Feb 1, 2025

We cover 2000's THE CONTENDER starring Jeff Bridges as a U. S. president sometime between 2007 and 2010. Joan Allen is a senator nominated to fill an open VP slot who refuses to address any allegations of sexual impropriety in her past. Gary Oldman is a congressman trying to destroy her during the...

Dec 22, 2024

Let's close out the year by digging into some messages from listeners, and then look ahead at the year to come in fake White Houses!

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Who do we think should play a president that hasn't?

A listener suggests our next movie to cover... should we do it?!

Our preview of upcoming movies and shows on our...

Nov 26, 2024

What? You don't remember there being a POTUS in 2012's Christopher Nolan-directed, Christian Bale-starring THE DARK KNIGHT RISES? Neither did we!  But there is one, and he's got a whole monologue and everything!  

Find us on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky, or email us at fakepresidents [at] gmail.com to join the...

Oct 30, 2024

This Halloween, let's take a spookily ironic look at every president ever portrayed in any episode of any version of THE TWILIGHT ZONE! (It's not that many)

Believe it or not, it wasn't until Jordan Peele's 2019 reboot of The Twilight Zone that we got the series' first truly fake president. In "The Wunderkind," John Cho...

Sep 30, 2024

Did you know there's a fake president in Jason Statham's pulpy, hit actioner THE BEEKEEPER? We didn't! Not until a listener gave us the heads up.  British thespian Jemma Redgrave plays the American president. Josh Hutcherson is her not-quite-failson. Jeremy Irons is back in Alfred-mode. And Minnie Driver...