Dec 25, 2021
Tony Stark has PTSD, Don Cheadle has a new superhero name, and the President of the United States is going to need a new plane. That's right, it's Christmastime in the MCU, which means it's time for a story of the redemption and rebirth for Marvel's favorite son...sorta?
Writer/Director Shane Black gets to board the...
Nov 15, 2021
After introducing the world to one of the greatest fake presidents in INDEPENDENCE DAY, director Roland Emmerich is back with not one, but TWO fake presidents in 2004's climate-themed disaster movie THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW.
Also in this movie's oval office -- a really weird (and distracting) choice of houseplants.
Oct 26, 2021
Just in time for Halloween it's a SCARY MOVIE. The third one! The one that introduced Leslie-freakin'-Nielsen as an American president!
What happens when uber-republican director David Zucker (of AIRPLANE fame) teams up with uber-democratic producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein (of getting arrested fame) to make a...
Oct 11, 2021
Who knew there was a fake president in this 80s mermaid rom-com?
Directed by Ron Howard, SPLASH made, um, waves at the box office. It also made Tom Hanks a movie star, Howard an A-list director, and Roger Ebert very angry.
Does this movie have actual politics for us to discuss? (Surprisingly, yes!) Does this movie have...
Sep 27, 2021
When an assassin targets the SCOTUS, it's up to Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts to expose a POTUS.
Robert Culp is the nameless (but not blameless) President in this 1993 adaptation of John Grisham's most political thriller. Future fake president Tony Goldwyn is the person who really runs the White House. Stanley...