Obama's Church: Why Hillary Cried - Father Michael Pfleger

Another fire breathing holy Joe has taken center stage of the political process, with more divisive rhetoric spewing from pulpit. The latest maniac of the cloth is Father Michael Pfleger, as he made a visiting appearance at Barack Obama’s church. Letting lose with a no holds bared barb attack on Hillary Clinton, while injecting a racially charged history lesson to support his case.

Unfortunately for Barack Obama he is once again placed in the position of having to denounce and distance himself from another clergymen in order keep the stain of their sinfully stupid remarks from tainting his presidential bid. John McCain is also being plagued by similar problems with John Hagee and Rod Parsley.

All things being considered, we think the problems of race and religious relations that have divided America and the rest of the world, is without doubt the fault of the collective church and the small minded idiots that found themselves running it. It is Sunday morning when America is most segregated when it receives its so-called message for the week ahead.

As these egotistical showmen and women don the cloth for the weekly con they are just as strapped for fresh material as any other performer force to work with the same schtick for too long. Hell, their script is at least two thousand years old and everybody who’s anybody has seen it all before.

These crazy bastards have to find a way to keep packing the house in order to keep fleecing the flock. And for that, they need to give their weekly audiences, bigger, better and more spectacular performances from time to time. After all if they ain’t got no real god-like skills as in healing some poor S.O.B of cancer, making cripples run and bringing sight to the sightless then the skeptics among the congregation are going to stray, taking others with them. Well, it doesn’t take a genius to realize a mass exodus is going to effect profits big-time.

Preachers know instinctively like any low life grifter working the con, they got to break the mark of a little somethin somethin if they want to score big over the long haul. And that takes showmanship, the ability to work a room and be a rabble-rousing crowd pleaser. But no matter how good they are, they find themselves going over the edge in order to out blather the competition, either at home or on the road.

When these ordained god gamers can’t get their own home stadium-like cathedrals to plunder, they hit the road with their traveling act, sometimes setting up a tent with a few cheap mics and only the good-book as a prop. Like three card monty specialists they will strip the hopeful of hope while leaving them broke and hateful to boot. And people wonder, with all the praying and fellowshipping being done in this country why sh*t just seems to keep getting worse. The answer is simple, it is the scummy scanks that keep rising to the height of leadership in the church.

Lets face it, if creeps like John Hegee, Ron Parsley, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the late Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Baker, Ted Haddard along with the slick and swarthy Benny Hinn are the messengers of God then the supreme being must have one hellified sense of humor. He she or it must be laughing it’s head off watching the knuckleheads feed the minister’s meter while they can’t afford to put fresh bread on the table.

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RetroVision Theater Presents Young and Innocent

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A famous star is discovered by her ex-lover, drowned on a beach. Police arrive and arrest the unlucky bastard on the testimony of busy bodies who saw him with the body. He is slapped with a rap of murder and faces trial. Not to go down easy, the sucker makes a break from the court house with the help of a cops daughter that thinks our guy is too cute to be guilty.

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RetroVision Theater Presents Woman on the Run

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Frank Johnson, sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is being tracked down by the cops on the hunch that Frank is trying to escape from possible bitch slapping payback. Frank's wife, Eleanor suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Reviews Recommends Zen and The Method and Gerald's Method

You can double your pleasure and double your fun at the twin bill offering of Zen and the Method, or Why Actors Drink and Gerald’s Method now playing at the Center Stage Theatre 48 West 21st Street in Chelsea.

When throwing around words like existentialism, Avant-garde and experimental when referring to theater, one is inevitably lead to believe one is headed for the bleeding edge of acceptable norms in contemporary performance art. Writer/director Michael Wallach dared to take his audience for a thrill ride with his comedy poking fun at just such an effort.

Zen and the Method is a giddy tale of a beleaguered and bewildered actor desperately trying to understand the core reason for performing his no dialog, no movement or plot line of an off Broadway play. Wallach’s story takes his audience to the dressing room of the muted thespian to watch him self-destruct as he is visited by his overbearing, browbeating father insisting he give up his unrealistic dreams of becoming a success in the theater.

Making matters worse, dear old dad has brought along mommy and an old flame from high school that’s too hot to handle for a guy experiencing cold sweats over stage fright. With the weight of the world on his shoulders, and misunderstood by all, our poor protagonist and his fellow cast members still receive raves from an open-minded yet unsuspecting audience. However backstage the edgy wannabes receive the tongue-lashing of a lifetime from a theater critic who uncovers the lack of meaning in the play about nothing.

If the description sounds crazy and borders on the ridiculous, then you got the thrust of Mr. Wallach’s efforts. With all of the schlock that we have seen masquerading as art and hiding behind the adage; art like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it is nice to see a clever artist pull the curtain back for the benefit of the artistically challenged. This is delightfully entertaining worth a look-see.

Second on the bill is Gerald’s Method, written and directed by Daniel Gallant. This one act play centers on dark side of a suicide by a former student of an acting professor. Taking advantage of a small class size due to the tragedy, two lone students eager for the details of their late classmate demise, they allow themselves to be manipulated into acting out the life of their professors past to explain who thing led to the death of a friend.

With devilishly diversionary skill, Mr. Gallant leads his audience down roads of humor and drama as they are slowly clued in on the real reason for the professor’s curious lesson plan for his emotionally drained protégés. In a word, this story is intriguing. Both these works are worth the price of admission and we are recommending them without reservation.

Here is what you need to know:

The Place
Center Stage
Opened
May 28, 2008
Closing
June 8, 2008
The Shows
Wed - Sat at 8pm; Jun 8 at 8pm
The Price
$18
The Number
212-868-4444

The Cast
Allen Warnock, Kira Sternbach, Brad Russell, Robert Fitzpatrick, Elya Ottenberg, Daniel Zen, Bethany Libeson, Susana Kraglievich, Charles Roby, Kam Metcalf

RetroVision Media Presents Baby Love

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Now 15 years old, Luci grew up alone with her slutty mother in a poor district of London. After her mother's suicide, Robert, her mother's former high-school boyfriend, brings Luci to his home where she meets his rich wife Aimee and their teenage son. However, Robert is not the boy's biological father. Luci makes Robert think that he's guilty of her mother's death, because he left her after he finished university. Nevertheless, she wants to stay with his family in their beautiful home. It seems to them that she wants revenge. The whole family is confused by her strange behavior toward each of them, which is interpreted as sexual advances... Movie description from IMDb

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RetroVision Theater Presents Advance To The Rear

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This flick stars Melvyn Douglas Glenn Ford, Jim Backus Stella Stevens posing as a prostitute, and her boss, Jenny Joan Blondell in what we think was the foundation for F Troop the funny TV classic of the late sixties early seventies. Also, Jack Schaefer based this comedy on Company of Cowards, a novel. Click here to download The Movie Store

Ambassador Joe Wilson Reacts To Karl Rove Subpoena

The bastards can run for a while but they can't hide for ever.

