Category: Movies
Review: “The Gray House” A Civil War Spy Ring
The Gray House is a gigantic miniseries of more than eight and a half hours that is set in Richmond during the Civil War. A…
Premier of The Gray House on Civil War Spies in Richmond on Feb 21
The Gray House will premier on Amazon Prime on February 21. It is an eight-part series produced by Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman and it…
Movie Review: Death By Lightning Series on the Garfield Assassination
This major four-hour series on the assassination of James A. Garfield starts at the future president’s farm in rural Ohio. Michael Shannon plays Congressman Garfield…
New Trailer Out on Garfield Assassination “Death By Lightning”
There is a new trailer out for the Netflix original series about the assassination of President James Garfield. The series premiers on November 6, 2023….
New Netflix Series on the Assassination of Pres. James Garfield
Before 1881, presidents would clean out the Washington bureaucracy when they came into office. Democrats were tossed when a Republican came in and Whigs, before…
NY Times Columnist Calls for a Civil War Movie that Tells the Truth
Last week Jamelle Bouie wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times in which he calls for a truthful movie about the Civil War….
Historians Discuss the Movie “Gettysburg” on Its 30th Anniversary
Historians at the Movies Podcast has on Kevin Levine, Waitman Beorn, and Rich Condon to discuss the Ted Turner 1993 film Gettysburg. Most of my…
Washington Post Gives Background on “Whipped Peter” of New Film “Emancipation”
Today’s Washington Post gave some interesting background on the new Will Smith film Emancipation. The Washington Post movie reviewer gave the film a largely negative…
New Film on Beaten Enslaved Man & USCT Veteran “Emancipation” Gets Mixed Reviews
The new Will Smith film “Emancipation” opened today and it has received mixed reviews. While Rotten Tomatoes gave it a red “Fresh Tomato” rating, it…
Ten Years Ago Movie “Lincoln” Showed the Gettysburg Address
November 19 is Dedication Day in Gettysburg, the anniversary of the the day in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln came to Gettysburg to deliver his famous…