Category Archives: Political Cinema

The Newsroom: Will McEvoy On America

Source:The Newsroom– Jeff Daniels as Will McEvoy. “Why America is NOT the greatest country in the world, anymore.” From Abu Wadee I actually really disagree with the Will McAvoy character here. ()layed by Jeff Daniels) And as far as this scene, … Continue reading

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Barry Levinson: Wag The Dog (1997) Starring Robert DeNiro & Dustin Hoffman

Source:IMDB– from Barry Levinson. Source:The Daily Press “After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisers contacts a top Hollywood … Continue reading

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Axel Reyes: Kennedy (1983) Starring Martin Sheen

. Source:The Daily Press There have been several movies about John F. Kennedy. Because even though he only lived forty-six years there were so many things that went on in his life that were worth writing and filming about. Like … Continue reading

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Warner Vod: All the President’s Men (1976)

. Source:The Daily Post If you like movies based on true stories, then All The President’s Men is a great movie if you like movies with great writing, then All The President’s Men is a great movie. If you like … Continue reading

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Movie Clips: Primary Colors (1998)

. Source:The Daily Press I saw the movie Primary Colors in the spring of 1998. Doesn’t seem that long ago, but that’s a different story with a long time friend of mine from high school who’ll go nameless. And we … Continue reading

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Fire Cloud: The Contender (2000) ‘The Church of Liberalism’

. Source:The New Democrat  Except for the part about taking every gun out of private hands and private homes, which might be a far-left Hollywood fantasy and clearly against the Second Amendment and the Right to Self-Defense, this was a … Continue reading

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Prem Panicker: The West Wing: Why is Liberal a Bad Word?

. Source:The New Democrat  Matthew Santos played by Jimmy Smits, a great actor, doing a solid job of defending liberalism against Arnold Vinick played by the great actor and comedian Alan Alda. This of course was part of the last … Continue reading

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Jeff Bridges: The Contender (2000)

. Source:The New Democrat  Great speech from The Contender by Jeff Bridges who played the President in this movie. Not a very realistic scene as far as how they put the U.S. House chamber together for this joint session of … Continue reading

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Zhukaiww: Video: The Contender 2000 Trailer: A Movie About the Right of Privacy For Public Officials

. This post was originally posted at FRS FreeState 1975 on Blogger The Contender movie from 2000 came about almost three years after the Monica Lewinski scandal broke and two years after President Clinton was impeached in the House on … Continue reading

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Gordon Gekko: Wall Street (1987) ‘Greed is Good’

Source:American Rhetoric– Gordon Gekko’s (played by Michael Douglas) speech, in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street (1987) Source:The New Democrat “Gekko: Well, I appreciate the opportunity you’re giving me, Mr. Cromwell, as the single largest shareholder in Teldar Paper, to speak. Well, … Continue reading

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