Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Film statistician Stephen Fellows cranked the numbers, looking at everything related to the film from Google hits to Die Hard posters to Wikipedia references, and he concludes that even if it wasn't intended to be a Christmas movie, "it most certainly is now." How did it get that way? Here are nine good reasons. Perhaps more importantly, Die … [Read more...]
12 Libertarian DVD Holiday Gifts Under $10
Need some quick gift ideas for that special libertarian friend? Here are twelve films currently for sale on DVD for less than $10 at Amazon. Richard Jewell Security guard Richard Jewell saves hundreds of lives from an exploding pipe bomb at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, only to be railroaded as the prime suspect by an incompetent FBI and cynical press. Based on a true … [Read more...]
Holodomor Holocaust Remembered In Four Films
Holodomor ("to kill by starvation) is what Ukrainians call the period from 1932-1933, when Stalin created a forced famine to punish the Ukraine's resistance to socialist collectivization. Estimates vary as to how many Ukrainians died, ranging from three million to twelve million. This tragedy and crime are remembered on Holomodor Remembrance Day. Here are four films to honor … [Read more...]
The Berlin Wall: Eight Films To Honor the Dead
The infamous Berlin Wall was socialism itself: concrete and razor wire in the name of humanity, guard towers and machine guns in the name of human progress. It's ostensible purpose was to protect vulnerable East Germans from invasion, but as a practical matter it was simply a way of preventing the slave populations of the USSR from escaping to the West. By the time it … [Read more...]
Honest Political Ads: Seven Short Films
These seven parody honest political ads mock the political process and the marketing machines that spin candidates to maximum advantage. Clint Webb For Senator The comedy group Whitest Kids You Know produced this parody political commercial. Charles McHutchence vs. Harrison Greeley III Two politicians battle it out in this parody political ad from HBO's Mr. … [Read more...]
Four Halloween Films For Libertarians
Happy Halloween! Nothing is scarier than unrestrained government, of course, so here are four Halloween films on the subject. Enjoy! Ghostbusters (1984) This popular classic tells the story of an entrepreneurial ghost-removal service -- Ghostbusters -- that runs into opposition from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other creatures of evil. It seems that … [Read more...]
Cameron Hawley: Libertarian Film Hero
Cameron Hawley -- born September 19, 1905 -- was an American fiction writer. Although he published only a few books, two of them were turned into films: Cash McCall and Executive Suite. Both films are unusual for their Randian tone and strongly pro-capitalism character. Cash McCall, the better of the two, took the top prize of Best Libertarian Picture at the First International … [Read more...]
Pfizer-Man: Marvel Boosts Pfizer Covid Propaganda
Per the Daily Mail, "Pfizer has partnered with Marvel to create a comic book to urge people to get their Covid booster vaccines and be an 'everyday hero'." Apparently anyone can be a Pfizer-Man by just getting the jab and stopping the spread of the disease. Oh, but wait, Pfizer now says it has no idea if the vaccine stops the spread. Meanwhile, Moderna's CEO let it slip that … [Read more...]
Clown World: Remy Song Mocks Silly State Of Things
Clown World is the latest Remy parody song. Does it seem odd to you that drag queens are being brought into schools to read to children at public expense? Is it curious that homeless are allowed to use drugs and defecate on sidewalks? That heroic soldiers who defend us with their lives must submit to repeated experimental vaccines -- for a disease that has near zero chance of … [Read more...]
WRI Education: Libertarian Film Heroes
Once upon a time, the word "libertarian" was barely known. The ideas it represented had not yet gained common currency, let alone blossomed into political significance. But in the 1970's, a small group of libertarian filmmakers began producing educational films as a way to spread the word. They called themselves WRI Education (World Research Inc.). Their short films were like … [Read more...]