RetroVision Media Covers McClellan's Hot Book That is Heating Up Rove's Ass

As much as we hate rats and rat bastards, many times it is the only way to get to the truth. This is especially true when the government and the power that runs it is involved. Scott McClellan’s new book "What Happened" leveled the hammer big time on the Bush administration without mercy, leaving Karl Rove’s ass hanging in the wind.

With John Conyers, heading up the House Judiciary Committee shoving a subpoena up Karl’s butt to force some conversation, conversation that Karl and the rest of the White House crew has been thumbing their noses at, maybe the tool needed to give Rove the tight screw he has coming. To date Karl has been playing the executive privileged game saying he and his “Boyz” are above it all.
But this well timed book release is forcing the all the ugly and largely ignored stories of what was really going on behind the scenes that led this country to war at a time that has to have Karl “The Pillsbury Dough Boy” shitting bricks.

If any of what McClellan is saying in his book can be tied down, proven to be true and Scotty boy is willing to come forward to testify before congress, America might get the long awaited show trials of this spanking new century.

Many left and independent thinking Americans have been waiting for a break in the White House inner circle’s silence to get a glimpse of the truth and it looks as though McClellan’s efforts to cash in his chips is going to provide the opening, as slim as it may be. A lot depends how far John Conyers, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Leahy and Harry Reid are willing to go to take these bastards down.

Thus far Rove and crew has been able to dictate the battle ground by being allowed to establish the ground rules for how any congressional questioning would go. Team Rove says: any chitchat he’d agree to will be behind closed doors, not under oath, with no recording devices or written record, of any kind, not even a pencil present.

We say (F) that and so should the legislative branch of government.
Here is where the rubber hits the road, for if congress has the balls to follow through, this break could and should lead to the charges of war crimes the White House is clearly guilty of; if not by purposeful design then by criminal negligence and incompetence.

But the White House is not the only culprit in this madness, as the so-called mass/mainstream media played their role of appeasers as they failed the public miserably by not doing their jobs. It is as much the mainstream media’s fault that the country lost 4500 and counting military personnel as it is an incompetent White House. If these bastards had not bent over and gladly took it up the wazoo in order to remain friends with the powerful and maintain their access, things would have never gotten as bad as they have. It is a shame the media in this country will be positioned to reap the rewards from their cowardice when they cover the eventual show trials.

The only silver lining in this tragic stain on America’s history is the emergence of bloggers, citizen journalist and alternative media.

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RetroVision Media Present God’s Gun AKA Diamante Lobo

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Holy man turned ass kicking avenger Father John (Van Cleef) hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton (Palance), who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the town, they kill the priest, leaving a young parishioner Johnny behind. He now seeks revenge for the death of the holy man. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Presents Shadow of Doubt

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In the Northern California town of Santa Rosa, the Newton's eldest daughter, 'young Charlie', decides that things needs a little cheering up and decides to have her Uncle Charlie come and stay for a while. Much to her surprise, she finds dear Uncle Charlie is already in route. What the family does not know is Uncle Charlie is being pursued by the cops who suspect him of being "The Merry Widow Murderer", a mad strangler wanted in connection with the deaths of several rich East coast widows. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Slander House

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Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiancée, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client. This flick was also titled Scandal House Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents A Boy and His Dog

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A Boy and His Dog is a short story by Harlan Ellison which was also the basis of a 1974 post-apocalyptic science fiction film of the same name directed by L. Q. Jones. The story was first published in 1969. A revised and expanded version was printed in Ellison's 1976 story collection The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, and Ellison continued the story in the graphic novel Vic and Blood. The film version is often cited as an inspiration for George Miller's Mad Max though Miller has said he didn't view Jones' film until after he had completed his own [citation needed]. The movie was also distributed after the initial run under the name, "Psycho Boy and His Killer Dog" among other titles. This description is from Wikipedia Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Slander House and A Boy and His Dog

Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiancée, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client. This flick was also titled Scandal House Click here to download

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A Boy and His Dog is a short story by Harlan Ellison which was also the basis of a 1974 post-apocalyptic science fiction film of the same name directed by L. Q. Jones. The story was first published in 1969. A revised and expanded version was printed in Ellison's 1976 story collection The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, and Ellison continued the story in the graphic novel Vic and Blood. The film version is often cited as an inspiration for George Miller's Mad Max though Miller has said he didn't view Jones' film until after he had completed his own [citation needed]. The movie was also distributed after the initial run under the name, "Psycho Boy and His Killer Dog" among other titles. This description is from Wikipedia

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RetroVision Theater Presents Shadow of a Doubt and God's Gun

In the Northern California town of Santa Rosa, the Newton's eldest daughter, 'young Charlie', decides that things needs a little cheering up and decides to have her Uncle Charlie come and stay for a while. Much to her surprise, she finds dear Uncle Charlie is already in route. What the family does not know is Uncle Charlie is being pursued by the cops who suspect him of being "The Merry Widow Murderer", a mad strangler wanted in connection with the deaths of several rich East coast widows. Click here to download The Movie Store

Holy man turned ass kicking avenger Father John (Van Cleef) hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton (Palance), who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the town, they kill the priest, leaving a young parishioner Johnny behind. He now seeks revenge for the death of the holy man.

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Returning from any three-day weekend generally leaves some of us a little sluggish and lacking that creative spark.
Fortunately for me, an anonymous comment left at the blog gave me the spark for today’s podcast.

Our last podcast posting covered the possibility of worldwide despair due to global disasters along with food and fuel shortages topped off with domestic and international economic downturns that last beyond our comfort zones and levels of measurable tolerance. We also mentioned that because of said poor economic outlook and global catastrophes many would be lucky to have a backyard to have a backyard Bar BQ in this year. Based on most reports from airline hotels and restaurants many did just that and stayed close to home.

Anonymous said: None of that is happening in our part of the country. The price of gas is proving to be a boom to restaurants because rather than travelling, people are spending on food and eating out. He went on to say that he and his wife went out last Saturday night and dropped an easy hundred dollars on dinner in a local restaurant that is normally busy, but that night is was absolutely packed.

Hey Anonymous, we in New York had that same experience. We hung out on City Island in the Bronx for seafood this weekend, spent some time in the East Village, cruised through Brooklyn for a minute and saw people out enjoying the weather, eating out, shopping and doing what New Yorkers do on holiday weekends. But we realized that Anonymous and ourselves were obviously one of the lucky Americans, because since we all stayed home, our respective local economies did a little better that average, but everybody was spending less, than they would have in better times.

Additionally, since we all kept things local, the people that really suffered was all those roadside diners, the rest stop quick-marts, that make between five and ten bucks every time the kids have to make Tee Tee. Somewhere, there is a statistic that will determine the amount of chips and Coca-Cola is sold per potty stop. But lest we not forget the cheap motels that had to let two or three people go because they don’t need the extra help. What about all the tips that won’t be made for baggage, cabs, room service, and car rental agency workers. And that is just the domestic economic dependents.

What about the spare coin Americans are famous for chucking the way of some poor slob begging for food or what ever you can spare in hard hit Caribbean vacation spots or Mexico’s Chiclets sales crews marking Americans as an easy touch. Now please don’t think we are happy to be correct in our assessment, but facts are facts. Add in the fact that the Guardian.co.uk is reporting today that Germany and France provided reminders how vulnerable Europe’s economy is as long as soaring food and fuel prices erode confidence and household spending power.

