Movies We Can Learn From
What Can it Tell us About Atrocities in Vietnam. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Shackley Raffetto and Michael Lilly. Our panel discusses the Oliver Stone movie Platoon, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon and Forest Whitaker, and its depiction of the American soldiers who […]
Review of Bridge of Spies (Movies We Can Learn From)
A True Story of the Cold War. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Shackley Raffetto and Michael Lilly. Shackley Raffetto and Mike Lilly, both Navy veterans, help us understand the historical events portrayed by Bridge of Spies, a 2015 movie about the exchange of U-2 high altitude spy plane Pilot […]
Reviewing ‘Hell in the Pacific’ (1968) (Movies We Can Learn From)
What Can we Learn from These Two Enemies. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Shackley Raffetto and Michael Lilly. Our panel, including Shackley Raffetto, retired Marine and Naval Officer and former Chief Judge of the Second Circuit of Hawaii, and Michael LIlly, also a retired Naval Officer and former Attorney […]
Reviewing the Greyhound Movie (Movies We Can Learn From)
A Remarkable Movie About an American Destroyer. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Shackley Raffetto and Michael Lilly. Shackley Raffetto and Michael Lilly, both of whom have been associated with the US Navy, review the Greyhound movie. It stars Tom Hanks, who also wrote the screenplay, and is based on […]
Reviewing the Netflix Series ‘Alexander’ (Movies We Can Learn From)
Is it a Documentary or Docudrama or Both. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Dr. Roopmati Khandekar, movie and history buff, helps us understand the Alexander series and what it tells us about history in the 3rd Century BC in Macedonia, Egypt and Persia, and how the Boy […]
Why Do we like Masters of the Air so Much (Movies We Can Learn From)
It’s a Great Air War Series on Apple TV. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Shackley Raffetto. Shackley Raffetto, a Navy reserve captain among other things, helps us understand the lives and experiences of the pilots and crews of the Flying Fortress bombers that operated out of England and bombed […]
Japanese Art Film Woman in the Dunes (Movies We Can Learn From)
How Well Has it Aged Since 1964. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Roopmati Khandekar. Our panel reviews Woman in the Dunes to make some philosophical sense of it now all these years later. What did the filmmaker have in mind at the time. What were they trying to say […]
The GOLDA Movie
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Reviewing the Blues Brothers Movie (Movies We Can Learn From)
From a Time when John Belushi Ruled Comedy. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and George Casen. Our panel discusses and reviews The Blues Brother, a comedy musical movie made in 1980, which has not lost any of its entertainment value over the years, featuring the incredible John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, […]
‘Golda,’ the Movie (Movies We Can Learn From)
Israeli PM Golda Mier in a Time of Crisis. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and George Casen. This movie displays the inner strength of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Mier during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Israel came very close to being lost to her enemies, Syria and Egypt. Golda Mier was […]