Movies We Can Learn From
Europe’s Most Dangerous Man: in Spain. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and George Casen. This documentary is reviewed as a sequel to the Jaguar TV series, which we reviewed in a previous episode. The TV series presented a Spanish resistance team, who hunted down and captured a Nazi Doctor, Dr. Death Aribert […]
Reviewing Jury Duty 2023 (Movies We Can Learn From)
A Film Experiment on Human Nature. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is George Casen. Our panel discusses and reviews Jury Duty 2023, a film experiment on the intersection of acting, human nature, courtroom procedure and jury duty, one of the cornerstones of our democracy. Watch it on Netflix and see. […]
Jaguar TV Series (Movies We Can Learn From)
Tracking Down Nazis in Franco’s Spain. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and George Casen. Jaguar is a Spanish drama streaming television series created by Ramón Campos and Gema R. Neira for Netflix. It stars Blanca Suárez, Iván Marcos, Francesc Garrido, Adrián Lastra and Óscar Casas. Its first season was released on 22 […]
Inside Turkey: Erdogan and Kavala (Movies We Can Learn From)
Life in Erdogan’s Turkey. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and George Casen. Discussion centers on two documentaries produced by the German news agency Deutsche Welle. The first shows Erdogan’s rise to power and how it has negatively affected free speech in Turkey. The second relates the imprisonment of philanthropist Osman Kavala without […]
Suits, How to Become a Lawyer (Movies We Can Learn From)
Interactions in a New York City Legal Firm. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and George Casen. The is the initial episode of a TV series that showcases the story of an intelligent young man, with a photographic memory, who has passed the Bar Exam but has not attended law school. He is […]
‘The Mauritanian’ (Movies We Can Learn From)
And it Happened in America. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is George Casen. The Mauritanian is a true story about an Arab man who was captured in Mauritania West Africa and spirited off to an American base in Germany and then to Guantanamo. Although there was no evidence against him, […]
Reviewing ‘Intent to Destroy’ (Movies We Can Learn From)
Understanding the Armenian Genocide. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is George Casen. Intent to Destroy chronicles the events of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that annihilated 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, This movie examines how the first major modern genocide, once a well recognized global atrocity, […]
Reviewing the Movie ‘A Man Called Otto’ (Movies We Can Learn From)
Tom Hanks’ Latest Great Movie. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is George Casen. George Casen helps us review A Man Called Otto, Tom Hanks latest great movie. Tom Hanks plays Otto, an elderly unforgettable curmudgeon who loses his wife and attempts suicide in a variety of ways. This movie covers […]
‘Longest Third Date’ (Movies We Can Learn From)
Trapped Overseas by COVID-19. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and George Casen. Longest Third Date is a reality show that was self-filmed by one of the two protagonists. It displays the situation of two young New Yorkers who travel to Costa Rica on their third date and get trapped there when all […]
Stromboli (Movies We Can Learn From)
‘From Fear to Love’ Retreat Episodes. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and George Casen. A Dutch woman, going through a divorce, signs up for a retreat on the Italian volcanic island of Stromboli. The movie showcases the hidden reason for her alcoholism. The process of healing for the other attendees conducted by […]