Now lets get to the weather. While the northeast enjoyed a weather weekend for the gods, the middle section of the country paid like hell with crazy ass tornadoes that ripped through their communities with a vengeance. According to Reuters news service today, at least seven people were killed on Sunday by tornadoes and violent thunderstorms spawned by a powerful spring storm system that moved across the United States midsection.

We know what you are thinking, these numbers are pale in comparison with China and Myanmar, but we have been very lucky in that regard. Out side of 9/11 and Katrina, our disasters has been rather meek body count wise. But on the other hand, we are getting these destructive weather incidents with growing frequency.

In our final analysis, while things may look reasonable stable in our own backyards, if we dare peak across the fence the picture can change dramatically. Are we soothsayers? Hell no, and we ain’t crazy either but just from the persistent headlines world wide web-wise, Sh*t Don’t Look Good!

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RetroVision Media Reviews Our World Yesterday Today And Tomorrow

Is there a global economic crisis on the horizon? Can it be avoided? Will either Barack Obama or John McCain have any impact? Does the fall elections really matter? Are Americans and the rest of the world facing impending catastrophic food and fuel shortages? Are we all destined to fight losing battles with natural weather and geological calamities?

Every Thursday while preparing material for this daily podcast, the Jehovah’s Witness crew rings the studio bell with the latest world is coming to an end warnings, sporting pamphlets in hand to support their case. I always answer by mistake, listen to the schpeel politely, accept the handouts promising to give it a look see, bid them adieu until the next weeks’ interruption and promptly pile them atop the towering mass of Armageddon literature I am building in the vestibule.

I, like most Americans like to think that things are destined to get better, as we have always rebounded from bad times. We are told; we are a resilient nation with a resilient economy because Americans are resilient people. But, our history is rather short when one thinks globally. We have precious little data to rely upon when it comes to real tough times. Beyond the great depression of the thirties, and those dust bowl days, life in America has been rather mellow. Today’s boomers and younger have lived soft by world standards and haven’t a clue what its like to live like the poorest of the world’s poor.

Our leftovers from this weekend’s BAR-BQ would be a blessing to many, bones and all. But the signs are there that all is not well when forecasting our tomorrows. Maybe those door to door doom and gloom artist and their TV evangelist counter parts are on to something. What if we will all be rioting in the street like the youth in Egypt for some lousy hard government bread? What if food fights were for real and not just wastefully jr. high school fun? With the prices of food and fuel on the rise, jobs getting harder to find, wages falling, foreclosures at record levels, our financial institutions failing while the rest of the world beginning to demand their fare share of the globe’s resources, I can see some real F’d up sh*t on the horizon.

Around the globe people are facing now what may be facing us here someday soon. We all see how those crazy bastards in the government of Myanmar are handling the aid effort after that wild ass cyclone hit their shores. We all saw how the incompetent dumb bastards in our own government handled hurricane Katrina. Considering the fact that the relentlessly horrible headlines across the world are as bad as our own equally depressing domestic problems, we are in for the roughest go of our lives as well as our children’s. And the signs are showing up everywhere.

The fact that even reasonably financially secure Americans will be serving more hot dogs and burgers this weekend and fewer steaks is one of those signs. The fact that we will make sure we get every thing we need from the market the first time and not make all those second and third runs for this or that is one of those signs. The fact that many will be spending this holiday in the backyard with a few friends and a few beers and not on a real vacation is another of those signs that life is downsizing in America. If this paragraph describes you, consider yourselves among the lucky and just pray for good weather.

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RetroVision Theater Presents Danger Flight

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Tailspin Tommy, a hit in comics and on the radio of yesteryear, makes his way into features and serials. The film concerns Whitey, a tough pain in the ass kid that Tailspin shows some kindness to get him on the straight and narrow. And he eventually does, until his evil brother, who really is an asshole uses Whitey to lure Tailspin into a trap so the money he was delivering can be stolen after a plane crash. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Border Patrolman

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George O'Brien is Bob Wallace, a Border Patrolman who resigns in protest after being humiliated by the spoiled granddaughter of a millionaire vacationing at a desert resort near the Mexican border. Later, the girl's grandfather hires him to baby sit the girl brat. In the meantime, the young girl is hooking up with a sophisticated jewel thief who plans using her as a "mule" to unwittingly smuggle jewelry across the border. Click to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Reviews And Highly Recommends Beef

To the questions, where’s the beef? And who’s got a beef? The answer is provided by the Slant Theatre Project’s presentation of Lawrence Dial’s thunderously hardcore in your face rap culture production of Beef.

Unfamiliar with Mr. Dial’s previous work, this writer was amazed at his thrust for the depth of truth and realism in this tale of two friends, one black, the other white, sharing a common experience to the extent that they blend as one. Hence, his two primary characters Dickie (Nick Mills) and Shorty Robert Karma Robinson are able to exploit their talents in the art of rap and rhyme to deliver a dynamic performance dealing with love, friendship, race, ethics, lifestyles, coming of age, prostitution, drugs, alcoholism and family ties.

Dickie, living his life on the razor edge of acceptance has fully embraced the rap world by its jagged edges with the unlikely hope of making it to the top. Strapped with a silver plated gat and gifted with a silver tongue, Dickie is on a collision course within his own world of violence.

On the other hand, Shorty making every effort to mainstream his life to move past the ugly shortcomings of his upbringing has trouble steering clear of his well meaning yet self destructive friends and relatives.

A, skank, skeezer named Spade (Kristin Friedlander) working the streets ties the plot together with the help of a pimp who happens to be Shorty’s cousin Marly the messenger(Jacob Ming-Trent). Spade plays Shorty like a violin for shelter, food and cash only to find that everybody in the lower eastside neighborhood knows her game and will do anything, bar none to let the good hearted Shorty know what time it is.

In the vernacular of a persistent and prevailing pop culture, the rap was raw ripe dope and deafening in its cultural resonance.

This is truly a sleeper in the vast universe of NYC Black Box Theater and deserves your undivided attention.

Here is what you need to know:

The Place
78th Street Theatre Lab
Opened
May 17, 2008
Closing
June 1, 2008
The Shows
Mon, Tue, Sat, Sun at 8pm
The Price
$18
The Number

212-868-4444

The Cast
Kristin Friedlander, Jacob Ming-Trent, Nick Mills, Robert Karma Robinson
The Author
Lawrence Dial
The Director
Adam Knight
The Production Company
Slant Theatre Project

RetroVision Theater Presents Delightfully Dangerous

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Delightfully Dangerous 1945: Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before performing at her school, a visiting Broadway producer encourages her by telling her positive things about her sister. Soon afterwards, Sherry decides to make a surprise trip to New York to visit Josephine - but what she finds there is not at all what she expected, Sherry finds out her sister is in burlesque. This movie stars Jane Powell and Ralph Bellamy Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Damaged Lives

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Damaged Lives 1933 is an American film produced by Columbia Pictures and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer about a couple that contracts a venereal disease. Filmed in 1933, this cautionary tale was not released in America until 1937. The film involves an extramarital encounter that nearly leads the wife of the main character into killing herself and her husband. The film was produced under the name Weldon Pictures, because Columbia did not want to be associated with the topic of the film. This film stars Jason Robards Sr. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Reviews John McCain's House Cleaning Efforts And Finds It Should Have Never Been That Dirty

While John McCain and Barack Obama were on the campaign trail bitch slapping each other over remarks the Illinois senator made regarding creating and maintaining dialog with the leadership of hostile nation states, a real story has been percolating over the latest lobbyist to leave the straight talk express.

