Posted in Movie Reviews, Movies, Politics, Pop Culture, Psychology, tagged Aaron Eckhart, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Comic Book Movies, Crime Saga, Crime Thrillers, DC Comics, Gary Oldman, Harvey Dent, Heath Ledger, James Gordon, Jonathan Nolan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Sequels, Superhero Movies, Terrorism, The Dark Knight, The Joker, Two Face on July 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Terror in the Knight, 22 July 2008
Author: David H. Schleicher from New Jersey, USA
Director Christopher Nolan has tapped into a cultural zeitgeist with his soaring Dark Knight. No other director has shown so much ambition while working within the context of such an iconic name brand belonging to popular culture. By building upon the excellent [...]
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Posted in Art-house Cinema, Current Events, Movie Reviews, Movies, Politics, tagged Danai Gurira, Deportation, Detention Centers, Haaz Sleiman, Hiam Abbass, Illegal Immigration, New York City, Richard Jenkins, The Visitor, Thomas McCarthy on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
CAPTION: Haaz Sleiman and Danai Gurira call their agents demanding better scripts.
A Political Visitor, 9 June 2008
Author: David H. Schleicher from New Jersey, USA
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Thomas McCarthy’s second feature film had the potential to be a poignant human drama, but instead sacrifices the story for the message. The Visitor unfortunately turns [...]
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Posted in Art, Art-house Cinema, History, Movie Reviews, Movies, Politics, Psychology, tagged Film Classics, Film Noir, Film School, Fritz Lang, German Expressionism, Group Think, Individualism, Jungian Archetypes, M, Nazi Germany, Peter Lorre, Propoganda, Symbolism, Weimar Republic on April 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
With nothing worthwhile at the cineplex this spring, I’ve been using my Netflix queue to catch up with many of the classics I studied in film class but never watched as a complete whole. Fritz Lang’s M is one of those classics that looks great on your shelf, but you might only pop in the [...]
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Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Book to Film Adaptations, Books, History, Literature, Politics, Television, tagged Abigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, American History, American Revolution, Beer, Ben Franklin, Boston, Charles Adams, Danny Huston, David McCullough, David Morse, Drinking, Founding Fathers, George Washington, HBO, John Adams, John Adams Episode Guide, John Quincy Adams, Laura Linney, Miniseries, Paul Giamatti, Philadelphia, Revolutionary War, Rufus Sewel, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Tom Hooper, Tom Wilkinson on March 16, 2008 | 11 Comments »
**This was a post in progress.
Weekly updates appeared as each episode of John Adams aired Sunday nights on HBO.
And remember, faithful viewers, Samuel Adams White Ale is the (un)official beer of HBO’s John Adams. Real Patriots Drink Samuel Adams.
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*Above: Political Propaganda circa 1776.
PREVIEW:
Ever since the demise of The Sopranos and Rome, the only thing even remotely worth [...]
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Posted in Current Events, History, Politics, tagged Presidential Primaries, Election 2008, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Super Tuesday, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Election Results, Camden County, New Jersey, Undeclared Voters, Independents, Campaigns, Republicans, Democrats, Delegate Counts, Caucuses, Mike Huckabee on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
History is not written by the victor. History is written by the People.
(11:30 am EST, Tuesday) Having just returned from the polls, if my crowd is any indication, the People are out in record numbers this Super Tuesday.
As an accidentally undeclared voter in the state of New Jersey, I had the option to vote in either [...]
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Posted in Current Events, Drinking Games, Politics, Television, tagged Change, Dubya, Election 2008, George W. Bush, Iraq, Presidential Primaries, State of the Union, Stimulus Package, The Economy, The Surge, The War on Terror on January 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
President George W. (Dubya) Bush will be delivering his State of the Union Address this Monday Night, January 28th, 2008 at 9pm EST.
Unlike last year, there is some cause for celebration as this will be the last address Dubya will deliver as President. Still, he has plenty of time to muck things up, so with equal parts fear [...]
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Posted in Current Events, History, Politics, tagged Assassinations, Benazir Bhutto, Election 2008, Female Leaders, Hillary Clinton, Iowa Caucuses, John McCain, Muslim World, Pakistan, President Musharraf, Presidential Primaries, War on Terror, World Events on December 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I knew the name and the face, but not much about her until today, sadly the day of her brutal assassination at the hands of an as yet unnamed militant terrorist group. Benazir Bhutto was the most important political figure in Pakistan during the past twenty years, and someone everyone in the world should know [...]
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Posted in Book to Film Adaptations, Movie Reviews, Movies, Politics, Pop Culture, tagged Atheism, Children's Stories, Chris Weitz, Fantasy Films, His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass, Trilogy on December 9, 2007 | No Comments »
*Note to readers: I have not read any of Philip Pullman’s books, but I have read numerous interviews with the author and book excerpts to have a decent grasp of his intents and the books’ message.
Ask the Dust, 9 December 2007
Author: David H. Schleicher from New Jersey, USA
An evil empire called the Magestirium attempts total control of the [...]
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Posted in Book to Film Adaptations, Movie Reviews, Movies, Politics, tagged Culture of Fear, Frank Darabont, Horror Films, Monster Movies, Stephen King, The Mist on November 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
CAPTION: Holy Crap! I’m a little kid in a Stephen King story. I am so screwed.
Misanthropes in the Mist, 27 November 2007
Author: David H. Schleicher from New Jersey, USA
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It’s official: Stephen King and Frank Darabont hate humanity. It’s almost impossible to fathom that these two were responsible for the life-affirming “Shawshank [...]
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Much has changed since I last posted about the primaries back in March. There have been 678,933,562 debates amongst the Republican and Democratic candidates for President, and beyond even the worst predictions, the Bush administration has continued to plumb the depths of ineptitude resulting in about the same number of resignations–good-bye you rascally Rove, fare well [...]
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