Cinema is History

The final episode on Vice is finally here. Please note that while Dick Cheney is now brown bread, he was still very much white bread while we recorded this. We talk torture, heart transplants, and anonymous sources, as well as the moral insanity that comes as standard like power steering in a top of the range 4X4. We explore fishing, focus groups and Donald Rumsfeld getting the tin tack, and about ten minutes from the end, Alex says about the funniest thing I've ever heard him say, so stick around. Also, Daniel, this is the episode in which we discuss Cheney shooting that poor guy on a hunting trip. This is for you mate.Alternate title: "As Mad as an Outhouse Rat* "Music by Trabant 33 on licence via Epidemic Soundcinemaishistory@gmail.com *we do not say 'Outhouse'

Our series on Vice continues, and while there's no Shakespeare this time, Dick Cheney does climb into a box and pretend to be a cat. David Addington reveals himself to be the worst lawyer in the world while thinking himself the smartest, and he's only superseded in pseudo-legal idiocy by John Yoo, a straight up maniac. We talk a bit about how language can be used to change the political weather, with the help of Frank Luntz, a marketing guru who looks exactly like a man named Frank Luntz ought to look. George W. Bush willingly reduces himself to a cipher as the brilliant, beautiful madcap but ultimately unconvincing Adam McKay narrative escapades continue. Huzzah!

The world of soon to be Vice President Cheney is far from a straightforwardly machiavellian one, as his kind, humane reaction to his second daughter Mary's revelation shows. Dick is still a Republican at heart though, and an absolute devil for intrigue, and so can't resist the siren lure of the dirty game of politics, despite having fulfilled his vows to wife and crown.Expect unexpected Shakespearean soliloquies, phone calls from lackeys, perfectly paced scenes ripe with dramatic tension and Sam Rockwell who is great in this week's episode.Music by Trabant 33 licenses by Epidemic Sound

Merry Christmas everyone. Today we'll be delving into the true meaning of Christmas, the impending end of life on Earth and the fragility of existence. We'll discuss how Michael Bay gets a D- (at best) for astrophysics and the intricacies of allowing a lunatic, a sex offender and a Rasputin level mad cosmonaut loose on an asteroid with a big drill. Expect sexism, space dementa and a great ass(teroid) as we break out the mulled wine for a Christmas Special that's an action movie that stars Bruce Willis but isn't Die Hard.Music by Trabant 33 on licence via Epidemic Soundemail us to complain about the choice of movie for our Xmas episode at cinemaishistory@gmail.com F//O Alex :D ,

The story of Dick Cheney continues, with two controversial Presidential guests for the price of one. We contemplate Alligator Alcatraz, the abolition of the Fairness Doctrine and much else. Warning contains, traces of Antonin Scalia. Music by Trabant 33 licensed via epidemic sound cinermaishistory@gmail.com for all your fine ideas and suggestions, and also moonhowling madness, we are a community here! :D

Welcome back! We begin another movie with a whistle stop tour of the beginnings of Vice President Richard B. Cheney, history's beigest monster. Cheney whoops like a madman, gets into fights in bars, flunks Yale, makes a promise to his girlfriend that he more than keeps, and encounters a rogue's gallery of absolute gargoyles, villains and cutpurses - also known as the powerbrokers in Washington DC. Expect perfectly innocent meetings about what to order from the Chinese takeaway. Cinema is History, We Are Back Baby! cinemaishistory@gmail.comMusic by Trabant 33 licencsed via Epidemic Sound. This podcast and all subsequent episodes were recorded earlier this year prior to the passing away of Dick Cheney at the age of 84 having lived a long life of misdeeds and expertly machiavellian intrigue..

Happy Halloween! For a special treat we are going to be exploring the world of DRACULA - but not as you know it, the sets are made of questionable material, and the accents are disappointingly Anglophone. Everyone is middle class, looks smart and wears and tie, and of course, bloodsucking members of the undead harass decent law abiding verge trimming Conservative voters. It wouldn't have happened if that Mr Attlee hadn't gotten into power. Expect scintillating turnip lantern chat, Christopher Lee throwing the smackdown and horse vampires as we explore the weird, wonderful, often disturbing world of Transylvan... Konigsberg? Klinsmannberg? WHY DID THEY CHANGE THIS?!?EnjoyMusic by Trabant 33 on licence via epidemic Sound

The concluding part on Official Secrets introduces us to a pervert judge who is also somehow Winston Churchill. Katharine Gun enters her plea and has to be prevented from mooning for rebuttal *bell*. Ken MacBonald tries to fish where he don't have a permit no more. Lord Voldemort wins a case using dark magic, proving that Wokeism is the fourth unforgivable curse. Kenny and Alex give their contrasting verdicts to the question Alex posed in episode 1 (to the Salt Mines with her!) and we agree to all be a little more Hank Kissinger :O Music by Trabant 33 on licence via epidemic soundscinemaishistory@gmail.com for queries, please don't rant at us like an unhinged old testament preacher.

Its confession time for our heroine Katherine Gun as the last chopper heads out of Saigon and she is left behind to brawl with Ho Chi Minh. Ms Gun will face interrogation from a bald security goon, answer questions from a bald police detective before seeking help from a bald lawyer. Will she get out of this particular pickle?*WARNING* - Episode may contain BaldismMusic by Trabant 33 on licence via Epidemic Soundcinemaishistory@gmail.com