John McCain has portrayed himself as the maverick of Washington, the guy who is in nobody’s pocket, the guy who will cross Party lines to do what he thinks is right and in the best interest of the American people. But with the fifth advisor to make a hasty exit from the straight talking express in order to maintain the spotless white hat image, it makes one wonder why and how these people were allowed to weasel on board in the first place. We got two and only two questions to ask here; Is John McCain just a figment of some really great public relations and marketing or is John McCain really sharp enough to know what is going on around him. We only ask, because we have seen this scene before.

While we applaud McCain’s efforts to develop and enforce the new conflict of interest policy to clean house of lobbyist tainted resumes, we can’t understand how McCain’s political campaign house got that dirty in the first place. If He intends to have any chance in the general election against Barack Obama, he has to be perfect on the issues of honesty and character, as these are the only issues he has left to compete with.

On the Iraq war, John McCain is at odds with the American people since he is seen as being a Bush butt/water-boy for clamoring to keep the madness going without a clear cut plan for bringing things to a conclusion.

On the economy, he has admitted he does not have a head for the numbers, leaving sensible people to wonder if he has a handle on exactly what is driving the U.S. economy and the American workers into a depressingly recessive state.

On healthcare, most Americans don’t consider any Republican to be serious about offering any form of universal healthcoverage.

On foreign policy, again he finds himself out of step with most Americans, recent conventional wisdom as well as foreign policy experts and advisors, as all are leaning towards some form of dialog and diplomacy to be at the forefront of our efforts when dealing with enemies of this country.

Quite frankly, what else does John McCain have left other than his brand? If he is compromised on this last and final reason someone would consider voting for him, it is going to be a long grueling energy sapping campaign ahead with nothing to show for it in November but a footnote in history as the man who lost to Barack Obama.
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RetroVision Theater Presents Ghost Patrol

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Ghost Patrol 1936 A Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and some really smart crook is forcing him to use it on planes carrying cash. When the hero arrives to investigate he is mistaken for a noted outlaw. So he assumes that identity to force the bad guys to make him a partner. But just as a plane bringing our hero help, his true identity is discovered and while he is a prisoner, the crooks force the professor to start his machine to jack their asses up big time. This is the first Sci-Fi western we got. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Born to Gamble

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Born to Gamble 1935 Four brothers try to break a generations-old family curse that turns them into reckless wagers in this engaging drama based on the Edgar Wallace novel "The Green Poropoulos." And we decided to run this flick today in honor of the following recent headlines:

LAS Vegas - A prosecutor says retired NBA star Charles Barkley will face felony charges if he fails to repay a US$400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino.

Clark County District Attorney David Roger says Barkley will get a chance to make restitution to Wynn Las Vegas to avoid felony bad check charges. The casino alleges in court documents filed Wednesday that Barkley failed to repay four $100,000 casino markers, or loans, he received last Oct. 18 and 19.Barkley played 16 NBA seasons. He's now a basketball analyst for TNT. It should be noted, Barkley stated he has paid all of his outstanding gambling debts and vowed not to gamble anymore last night while providing analyst for the Spurs Hornets game seven. Spurs won. Click here to down load The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Reviews President Bush's Mid East Peace Efforts

Thankfully the president is resting comfortably back here in the states after a brutal Mid East trip that could only be described as a total loss towards effort to bring peace to one of the most consistently violent regions on earth.

In fact, one could comfortably describe this total loss as being representative of his two terms in office. These last ditch efforts to establish a plan for a reduction of hostilities between the Israelis and the Palestinians by playing the role of an honest broker in the region, fell flat as per usual because the president played his same old role.

For a president supposedly trying to leave a lasting legacy of that of a peacemaker to dilute his image of a warmongering Neocon, he did himself little good giving the Israelis the golden handshake while giving the Palestinians and the Arab world the shaft. After the president’s speech at the Knesset, Fatah leader Abbas was so pissed, he said he would resign if no substantial progress were made in the next six months. Not only did he embarrass himself pandering to the Israeli Parliament while ignoring the core Palestinian issues, but also he delivered the coup de grace of the event by labeling Barack Obama as an untrustworthy appeaser. Oh yeah W. way to go!

Next stop, Saudi Arabia. Perhaps not on bent knee or hat in hand, but the president did have a chat about the Saudis opening the spigot a bit to help ease the American’s pain at the pump. Unfortunately the president was met with a resounding no F-ing way. It may not be difficult to see why the Saudis may be secretly relishing our current economic misfortunes since they too were disturbed by the speech Bush gave at the Knesset, in which the president referred to the as the chosen people. Prince Saud said the Palestinians were entitled to rights as well.

Lastly, when the president arrived at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East yesterday in Sharm El- Sheik Egypt, he capped his trip by bashing the Arab world with criticisms for not fighting hard enough to spread freedom and isolating state sponsors of terror. While we are all for optimism, we are of the opinion that any silver lining that can be found in this diplomatic train wreck of an effort, will only be realized by the totally deluded.

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RetroVision Media Presents Manos, The Hands of Fate

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Manos, The Hand Of Fate 1966 A family on vacation in the desert takes a wrong turn and ends up in an old dark house run by the creepy Torgo, who says he takes care of the place while The Master is away. As night falls the family is menaced by The Master and his wives, a supernatural cult that worships the evil deity known as Manos . Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Horror of the Zombies

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Horror of the Zombies 1974 The Blind Dead are all at sea, but unfortunately so is the plot, in this third installment of DeOssorio's "Blind Dead" series. Undead Templar Knights of this film are adrift aboard an ancient Spanish galleon which rolls out of the ghostly fog to attack a small experimental motor cruiser being driven by a couple of fashion models who are trying to pull off a publicity stunt to promote the new boat. Click here to download The Movies Store

RetroVision Media Reviews Bush Knesset Performance

President Bush just couldn’t leave the White House in dignity and grace like any other poor performing president or corporate executive. No, he had to stay true to form and embarrass himself the country and the American political process and protocol by pandering to the Israeli Parliament at the expense of Barack Obama. In His usual blathering manner Bush reasserted America’s unyielding support for Israel, by summoning the images of Hitler’s military might rolling over Poland and crushing Czechoslovakia all because Neville Chamberlain was stupid enough to think talking to the Nazis would chill out the madman leader from Germany.

