For the first time ever, Gil and I talk about Gil’s last big studio movie, VALKYRIE starring TOM CRUISE and directed by BRYAN SINGER. Bryan asked Gil to produce Valkyrie for him after Gil produced SUPERMAN RETURNS which Bryan also directed. Making Valkyrie changed Gil’s life. That is, it changed the direction his life took. For starters, making a story about Germany during WWII – about the Nazi…
For the first time ever, Gil and I talk about Gil’s last big studio movie, VALKYRIE starring TOM CRUISE and directed by BRYAN SINGER. Bryan asked Gil to produce Valkyrie for him after Gil produced SUPERMAN RETURNS which Bryan also directed. Making Valkyrie changed Gil’s life. That is, it changed the direction his life took. For starters, making a story about Germany during WWII – about the Nazi…
European culture and military superiority didn’t conquer the Americas, European pathogens did. By the time European colonists had landed enough armed men to do actual battle with anyone, European germs had reduced the native population by as much as 90%! Armed Europeans may have thought they and their culture were superior but their superiority was an illusion. Turns out those Europeans brought…
Thousands of pro-German fascists gathered at a 1939 rally in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The way our news media reports it, Trumpism took over the Republican Party quite suddenly – like a terrorist hijacking an airplane. Prior to that? The GOP was an honest actor, holding up its end of the greatest experiment ever in human self-government. Don’t blame the poor GOP for what Trump and…
Not Everyone Has A Sense Of Humor
Donald Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner. Having no sense of humor, Trump didn’t realize it was a roast and he was on the menu. When people like Donald Trump (or most Republicans for that matter) try to deflect by saying “I was joking” about something, they’re lying. This morning, Republican House candidate Carl Palladino (from the Buffalo, NY area) said “in a radio interview…
