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Movie: Nixon (1994) – Directed by Oliver Stone

It is very rare that an American President gets impeached, and leaving aside the case of Bill Clinton (who was almost thrown out for lying about Monica Lewinsky), Richard Nixon was the US President who would most certainly have been the one who was impeached if he had not resigned. As it is, at the [...]

Movie: : The Battleship Potemkin (1925)

The Battleship Potemkin is a classic Russian movie, released in 1925. It is a silent movie, also known by another name ‘he Battleship Potyomkin’ as well as by the Russian name of ‘Bronyenosyets Potyomkin’. The movie was directed by Sergei Eisenstein, and was based on the real life story of the actual crew of the [...]

Book: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (1992)

This was a classic book, published in 1992. The book is supposed to cover the relationship between men and women, and it does do that to a large extent. However, as the book grew more successful, the criticism also grew. There was a lot of analysis of the antecedents of the author, John Gray, trying [...]

Movie: Raging Bull (1980) – A great Martin Scorcese movie

The movie stars Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Cathy Moriarty. The movie was based on a biographical novel written by Jake LaMotta (published in 1970), with the biography based on his life – primarily about his life from being a young teenager, reform, his life as a boxer (and his fights with the mafia [...]