With dimwitted precision President Bush tried unsuccessfully to tie Barack Obama to failed efforts of the past in dealing with tyrants, dictators and despots. Using the term appeasement, he hoped to show that Obama’s stated goal of using dialog and diplomacy as part of America’s arsenal of weapons to resolve differences and conflicts was sheer naivete, and could not be trusted.

Committing, what we think is an the unpardonable sin of bringing American political disputes before a foreign audience to score cheap brownie points, was beneath the dignity of his office. With the Knesset in full session for the benefit of our lame duck president and Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations, surly they too had to be insulted by the flagrant politicization of the event for the sole purpose of giving John McCain a leg to stand on during the upcoming general election.

When considering his audience at home, we wondered whom the hell the president thought he was talking to, as many youthful voters that are supporting Barack Obama probably wouldn’t know the difference between Neville Chamberlain and Wilt Chamberlain anyway. Perhaps Mr. Bush would have been better off keeping things simple considering his efforts to date in making life safe for America and Israel were met with another notice from Osama Bin Laden, that he’s sill on the loose and looking to make life miserable for all.

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RetroVision Theater Presents Daughter of Horror

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Made in 1955 a.k.a. Dementia, a narrator takes us deep into the mind of an insane woman awakening from a nightmare in a cheap hotel room. Without dialog we follow her through the skid-row night and encounters with an abusive husband; a wino; a pimp and the rich man he panders for; a flashback to her traumatic childhood; violence; pursuit through dark streets; dementia. Filmed in film-noir style throughout; only the narrator speaks. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Bad Boy

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Bad Boy 1939 stars Johnny Downs, led astray by crooked Steve Carson (James Robbins). A bit on the lame side, our goofball hero tries to get his act together through his trials and tribulations and by the end of the flick he gets the cops off his back and puts the real scumbags in the poky. This one of the few mainstream flicks of the day that offered a major role to legendary black actor-writer-director Spencer Williams Jr., best known to contemporary viewers as Andrew H. Brown on TV's Amos 'N' Andy. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Examines Obama's Prospects For Attracting Reagan Democrats

Well the West Virginia primary is over and Hillary Clinton won convincingly as per all expectations. John Edwards on the other hand came to Barack Obama’s rescue in a most interesting choreographed and well-timed endorsement. And the beat goes on. But wait, not so fast! With Hillary playing the race card to set up the bitch-slapping beat-down in a state that was primed for such political shenanigans, she did accomplish her goal of exposing a perceived weakness of Barack Obama’s ability to garner and maintain White support.

While John Edwards’ endorsement was a major help by way of additional delegates that could flow Obama’s way, it does give some reason to speculate if the wounds Hillary intentionally opened could fester and spread like a cancer among the weaker minded Super-delegates still sitting on the fence. Perhaps the Clinton camp is envisioning scooping up some of the already pledge delegates after an anticipated win in Kentucky.

While Barack Obama has this nomination locked up numerically; he does have significant work to do to ensure that he and the Democratic Party make a sweep of things in November. The whole party is betting on Barack Obama to bring the country together once and for all. Local, state and national contest are going to rest on his ability to convince his weakest support that he is a Democrat that understands the concerns of all Americans, be they Black, White, liberal, conservative, city dweller, suburban or rural. He is going to have to reach out to shake the hands of those that may not be willing to extend theirs.

He will have to work harder with those unfamiliar with his style and his method of thinking. He will have to prove to those whom are distrusting of people that don’t share all their views and cultural experiences that he will fight for all Americans.

This may be a difficult challenge, but the road to the White House is still impossible for any African American male or female without making a heartfelt connection to the so-called Reagan Democrats. Especially, when you have Hillary Clinton hanging around to undermine his efforts. Barack Obama will get more than his share of filthy back alley smearing from the Republicans in the general election.

Thus, we would recommend Barack Obama expending resources in Kentucky now to ward off another West Virginia outcome and show the country that White Blue Collar Workers are just as accepting as anybody else when approached openly and honestly.

In short, Obama has to show those that are slow to accept his candidacy what is in it for them. He has to go into sales mode. First, he has to explain the unique features of Barack Obama and then show how those unique features can and will benefit the needs and concerns of those that will support him. At that point, simply let common sense do the rest.

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RetroVision Media Recommends The Judgment of Paris

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Spartan warriors to buxom blondes to a top hat clad circus barker to willing Can Can girls (that will) for a fee; we are enticingly lured into historys jury box in judgement of Paris lack of self-control. McCormicks work creatively abandons timelines in order to weave this timeless story of seduction into a finely blended event that would allow ones imagination to give way to images of Homer and Shakespeare paying oral homage to Marlene Dietrich, in a seedy French hotel. Okay, I got Issues, but it is great theater! Download this sample clip The Cool Guy @ RetroVision Media

RetroVision Media Presents A Brother from Another Planet

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A Brother From Another Planet 1984 Joe Morton stars in this dramatic comedy, set in New York City in the early 1980s, as "The Brother," an alien and escaped slave who, while fleeing "Another Planet," has crash-landed in Upper New York Harbor.

Picked up as homeless, he is deposited in Harlem. The sweet-natured and honest Brother looks like any other black man, except that he is mute and - although other characters in the film never see them - his feet each have three large toes. The Brother has telekinetic powers but, unable to speak, he struggles to express himself and adjust to his new surroundings, including a stint in the Job Corps at a video arcade in Manhattan. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Presents Evil in the Swamp

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All The Kind Strangers 1974 AKA Evil in the Swamp Starring Stacey Keach and Samantha Eggar A couple traveling through a backwoods area are held by a group of orphans who want them to become their parents. Unfortunately, the kids have a habit of killing adults who refuse that particular honor. Most Reviews says this film sucks big time. You be the judge Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Reviews and Recommends The Judgment of Paris

With unadulterated panache, Austin McCormick’s cast of prancing pirouetting artistes performed his bawdy naughty and tantalizingly raw production of The Judgment of Paris to perfection. Though snappy crisp and tightly controlled body motion McCormick’s tale of lustful love being the driving force behind Paris of Troy’s fatalistic attraction for Helen’s honey pot is placed on display for the audiences judgment.

From Spartan warriors to buxom blondes to a top hat clad circus barker to willing Can Can girls (that will) for a fee; we are enticingly lured into history’s jury box in judgement of Paris’ lack of self-control. McCormick’s work creatively abandons timelines in order to weave this timeless story of seduction into a finely blended event that would allow one’s imagination to give way to images of Homer and Shakespeare paying oral homage to Marlene Dietrich, in a seedy French hotel. Well at least that was the dream this writer had after seeing McCormick’s Play Saturday past. Okay, okay, I have issues. But, it was that good.

For those who are well grounded in their Greek mythology yet don’t mind a twist or literary jolt from time to time for the purpose of poetic license, and are moved by the artistry of dance, you will embrace this Achilles heel free production. But rather than give you the entire proverbial thousand words when a simple video clip will do, check out this visual sampling we obtained from Darr Publicity.

