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Primary Colors (1998)
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"My mom has the hots for President Clinton as badly as I swoon for Arnold Schwarzenegger, both of us turning into goofy schoolgirls at the mere mention of our respective crushes. While the Governator’s arrogant, aggressive virility drives me wild, personally I’ve never fantasized about Arkansas charmer Slick Willy. And yet I’d be thrilled to bed John Travolta , who embodied Bill Clinton via the character of Jack Stanton in Mike Nichols’ 1998 Primary Colors, a thinly veiled account of the would-be president’s rise to stardom during the 1992 primaries, with a swift-moving screenplay by Elaine May based on political reporter Joe Klein’s originally “Anonymous” novel. Travolta as Stanton perfectly captured the sexy essence of Clinton then topped it with his well-honed movie star touch. The similarities between the two aging icons are striking. Primary Colors begins and ends with the famous “Stanton handshake,” shots of the many ways the southern governor greets his supp "
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"Are you walking around with your “I Voted!” sticker proudly adhered to your chest? If not, get out there and do some lever pulling, chad punching, and ballot dropping. Then take the rest ofthe day off and watch one of these movies that’ll get you through the rest of election day and away from the nail-biting edge of election return coverage. There are a few minor spoilers inside, but don’t view that as me messing with the ballot box. You’ll still love the movies more than CNN’s infographics.
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"Earlier this week, I recommended 10 movies for Democrats to watch. So, to balance things out and hopefully show a lack of bias, I’ve now selected 10 recommendations for Republicans, too. This was actually the more difficult task, because there are so many classic films that display conservative values — and in the 1980s alone, I think there were about a billion films promoting relatively right-wing lifestyles and ideas. Therefore, I’ve limited my picks to the last two decades, except for one underrated gem that left me with quite an impression as a boy. The Dark Knight (2008) Some said Batman is Bush, others said Cheney, but either way this past summer’s superhero blockbuster resonated with certain conservatives who saw the film as something of an argument about — if not apology for — the actions of the current administration. Similarly, this summer’s Hancock and Iron Man have been read as being parti "
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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
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"Charlie Wilson’s War tells the story of a Texas congressman and the impact he made on the Cold War and in the politics of Afghanistan. Tom Hanks portrays the Democrat congressman who guided money to Afghanistan that armed the mujahedeen and enabled them to win a war against the might of the Soviet Empire. The movie portrays his actions as decisive in the collapse of the Soviet system at the end of the 1980s and touches upon politicians’ short-sightedness in abandoning Afghanistan at the end of the conflict which allowed the radicals to take charge. Wilson is a six term congressman whose greatest achievement is that he has been re-elected five times. We quickly learn of his chaotic personal life. He is a drinker, spending most of the film with a glass in his hand, and is indiscreet in his sexual and social connections. He is enjoying some indiscreet connections when he spots Dan Rather on the news and hears the newscaster report on the Soviet force’s aggression aga ... "
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All the King's Men (2006)
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"There are occassions when you look at the cast list, look at the crew and look at the source material for a film and are forced to ponder how so many promising elements turn into a turkey. Based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that was to Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long what Primary Colors was to Bill Clinton, the film tells the story of a fiery, populist politician (Sean Penn) who takes on the oil industry. We see the events from the perspective of Jack Burden (Jude Law), a newspaper writer who is drawn into Willie Stark's campaign for Governor and subsequently his administration. Stark, who was based upon Governor Long, is urged to run by a political schemer named Tiny Duffy who is trying to use Stark to get his own candidate elected Governor. When Burden reveals to Stark that Tiny is using him, the politician responds with a verbal tirade at his next stump stop against the fat cats - a theme that resonates with the crowd. Sean Penn's Stark is a curious beast ... "
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City Hall (1996)
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"Spoilers follow. City Hall would be an average film if it were not lifted by the sheer quality of its star-powered performances. A story about disillusionment and political idealism, its tone betrays a cynical heart. The story is set around the accidental shooting of a young African American child who is caught in the crossfire between a cop and a member of the Mafia. John Cusack plays the idealistic aide to the mayor who begins to look into the affair and discovers that there is more to it than meets the eye. Cusack's performance is typical of his strengths as an actor - he draws us in and manages to convey the transition between naive idealism and more worldly understanding. However he is undersold by a script that moves too quickly - giving us too little time to understand and appreciate the causes behind it. We do not see the mental process leading to that enormous change, not because Cusack is not conveying it but because the script does not give opportunity to show it. Whilst ... "
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"For better or for worse, Charlie Wilson's War plays pretty much exactly like one would expect a film written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Mike Nichols would. It's talky, snarky, ever so slightly rigid, but far too much fun to let those qualities be to its detriment.As Charlie Wilson, a boozing, womanizing Texas congressman, Tom Hanks brings his trademark charm to the proceedings, but thankfully leaves most of his sentimentality at home. After visiting Afghanistan as a favor to political lobbyist and sometime paramour Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts), Wilson teams with Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in top form) a CIA agent ecstatic to finally drum up some support for the Afghani cause.Sorkin is very much at home writing about what goes on backstage in American politics (and the film does tend to drown its audience in facts, figures, and jargon that it is presumptuous to assume we all understand with equal aplomb), but it is what Nichols and his cast bring to the ... "
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