of the best political movies I’ve ever seen and it reminds me a little bit of the Ted Kennedy-Jimmy Carter 1979-80 Democratic race for president, which I’ll get into later. … Continue reading

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Daniel JB Mitchell: WOR News Radio- Senator Robert J. Dole: ‘Castigates Anti-War Democrats on Vietnam: 3-27-1971’

Source:Daniel J.B. Mitchell– U.S. Senator Robert J. Dole (Republican, Kansas) Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1971-73) Source:The New Democrat  “Republican Senator and Republican National Chairman Robert Dole castigated anti-war Democrats regarding the Vietnam War in this excerpt from a … Continue reading

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Liberty in Our Time: G. Edward Griffin: More Deadly Than War: The Communist Revolution in America: What Revolution?

Liberty in Our Time: G. Edward Griffin: More Deadly Than War: The Communist Revolution in America: What Revolution? Communists, at least self-described Communists have never had any real power in America. The only real movement they had in America that … Continue reading

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The Merv Griffin Show: Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda & Michael Douglas: China Syndrome (1979)

“Merv hosted a special show with all of the principal players from “The China Syndrome” a few weeks before its worldwide release in February of 1979. Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda discuss their acting styles and generally fawn all over … Continue reading

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Columbia Pictures: The China Syndrome (1979) Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda & Michael Douglas Star

“A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an “incident” at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the nuclear … Continue reading

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Full War Movies: Video: Red Nightmare Full Movie 1962

. There were a lot of anti-communist propaganda films during the Cold War that the U.S. Government made against the Soviet Union and their communist regime. America didn’t win the Cold War because they invaded Russia and knocked out their … Continue reading

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Weirdo Video: Don’t Be a Sucker, 1947

. What you see in this film with the bigot in the beginning unfortunately has a long history in America. But I’m only going to go back to the 1890s or so and talk about bigotry toward non-English immigrants in … Continue reading

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