Here is what you need to know:

The Place
303 Bond Street, Carroll Gardens (Brooklyn) New York
Opened
May 9, 2008
Closing
May 31, 2008
The Shows
Fri & Sat at 8pm
Running time
1 hour, 30 minutes
1 intermission
The Price
$20
212-868-4444

The Fabulous Cast
Toby Burns, Laura Careless, Samantha Ernst, Yeva Glover, Gioia Marchese, Davon Rainey
Conceived & Directed By
Austin McCormick

Choreographer
Austin McCormick
Producing company
Company XIV

RetroVision Theater Presents Hitchhiker

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Hitchhiker 1953 stars Edmond O'Brien, about two friends on a fishing trip picking up a stranded hitchhiker who turns out to be an escaped convict. This creep has already murdered others that have unwittingly assisted his efforts to evade the cops He taunts the two men while having fun telling them that he is going to jack their asses up before the end of the trip.. The hostages try to stay alive long enough to escape or be rescued by Mexican authorities. Good luck with that! Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Presents Boys of the City

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Boys of the City 1940 Street kids, the East Side Kids that is, get sent to the country to chill, but much to our delight they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Covers Hillary Clinton Using Coal Miner Daughters to Make A Statement Today

Barack Obama is expected to take a beating in the West Virginia Democratic primary contest today, so we thought we would examine why. With Hillary Clinton clearly on the ropes and fighting for every vote she can muster to make a last ditch argument to override the peoples choice, she is also trying to making a statement. Her cleverly targeted message to her self described core support is to show via the West Virginia contest that a significant demographic of the Democratic Party will not back Barack Obama under any circumstance.

While know one can truly know the motives that drive another, one can sometimes accurately speculate about intentions based upon past performance. As the curtain began come down on the Clinton show last week, we heard how her hard working white supporters were or would abandon the Democrats in the general election, alluding to race as a reason. While most in the mainstream media caught the drift loud and clear, the signals were already sent and received just as loudly and clearly by those targeted in West Virginia.

With a massive win expected for her today, she can place a small exclamation point behind this statement and create doubt in the minds of any fence sitting delegates left unaccounted for. In a sordid sort of way, it is a good strategy for two reasons. It keeps the race card in play and it is a barometer for where this nation is on the race issue. Barack Obama should use this opportunity to gage where the hot pockets are in the nation that are going to need additional attention and resources and which areas will be with him from the start.

CNN had one of their round table/chat sessions with several professional women, all Hillary supporters about their intentions should Hillary not get the nomination. A sizable faction said they would vote for whom ever the Democratic nominee is, a sizable faction stated they would not vote at all, while another maintained that they’d throw their support behind John McCain. We wanted to know why the last two groups would abandon the Democrats for a Republican representing much of what has been wrong with this country for the last seven plus years. We wanted to know how could anyone truly wanting at least some version of universal healthcare, better education opportunities for our kids, a rapid resolution to the war in Iraq, sensible energy policies, and diplomatic solutions as a first option on foreign policy issues and conflicts could opt for McCain. What would be the motivation of that mindset?

After an exhaustive discussion among the cool crew here at RetroVision Media, we came to two primary conclusions; neither of which were very encouraging. Click here to download the podcast. Today’s show includes another great episode of Phillip Marlowe in the Key Man.

Programming Correction

Major correction due for the incorrect movie description of King Solomon’s Mines. We gave the write up for the 1950 remake. The King Solomon’s Mines we have programmed for today is the original made in 1937 starring Paul Robeson as Umbopa. Still a great flick. Enjoy and past it on!

RetroVision Theater Presents King Solomon’s Mines

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Stewart Granger and Debra Kerr star in this expedition into uncharted African territory in an effort to locate a missing husband, who was searching for King Solomon's legendary treasure. Along the way they encounter a variety of wild animals including snakes, a leopard and a rhino. Kerr and Granger fall in love but survival becomes their goal when they meet dangerous tribesmen. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Captain Calamity

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Captain Calamity 1936, stars George Houston, Marian Nixon, Vince Barnett. In short, we got a kick ass sea captain that sails the high seas looking for action and a hot babe or two, when he can find them. This flick has it all, from singing lover boy to two fisted cutthroat butt kicker. Click here to download The Movie Store Dont forget to share this fun with a friend

RetroVision Media Reviews Obama's VP Options

For the sake of our audience, we are not willing to muddle through the next few weeks debating whether or not Hillary Clinton should make a hasty exit stage right, stage left or just take a flying leap from center stage into the orchestra. We are simply not that concerned about how softly she lands after the ordeal the Democratic Party has had to needlessly endure.

Since we have already acknowledged that Sen. Obama is the Democratic nominee, we at RetroVision Media are going to cut to the chase with our top four reasons why Hillary Clinton should Not be considered for the Vice President’s spot on the ticket.

A. Bill Clinton! Do you really want Bill Clinton lurking about trying to steal the spotlight as he bills himself as the indispensable advisor? All the while undermining Sen. Obama’s image as the real president in charge. We have seen a similar scenario with Vice President Chaney seemingly playing puppeteer.
B. Hillary Clinton would dilute his message of change. What is the point of winning a hard fought contest against an old guard styled politician that played the race, the gender and the socioeconomic cards so disgracefully and liberally.
C. Obama would undermine his brand. As a man, not a politician, running for the presidency to change the way things are done in Washington, to make a deal with the Clintons to simply woo Hillary’s supporters would tarnish the luster of his armor. The Clinton support will come naturally as the differences between Sen. Obama and John McCain are more than significant enough to reunite all Democrats to fight under one flag
D. Hillary Clinton’s unacceptable high negative ratings due to the nation’s perception of her ability to be honest. Why would a man that has yet to have his character or judgement called into question in anyway associate himself with some who has to face those criticisms daily.
We have more issues with Hillary Clinton as Sen. Obama’s running mate, but these will more than suffice for now.

Since the next president is going to face renewed negotiations with the red hot Middle East (perhaps without Olmert) the raising tide in Russia with possible sock puppet Medvedev, along with China being China American is going to have to field a completely fresh and untainted team. We can’t look to or even rely on the past for anything but lessons on what not to do. Click here to download the podcast. Today’s show includes another cool episode of Phillip Marlowe in The Unfair Lady

RetroVision Theater Presents Shock

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Shock starring Vincent Price 1946 A psychologically distraught woman is committed to a private sanitarium by the man whom she witnessed committing a murder Vincent is at his devilish best in this suspense thriller. Click here to download. Two more things for you to do today; share this flick with a friend and next visit our Movie Store where the new stuff is.

RetroVision Media Presents The Contender

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The Contender 1944 starring Buster Crabbe plays widower Gary Farrell making a lousy $45 a week as a truck driver, and want s to send his young son, Mickey, to a high-priced military school. Being the tough guy that he is, he only option is to lace up the gloves and knock a few heads in the boxing ring for the extra cash. They are some hotties thrown in for the love interest stuff just to keep things interesting. This is not bad flick for a freebee. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Covers How America Can Unite Despite The Clinton Campaign

The average American loves their cheeseburgers fries cokes and beer. We like our Chinese Italian Mexican and down home country cooking like ribs (beef/baby backs) and fried chicken. We love hot dogs and popcorn while watching good movies and television. We love our baseball football hockey golf and NASCAR. We like to go fishing and hunting as well as shopping at the mall. We like to help others when we can and we love our independence. Some of us love to drive pickups while others roll in a Mercedes. We love free time just to kick it with friends. And the world love Americans for all the things we love.

