Absolutely stuffed with historical characters, even if they play fast and loose with the actual history.

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Surprise side quest! Rich begins to look at the history of the English monarchy.

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A look at the music scene of the 1960s as we see a young Bob Dylan help folk music go mainstream.

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The actual truth will likely never be known, but Oliver Stone here lays out his case that the official story of the JFK assassination is full of holes.

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A film that perfectly encapsulates the terror and absurdity of the threat of nuclear war.

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The first documentary we’ve tackled in over seven years of doing the show, but we felt it was too important to skip.

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A bit trivial compared to what we normally cover, but gives us an opportunity to discuss American culture and the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

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Spike Lee’s biopic of Malcolm X attempts to include Malcolm entire life, short as it was.

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A wonderful form of biopic that chooses one event to focus in Truman Capote’s life as opposed to giving us his full biography. That event is the murder of the [ … ]

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A few Hollywood changes, but based on the true story of Homer Hickam and his friends who built their own rockets as teenagers in the late 1950s in West Virginia.

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