Sean Connery hands Nicholas Cage a slip of paper as bagpipes whisper. Front pew, Right Leg it reads. It’s the map to a buried treasure. The great American mystery in a church pew in Fort Walton, Kansas. Gold? Eternal Youth? Absolute knowledge? No, it’s a tiny little microfilm. Cage holds the film up to the…
Tag: President Kennedy
The Big Event
To mark the anniversary of President Kennedy’s Assassination, we’ve put together a three-part podcast titled The Big Event as well as a special JFK episode of Inside Jobs. Listen here, on the Talk on the Internet feed, or wherever you get your podcasts. Inside Jobs JFK Junior Novelization The Big Event Part III: Frame 313…
James Bond and JFK
The early 1960s. The pinnacle of male style, when men treated each activity, accouterment and debutant with sophistication and taste. But the two ambassadors of swinging sixties charm were also two of the Cold War’s coldest warriors. Both were boarding school boys turned navy officers, men who rose in rank to the heights of government…
Parkland: The Forgotten Tales of November 22nd
Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s film Parkland, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination is out on Blu-Ray, DVD and VOD this week and even if you don’t agree with its lone gunman perspective, it’s a well-acted and moving portrayal of this tragic event. Parkland is named after the hospital in which President…
3 Steps to Ease the Pain
The dispute over the true circumstances of the JFK assassination has raged for nearly have a century. Just when it seems like the fire will die down, a new revelation, watershed book or controversial film stokes the flames of debate. Perhaps America’s ongoing obsession with the darkest day in its history stems from the fundamental…
Zombies Killed Kennedy?
50 Years after his Election, Jack Strikes Back The smash hit video game Call of Duty: Black Ops was released 50 years to the day after the election of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, but anyone worried the newsmaking launch of the game would distract from this historically significant date shouldn’t be. Not only does President…
Assassination Agnostic 