Pophistory: music, movies, history, and life.
{ Ignorance – Lori McKenna (Kasey Chambers cover)} lorimckenna_ignorance In the Kasey Chambers song “Ignorance,” covered above by folk-singer Lori McKenna, she sings, “If you’re not pissed off at the world / Then you’re just not paying attention.” There have have been several excellent documentaries in recent years that reveal disturbing information about our world … Continue reading “3 Movies That Make Us Mad”
On February 22, 1980, the U.S. hockey team shocked the world with a 4-3 victory over the Soviet Union team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. As time expired, sportscaster Al Michaels asked television viewers a question that he immediately answered, “Do you believe in Miracles? Yes!” The U.S. team … Continue reading “When a Hockey Team Made Us Believe in Miracles”
The odds are pretty good that you might have missed even hearing about a movie last year directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones that also featured Hillary Swank, Meryl Streep, John Lithgow, James Spader, Tim Blake Nelson, Hailee Steinfeld, and several other stellar actors. But through the miracle of DVDs, you may now catch … Continue reading “Tommy Lee Jones and “The Homesman” (Missed Movies)”
Burt Lancaster stars in “Lawman,” an underrated Western that veers into unexpected territory.
If you are looking for an unusual holiday movie, you should check out The Crossing (2000). The film is an excellent A&E made-for-TV movie starring Jeff Daniels as George Washington. The Crossing portrays the story behind Washington’s famous crossing of the Delaware River on the night after Christmas in 1776 to fight the Battle of … Continue reading “A Christmas Movie: “The Crossing” (Missed Movies)”