Over the past several weeks, a number of international relations scholar-bloggers have set forth lists of films suitable for use in an IR course. Unfortunately, most of these lists have been riddled with fallacy and error. This is the correct list:The Third Man: Discussed here....
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Is the Air Force too casual about the threat posed by giant metal robots?As we speak, [Michael] Bay is shooting a sequel that has even more U.S. military hardware on.
Sam Rockwell as Rod Blagojevich. I can see that working...
Spencer:Is it wrong to have, on some level, respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is? Yes; yes it is. But I nonetheless have some respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is. Thoughts on who'll play him in the movie?...and if you're wondering whether...
Does anyone out there interpret Downfall in the same way as Ron Rosenbaum?This has always been my problem with films like the German-made Downfall, which while initially being taken seriously.
...or at least that's as far as Roger Simon got. TBogg notes his comparison of John McCain with Alec Guiness' Colonel Nicholson in Bridge on the River Kwai:But what is.
Old Man Heston has passed away.Heston occupied an iconic space that was weirdly similar to that of John Wayne, but with an important difference. Although Wayne the actor eventually became lost in Wayne the icon, at the various points along his career you could tell...
Here's the thing.... when deciding to compare oneself to a 1940s European leader, it's probably best not to directly invoke Triumph of the Will. McCain:Riefenstahl:It's not as if Triumph is.
This is precious. From John Mueller, believe it or not.
Hey, now. Rocky Balboa single-handedly protected America's vital supply of white women from the threat of unruly black men by beating down Clubber Lang, then he brought down the Soviet Union by knocking out Ivan Drago. And this is the thanks he gets?How soon we...