07/21/05 :: By Drew Johnston
Only Political Reviews: Clerks.
Categories :: Entertainment :: Film Reviews :: Humor :: Satire

Part one in what will hopefully become a series of Only Political Reviews. First up: the independent classic Clerks.

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10/26/04 :: By William Hare
Lakoff Frames a New Progressive Agenda
Categories :: Film Reviews

George Lakoff has broken interesting new ground at the Rockridge Institute. The linguistics professor at the University California at Berkeley has led the movement in helping shape a new progressive political agenda after conceding that conservatives had achieved a big lead in the important realm of establishing message as a means of prevailing in ongoing debate.

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10/23/04 :: By William Hare
Clinton Might Have Lied, but Under Bush People Died
Categories :: Film Reviews

Based on the New York Times bestseller of the same name by Gene Lyons and Joe Conason, “The Hunting of the President” is an explosive DVD telling the incredible story of how a coup d’etat by highly financed right wing operatives launched against a popular American president almost succeeded.

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10/20/04 :: By Mel Valentin
The Motorcycle Diaries
Categories :: Film Reviews Political tract or conventional narrative, The Motorcycle Diaries proves to be an artistic failure, an occasionally admirable or engaging failure, but a failure nonetheless. It offers little in the way of clearly articulated political ideas (and ideals), and, when viewed...

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10/20/04 :: By William Hare
Michael Moore's DVD Features Cover Important New Ground
Categories :: Film Reviews

Having seen Michael Moore’s power-packed Fahrenheit 9-11 on the screen I was eager to purchase a copy of the DVD version. A major benefit of the DVD process, along with enhanced visual quality, is the additional features provided. In the case of Michael Moore curiosity abounded over his additional selections.

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10/16/04 :: By William Hare
A Patriot Analyzes The Patriot Act
Categories :: Film Reviews

Mark Crispin Miller opened the eyes of Americans interested in the dumbing down of the political process with his riveting work “The Bush Dylexicon.” Whereas Orwellian Doublespeak had been a familiar term for years, a reference to how ordinary language had been contorted to produce a devious result through citizen brainwashing, the influence of Bush political consultant Karl Rove has resulted in Rovean Doublespeak as symbolized by what Miller sees as the “Bush Dyslexicon.”

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10/15/04 :: By William Hare
Democracy Denied in Florida
Categories :: Film Reviews

“Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election” tells the story behind the shameful clutching of victory from the jaws of defeat by the Bush team over Al Gore through a manipulation of the political process in Florida. The result was democracy denied and the accession to the presidency of a candidate who lost the popular vote and, but for the application of tactics befitting a totalitarian state, eked out “victory” by adding the scandal-tarnished electoral votes of Florida.

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