Dec 11, 2023

A "Hallmark-style" holiday rom-com featuring a fake president? Of course we had to watch it! (So you don't have to!)

CHRISTMAS AT THE HOLLY HOTEL is a fictional movie about a real hotel that once played a role in George H.W. Bush's ill-fated reelection campaign. It stars no one you'll recognize, directed by no one...

Nov 23, 2023

Uma Thurman is the faux potus in Amazon's romantic comedy RED, WHITE, AND ROYAL BLUE. Taylor Zakhar Perez is the young, handsome First Son whose public feud with a young, handsome British Prince (played by Nicholas Galitzine) threatens his mom's reelection campaign.  But things get even messier when the hate gives...

Oct 26, 2023

A special doll-centric Halloween episode!

Did you know that the latest season of CHUCKY, the TV series based on the CHILD'S PLAY horror movies, takes place in The White House? Did you know there was a CHUCKY, the TV series? Neither did we!

Ben watched it because Eric is a fraidy-cat and reports back with all the juicy...

Sep 3, 2023

IDIOCRACY, co-written and directed by Mike Judge, barely got a theatrical release in 2006, but has it persevered enough to become a cult classic since then?  Or is its biggest cultural footprint simply its title?

One thing we know for sure: The movie's faux POTUS -- Terry Crews as the one, the only, President Dwayne...

Aug 9, 2023

Eric and Ben are pretty sure there's going to be a fake president in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART TWO when it comes out next year, but they're less sure who it's going to be. Ben thinks it'll be a familiar face to the series. Eric thinks it'll be someone new. Are there any clues in PART ONE? (Yes!...