NCIS
John C. Dvorak loves NCIS because they “don’t cheap out on the writing – they pay top dollar!” NCIS has stand alone episodes but there’s a long…
Movies/TV
Killing Ed
Adam is going to see a special screening of the documentary Killing Ed. Directed by Mark Hall, Killing Ed explores the Turkish based Gülen movement and it’s…
The Ratings Game
While discussing mob influence on politicians, Adam mentioned The Ratings Game which portrays the mob kidnapping Nielsen ratings families to influence the results. The Ratings Game is a…
Suffragette
Suffragette is a historical period bio pic covering the British women’s suffrage movement of the 1890’s to 1900’s. The film stars the period film standby, Helena Bonham Carer In…
Mitchell Brothers Porn Kings
While discussing Vice reports being staged, John Dvorak brought up the Mitchell Brothers. Adam didn’t recognize the name so John explained that they were porn kingpins in…
San Francisco 2.0
Dvorak mentioned he just saw San Francisco 2.0. the HBO documentary made by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter. The film explores how San Francisco is getting real expensive and…
Our Culture is Marketing – This is What We Do
Adam Curry presented these two audio clips of screenwriter/director Charlie Kaufman giving a talk at a British film industry conference. Adam described it, So nicely encapsulated what No…
The Americans
In NA 684 the TV show, The Americans was brought up. The show’s consultant, Joe Weisberg, used to be with the CIA and has used some of his…
Monuments Men
Adam thinks he might get invited to the movie premier for Monuments Men when it's eventually released. The George Clooney directed film deals with art work stolen…
The Fifth Estate
Best known as the "Wikileaks film" - just bombed at the box office. The DreamWorks film was actively campaigned against by Julian Assange. Adam mentioned this failure…
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Get it at Amazon Mentioned few times recently on No Agenda. Vintage, cerebral spycraft film starring Gary Oldman.
Eraserhead
"Just go see it!" exclaimed John Dvorak. He further added it's a "disturbing film". Eraserhead is director David Lynch's first full-length motion picture and is an acquired…
Sushi: the Global Catch
While Adam was in Marfa, Texas, he met Mark Hall the director of this award winning documentary. [NA 547 :54]
The President’s Analyst
Adam was home all alone, so he decided to follow up on a producer recommended film - The President's Analyst. This 1967 film centers around a former…
Enemy of the State
When this movie was previously mentioned, it was noted that it wasn't available on Netflix or iTunes. Well, now it is! This has led Adam and John…
