UPDATE: The new film Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game is killing it with both critics and audiences. Rotten Tomatoes reported these platinum scores. Roger Sharpe fights a legal battle to overturn New York City's 35-year ban on pinball machines. Based on a true story. [ Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game credits: Dir: Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg/ Mike Faist, Crystal … [Read more...]
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN FILMS A young Pakistani immigrant and his English boyfriend overcome all obstacles to launch a fabulous laundromat: [ My Beautiful Laundrette credits: Dir: Stephen Frears/ Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis/ 97 min/ Comedy, Romance/ Pro-Capitalism, Individualism] "My Beautiful Laundrette scores a rare 100% critics approval rating on … [Read more...]
Obamagate The Movie | Film
The story of the Obama administration's spying on the Trump campaign and subsequent harassment of the Trump administration (i.e., Obamagate) is told through verbatim texts, emails, tweets, memos, and Congressional testimony from the ensuing investigations. [ Obamagate the Movie credits: Dir: Cliff School/ Writers: Phelim McAleer, Brian Godawa/ Dean Cain, Kristy Swanson/ Film … [Read more...]
Free Lunch Express | Film
Bernie Sanders rises from youth in Brooklyn, NY to Senator to Presidential candidate -- all the while freeloading off the public and maintaining a secret pact with the spirit of Stalin. [ Free Lunch Express credits: Dir: Lenny Britton/ Alexander Aguila, Laura Aleman, Jessica Jade Andres/ 80 min/ Biography, Comedy/ Anti-Socialism/ 2020] External Reviews "The sporadically … [Read more...]
Remy’s Protest Song For Anti-Capitalists
Libertarian comedian/songwriter Remy sings (ironically) about the suffering of Americans at the hands of capitalism in this short music video. It's the perfect song for any poorly-informed anti-capitalist protest. … [Read more...]
Pad Man | Film Review
An heroic and independent entrepreneur creates a low-cost sanitary pad for the world’s poor, but must overcome cultural shame associated with menstruation to get his invention accepted. Based on a true story. [ Pad Man credits: Dir: R. Balki/ Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte, Sonam Kapoor/ 140 min/ Biography, Comedy, Drama/ Creator-as-Hero, Individualism/ India/ 2018/ aka Padman … [Read more...]
Kinky Boots | Film Review
When a young man inherits a failing shoe factory, he discovers that the only way to save it is to abandon its traditional product and manufacture…custom boots for transgenders?! Based on a true story. [ Kinky Boots credits: Dir: Julian Jarrold/ Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts/ 107 min/ Comedy, Drama/ Creator-as-hero, Individualism, Social tolerance/ … [Read more...]
Ghostbusters (1984)
An entrepreneurial ghost-removal service runs into opposition from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- and other creatures of evil. [ Ghostbusters credits: Dir: Ivan Reitman/ Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis/ 105 min/ Comedy, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Horror/ Creator-as-Hero, Anti-Regulation, Pro-Capitalism] “Ghostbusters captures much of what its … [Read more...]
The Death of Stalin (2017)
When socialist dictator Joseph Stalin dies unexpectedly, a chaotic power struggle between surviving Soviet officials ensues. [ The Death of Stalin credits: Dir: Armando Iannucci/ Jason Isaacs, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko/ 106 min/ Comedy, Drama/ Anti-socialism/ 2017] External Reviews "This delightfully silly movie is an intelligent, hilarious circus crammed full of … [Read more...]
Good Bye Lenin (2003)
A young man in newly liberated East Germany tries to hide the fall of communism from his enthusiastically socialist mother because doctors say the shock would kill her. [ Good Bye Lenin credits: Dir: Wolfgang Becker/ 121 min/ Comedy, Foreign/ Anti-socialism] “This thoroughly enjoyable film is also a sweet and honest one, that works in every respect (it won a slew of … [Read more...]