Film
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Vincent Bugliosi, Tom O’Neill, Quentin Tarantino, and Tate/LaBianca, Part 2
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Friday, 16 August 2019 18:13 Read more...
“The only good thing about this picture [Once Upon a Time in Hollywood] may be that Tarantino has said he is only going to make one more,” concludes Jim DiEugenio.
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Plaza Man: Robert Groden vs. the City of Dallas
Written by Frank CassanoWritten on Monday, 30 July 2018 18:25 Read more...
We’ve lost. They’ve won. Everywhere except in the court of public opinion. It’s sort of like watching a heavyweight prize-fight and having the guy who was knocked out declared the winner. The Power Elite says, “The public be damned! Who cares what they think?” Well, we do. And so does Bob Groden, writes Frank Cassano in this review of the 2014 documentary film about his battles with the City of Dallas and the Sixth Floor Museum.
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Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg Mythologize the Washington Post
Written by Kennedys&KingWritten on Friday, 15 December 2017 17:48 Read more...
As a corrective to yet another tendentious Hanks-Spielberg historical rewrite, Jim DiEugenio provides a review of past work which puts The Washington Post in a more accurate perspective.
See now "The Post and the Pentagon Papers" at Consortium News.
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Jackie
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Monday, 26 December 2016 20:27 Read more...
Whoever decided that this script needed to be played out on the wide screen of a darkened theater was simply wrong. It seems that the writer and director realized that mistake on the way to production. They then tried to justify that decision. In this reviewer’s opinion, it did not work, writes Jim DiEugenio.
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Rules Don't Apply
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Saturday, 17 December 2016 02:46 Read more...
Because Beatty has made some distinguished historical films, many had high hopes for this one. But the result seems to be rather uninspired for a film that he has contemplated doing for so long. The best one can say is that it is competently made, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Television & Media
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Who Killed Malcolm X? (Review)
Written by Joseph E. GreenWritten on Saturday, 07 March 2020 22:36 Read more...
Joe Green reviews the documentary, Who Killed Malcom X? by Ark Media, exposing the omissions that sacrifice clarity and context by treating the assassination like an ordinary murder, chasing individual suspects and missing the underlying political structures.
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Ark Media and Malcolm X: Bad Acting and Half-Truths
Written by Karl EvanzzWritten on Sunday, 23 February 2020 23:45 Read more...
Karl Evanzz reviews the “theatrical” documentary, Who Killed Malcom X? by Ark Media, act by act and reveals the half-truths that make up the whole lie.
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King in the Wilderness
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Friday, 27 July 2018 21:31 Read more...
Jim reviews what he deems to be the best of three recent TV documentaries on Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Tom Hanks and 1968
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 23:44 Read more...
A thoroughly mediocre rendering of a tumultuous year. Mediocre in every way, including aesthetically, concludes Jim DiEugenio.
Listen to the interview with David Giglio (Our Hidden History)
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UPDATED: CNN Disservices History –– American Dynasties: The Kennedys
Written by James DiEugenioWritten on Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:49 Read more...
Jim DiEugenio reveals what CNN had to cover up about JFK and RFK in order to make this six-part series (with updates including new information since the first airing).
Listen to the interview with David Giglio (Our Hidden History)
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JFK Declassified: Tracking Oswald, Part 7
Written by Arnaldo M. FernandezWritten on Thursday, 11 January 2018 20:32 Read more...
Arnaldo Fernandez returns to wrap up his review of this miserable History Channel series with a searing look at the seventh episode, which adds insult to injury by pretending to be an update in response to the October 26, 2017 “final declassification” of JFK records.