What is killing America and the American dream is the divisive politicians that have and will continue do anything to highlight our differences and downplay all the things we have in common for the slimly purpose of getting elected. We would venture to say all Americans want the same things for themselves and their families. Every American wants affordable healthcare, education and job security. Every American wants a chance to climb the latter of success. Every American want to live in safe, crime free neighborhoods, preferably in a home they own. Who in their right mind would say or believe otherwise. These are things a real leader can build upon to bring this nation closer together to change the negative direction we are headed.

So, for Hillary Clinton to blatantly play working class blue-collar white voters against African Americans while playing college educated upper management types against the high school educated, is beyond our comprehension. If only this was the Clinton campaign’s first foray down this dirty dusty back alley political road we might have excused the behavior as desperation, but this activity has been the actual theme of the campaign.

While playing the city dwellers against the suburbanites, and then back again with Latinos against African Americans, shows she has been blinded by her own ambitions to the extent that her campaign will destroy all gains made for decades. Apparently it wasn’t enough to settle with setting women against men, as she has decided in the waning glow of her bid for the Democratic nomination to not only devastate the Democratic Party but tear the fragile fabric of a diverse nation even more than it already is. All we can say about Hillary Clinton at this juncture is; What A Bitch!

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RetroVision Theater Presents The Rogue’s Tavern

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The Rogue's Tavern (1936 starring) Wallace Ford and Barbara Pepper have star in this goofy whodunit. Honeymooners Jimmy and Marjorie Flavin find that their Red Rock Tavern is not only home to a jewel smuggling gang but the site of a double murder. Dont miss this bad boy of a flick and remember to pass this classic on to others. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Presents The Sunset Murder Case

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This film was produced and distributed in 1938, and is not the 1941 production. This flick was considered too hot to handle by the censors back in the day but we got no problems here at RetroVision Media. Sally Rand, the famed fan dancer or O.G. striper plays a Small-time showgirl, loved by two decent men, poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father's murder Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media's Issue Under Fire: Philly Cops Gone Wild

We as Americans are about to nominate the first African American to represent the Democratic Party in the fall election for the presidency of the United States and we are still facing outrageous conduct on the part of law enforcement nationwide when it comes to dealing with policing minorities communities.
With civil disobedience arrest being made in New York over the Sean Bell shooting trial during protest of the not guilty verdicts for all officers involved, the country had to awaken to video of brutal acts of unnecessary force being employed to subdue three black suspects.

Police officials and the Mayor’s office in Philadelphia lamely tried to give the benefit of the doubt to the officers caught on tape in the incident. Citing a recent cop killing, the chief of police and the mayor indicated resulting tensions among the average cop may have played a role in their actions. We are of the opinion that, that excuse offers little defense for the loss of control that was clearly displayed on the overhead camera shots taken by a local TV helicopter news team.

With the suspects pulled over and out of the car showing every sign of people surrendering, a mop of blue with very bad intentions descended them. With sticks and kicks, an ass kicking of Rodney King proportions was administered street justice style.

Whether one of their own had lost his life recently or not, to take their frustrations out on the first suspects (suspected) of committing a crime is most unprofessional and should not and will not be tolerated. We expect a lot from the men and women we screen, hire and give the power of life and death for the enforcement of our laws and maintaining the peace. But to allow crazed animals to masquerade as peace officers gives one reason to pause when trying to determine which is worse. Street thugs and criminals running amok or an out of control police department that can’t comply with reasonable restraints placed upon them for the benefit of a free society not dominated be a police state.

Unfortunately once again, we have three black males being beaten senseless by authorities with no weapons found that would have supported the police’s claims of the triple shooting the car’s occupants were suspected of and a host of questions and investigations that will follow. Our position is a simple one; the nation must find a way to employ true professionals willing to wear the badge with honor and respect for their fellow officers and most importantly the public they serve. Otherwise, we are merely paying billions to hire high school educated asses, giving them a gun, a shield, expensive benefits and undue respect.

What we saw on that videotape was a bunch of uncivilized dumb assholes that probably should not have qualified for more than that of a security guards or perhaps correction officers at best. Click here to download the podcast.

RetroVision Media Presents Fear in the Night

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Deforest Kelly, ships medical offices on the USS Enterprise, stars in this 1947 film-noir mystery. Get this, a guy falls asleep and dreams he murdered somebody. When he awakes, he has every reason that his dream is rooted in reality. This is one of our best flicks on our programming schedule. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Presents The second Woman

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Robert Young star of Father Knows Best plays a young newlywed on his honeymoon when his wife is murdered. He meets and gets involved with another beautiful woman while riding on a train and she too is drawn into his crazy life and continuous bad luck until she finds her new love may have some serious issues. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Reviews & Recommends A Muse in Manhattan

A little play in a little theater from a little known writer made a big impression on this observer Saturday past with his work called A Muse in Manhattan. Terence Patrick Hughes’ comedy presented at the 13TH St. Repertory Theatre is a quiet hit with an excellent, well selected and perfectly suited cast for the task at hand.

This is a tale of a butt kissing company man and aspiring writer bending over frontward, backward and sideways to please his corporate book publishing masters. Oscar (Jeremy Ellison-Gladstone) gladly faces the prospect of living in obscurity while allowing his words and work to carry the name of his presumed betters for the benefit of the publisher’s profit.

Faced with the prospect of the great Mr. Pent (Jack Wann), a one time world renowned, prolific author and wordsmith, currently reduced to a literary bait and switch scam artist, deciding to regain his sense of pride of ownership, Oscar is forced to make an unusual arrangement to bind Pent back to the book company.

Enter Grace (Susan Stout) the slender, sleek, sassy lass of the evening, will for an mere five hundred USD will play host to the recalcitrant and crotchety old literary archetype. While Grace plays the simple-minded hooker, she has no problem speaking her mind to power, and keeping things strictly business. Her presence has a calming effect on Mr. Pent’s weary eyes as well as Oscar’s blood pressure.

The entire story takes place in an upper eastside restaurant replete with a snappy witted waiter (Ziad Ghanem) hiding behind a half-witted persona just to annoy the customers. With this cleverly built role, it gives the play that over the top feel while keeping things real. For an enjoyable evening of light and delightful laughs and snickers, A Muse In Manhattan is RetroVision Media’s Black Box Theater recommendation for this week.

Here is what you need to know:

The Place
13th Street Repertory
50 West 13TH Street
West Village
Opened
April 30, 2008
Closing
May 18, 2008
The Shows
Wed - Sat at 7pm; Sun at 3pm
The price
$15
212-352-3101

The Company
Yes Lets Go Productions
The Cast
Jeremy Ellison Gladstone, Jack Wann, Susan Stout, Ziad Ghanem
Written & Directed By
Terence Patrick Hughes

RetroVision Media: For Whom The "Eight Bells" Toll They Toll For Hillary Clinton

For whom the “Eight Bells” toll, they toll for Hillary Clinton! The Democratic nominee has been chosen, the people have spoken and the support via votes and money has been given to Sen. Barack Obama. It is done! Even cowards like Howard Dean can now come forth and make the obvious case with the ghost-like Nancy Pelosi that it is time to rally the troops and voter around the peoples choice and prepare for John McCain.

