Oh Canada! Our Bought and Sold Out Land
Synopsis: This 2009 entertaining documentary film explores the history of banking, the selling out of the prosperity of Canada, the clearance sale of Canadian businesses and the political liquidation of […]
Tag Archives: Politics
The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard
Synopsis: “She’s got people talking!” That’s what everyone says about Ros Pritchard, the successful supermarket manager and mother who ignites a political firestorm when she stands for Parliament and ends […]
The Thick of It: Series 2
Synopsis: Hugh Abbot’s attempts to be seen as fulfilling his PM’s commitment to ‘joined up government’ continue in the second series of this wonderfully satirical comedy. Garlanded with rave reviews […]
Yes, Minister: Series 2
Synopsis: In Series 2, a newly built hospital has a full administration staff but no patients due to the government-influenced reduction of medical staff. For some reason, Sir Humphrey does […]
House of Cards (1990)
Synopsis: Ian Richardson (From Hell, M. Butterfly) leads an all star cast in this malevolent satire of greed, corruption, and ambition in the highest realms of government. As Machiavellian monster […]
Secret State
Synopsis: After a major industrial accident kills dozens of people in the north of England, deputy prime minister Tom Dawkins (Gabriel Byrne, The Usual Suspects) takes on a giant American […]
A Very British Coup
Synopsis: The taut, powerful, all-too-plausible story about a democracy attacked from within. When plain-spoken, charismatic former steelworker Harry Perkins becomes prime minister in a landslide Labour Party victory, his socialist […]
State of Play (2003)
Synopsis: “State of Play” is a roller-coaster thriller of deception and collusion in the corridors of power. Written by Paul Abbott (“Shameless”) and directed by David Yates (“Harry Potter”), the […]
The Thick of It: Series 1
Synopsis: All three episodes from the first series of BBC4’s satirical political comedy series written and directed by Armando Iannucci. The caustic comedy, set in the corridors of power, follows […]
Yes, Minister: Series 1
Synopsis: When the Right Honorable Jim Hacker lands the job of Cabinet Minister he thinks he is, at last, in a position of power. However, he has not accounted for […]
How to Start Your Own Country
Synopsis: One morning, Danny Wallace decided to start his very own country. Little did he know it was a decision that would take him tens of thousands of miles across […]
Jade
Synopsis: Assistant D.A. David Corelli (David Caruso) is trapped between friendship and the law when the brutal murder of an important San Francisco millionaire points toward his former lover and […]
La vie d’Adèle: Chapitres 1 et 2
Synopsis: The colorful, electrifying romance that took the Cannes Film Festival by storm courageously dives into a young woman’s experiences of first love and sexual awakening. Blue Is the Warmest […]
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