Occasionally a movie appears which challenges
conventional ways of thinking about the world. Usually it loses money.
It is far more common for Hollywood films to tell stories that "manufacture
the consent" of the American public by promoting ways of looking at the
world that suit the interests of privileged groups in the United States
and in countries closely allied to the U.S. As Noam Chomsky has said in
another context, in more honest times these films would be identified for
what they are, propaganda. The reviews listed below, more so than
the others at this site, were written with this perspective
in mind.
| Bullworth | Air Force One | Saving Private Ryan | |