Politics
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Starship Troopers: The Election And You
Service Guarantees citizenship. On Verhoeven and voting rights.“We have the ships. We have the weapons. We need soldiers.”Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers turned 19 yesterday. Today will…
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Finding the Humor in This Election Season
Once we’re done voting for real, we might need a stiff drink and some political comedy. Praise the Lord, this election season is just about…
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This Classic Political Thriller Has a Lot to Teach Us About Fascism
Fascists can ban the letter Z, but that won’t stop people from writing it. The world never changes all at once. The occasion of a momentous…
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A Fistful of Hateful Noir Dialogue To Get Us Through Election Day
It’s the stuff of which nightmares are made. Attempting to stay positive in an election year is impossible. 2016 may be the 50th anniversary of Star…
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The Leonardo DiCaprio Election
The Ivory Game and Before The Flood present urgent cases in time for tomorrow’s historic presidential election. Thank goodness for Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the…
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The 8 Worst Movie Presidents
If you think Donald Trump would be bad, remember these fictional presidents… Things are a bit tense in the old US of A these days,…
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Why Period Dramas Are So Relevant Today
How a handful of shows set in the Early Modern Era inform the world we live in today. This article is brought to you by Versailles,…
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A Focus on First Ladies in Film
It’s an important year for the women married to the President. In just a few weeks, we could see the first woman elected President of…
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What Hart Bochner Taught Us About The 2016 Election in Die Hard
An appreciation of the under-appreciated actor on his birthday. The Canadian actor Hart Bochner is 60 years old today. Steadily employed since the late 70s…