With precious little time to heal the deep and bloody wounds ripped open during this wasteful and injurious infighting, the Democrats will have to find nothing less than an all out ass kicking strategy to retake the White House in November. While Hillary Clinton has vowed to move ahead full steam into the final stages of this campaign against Obama, we think in her heart of hearts, she realizes the battle has bee lost. The money is not there to compete; the will of her closest supporters is breaking if not broken and the dog-eared arguments to let Florida and Michigan count is beginning to sound trite at best.

We know the message the Clintons have been selling is the concept of Hillary as the strong fighter. We keep hearing how every time she gets knocked down; she gets right back up. We know now that she can take a blow as well as deliver a lowered blow of her own, but how many time do you want to see a fighter get knocked down before you say that’s enough. Sometimes the fighter is the last to see they are getting the shit kicked out of them and they’d be better off throwing in the towel to fight another day. Perhaps Hillary is too delusional and punch-drunk to listen to the whispers behind her back that she’s out on her feet.

If any of the above is true, the only thing left that will stop her from hurting the Democratic Party, Sen. Barack Obama’s chances of beating John McCain in November and even herself, is the donors realizing it is foolish to poor more good money down the drain after bad. Like Eight Bells in the Kentucky Derby, you don’t ride a lame filly into the ground. Click here to download podcast

RetroVision Theater Presents Below the Deadline

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An ex-cop gets framed for committing robbery and murder, but gets a chance to clear himself after a train wreck that leaves him near but a way to escape. This is another great movie about jewel thieves running amok. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents The Ghost Walks

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On a stormy night, a theatrical producer, his secretary, and a playwright get stranded at the home of a friend. At dinner, the group begins talking about a murder that took place at the house, when suddenly the lights go out, and soon afterwards people start ending up murdered themselves. Click here to download The Movie Store

Issues Under Fire: The Stimulus Checks and How America is Going To Spend Them

Issues Under Fire: The Clinton Obama contest rages on even if the rest of the nation is focused on the economy and how they are going to spend their government stimulus checks. That is why we left the campaign trail to focus on our transition to a new format of Issues Under Fire. The plan: a full hour of a video version of this program once per week, posting Sunday mornings by 10:00 am EST.

Sen. Obama has won the Democratic primary weeks ago, and the only reason we can see that the mainstream media is keeping Hillary Clinton’s hopeless hope alive is for ratings and ad sales. This primary battle is like watching the end of a NBA semifinal playoff game, when the home team is sitting on an insurmountable lead in the last three minutes of the forth quarter.

The Clinton’s last ditch strategy is to use every timeout, every foul, (flagrant ones especially) and watch the inevitable winner struggle at the free throw line. The fans with smarts enough to beat the traffic have headed for the parking lot. Only the die-hards and other fanatics keep lurking about disillusioned and disoriented. These are also the types that end up getting into trouble and or arrested for causing mischief.

And like the Clinton campaign, their supporters are simply hurting the game and damaging the integrity of the process. By clinging to this tactic of hanging on too long, they are only making it more difficult for the winning team from their division to win the championship. But all things considered, like professional basketball, the reality is; to hell with the division/region, (the Democratic Party) it’s all about the Clintons.

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RetroVision Theater Presents The Devil Diamond

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Devil Diamond 1937 After a cursed diamond is shipped off by a jewelry company to be re-cut by a master, a slick company insider hooks up a crew of bad guys steal it as soon as the cut is made. Of course, the real trouble begins after the thieves think they are home free Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Black Brigade

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With an all star cast including Richard Pryor, Rosie Greer, Billy Dee Williams and Stephen Boyd Robert Hooks, Moses Gunn and Glynn Turman, A redneck officer (Stephen Boyd) is put in charge of a squad of all black troops charged with the mission of taking an important hydro dam from the Nazis. Their failure would delay the Allies advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war. Click here to download The Movie Store

Iron Man Bust Box Office Expectations Yeah It's Hot!

This action flick brought in $100 million in box office dough over the weekend, to make Hollywood very happy. And it damn sure got our attention. We will have a full review tomorrow for those slow to get to the theater. Hint: This Sh*t is serious!
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Charles Bronson in Cold Sweat at RetroVision Theater

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Cold Sweat 1970 Charles Bronson, Liv Ullman, James Mason, and the hottie Jill Ireland star in this action drama about a whacked-out drug runner who holds a man's family hostage. This is a special treat Charles Bronson lovers. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents City of Missing Girls

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A bunch of young hotties get jacked and found dead or just missing all linked to a local drama school. The District Attorney thinks the school is a front for a whore (ho) for sale joint. But the O.Gs frames and blackmailed his ass in an attempt to jam his investigation, and it takes a female reporter going undercover to expose the racket and clear the D.A.'s name. Click here to download.

Day of The Mechanic

We want to close the week the way we began it, giving you something to think about, by keeping our eye on what is really holding this country down; the Iraq war and the crazy bastards who started it!

The Issues Under Fire Podcast, hosted by Lee will return Monday

RetroVision Media Presents The Snow Creature

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Made in 1954, this flick is black & white, runs 69 Minutes and is not rated
Legends of a prehistoric creature, the link between man and beast, send American scientists on an expedition through the Himalayas. Their search for the Yeti leads them on a crazy path through the mountains as the ice beast sets brutal traps to slow his pursuers down. During a tense showdown deep within a cave, the team is able to capture one of the beasts. When the Yeti is brought back to Los Angeles, the enraged monster breaks free. Striking from the concealment of the sewers, the beast unleashes his fury on the city and starts kicking some serious ass. Acts of menace and destruction multiply as the police attempt to jack the creature. Starring: paul langton * leslie dennison * teru shimada Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Media Presents Behind Green Lights

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All the action takes place entirely during a single night in a midwestern city. A car rolls up to the green globes of a police station and dumps the murdered body of a private investigator who dabbled in blackmail. Brought in for questioning is Carole Landis, daughter of a mayoral candidate, who had been in the extortionist's apartment earlier that evening. Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder. His conclusions could swing the election thats just a few days off!

Starring: Carole Landis, William Gargan, Richard Crane

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RetroVision Theater Presents The Bigamist

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A couple is trying to adopt a baby, but Harry the hubby is hiding a really big secret. Homeboy harry has another wife and a baby on the side. This is mama drama old school. Some things never change. Click here to download The Movie Store

RetroVision Theater Presents Dishonored Lady

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In the old school days, a womans reputation was the only thing that separated her from scankdom. It was to be protected at all cost. Here is a tale of the consequences of keeping bad hours with bad men in bad Click Here To Download. Dont forget to share this flick with a friend. The Movie Store