In May of 2018 we proposed a cast for Jake Tapper's first novel, the Hellfire Club, a mystery set in the era of McCarthyism during the Eisenhower administration. That article is reposted below, perhaps as a reminder that fans of the book are still waiting for the movie!

Earlier this week, I wrote a review of The Hellfire Club, Jake Tapper's ( Read more... )

Andrew Johnson is another of those presidents who dwells close to the bottom when it comes to rankings of the presidents. He was selected as Abraham Lincoln's running mate in the 1864 election when Lincoln thought it was a good idea to run on a ticket of national unity as opposed to party loyalty. Johnson was a Democrat, Lincoln was a Republican. ( Read more... )

Wow, where did the year go? It seemed just like yesterday that we were welcoming in the new year and now it's time to click over the annual odometer again. Lets take a look at potus_geeks 2018 in the rearview mirror.

( A Look Back at 2018 in Potus Geeks )

As this month's theme comes to an end, this entry will look two upcoming movies about US Presidents. In the recent past biopics have been hit and miss when it comes to making money at the box office. Clint Eastwood's 2011 movie J. Edgar about the life of J. Edgar Hoover cost $35 million to make and grossed almost $85 million. But Oliver Stone's ( Read more... )

Lee Daniels' The Butler was a movie that was released in 2013 about a fictional butler who worked in the White House through several administrations from Eisenhower to Reagan. It starred Academy Award winner Forrest Whittaker in the title role of Cecil Gaines, a fictional character based on real-life White House butler Eugene Allen, a man who ( Read more... )

The Kennedys was a television miniseries which aired on ReelzChannel in the USA and on the History Television Network in Canada and in the United Kingdom. Filmed in Canada, it was a dramatic retelling of the story of the Kennedy family. The series starred Greg Kinnear as President John F. Kennedy, Katie Holmes as first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, ( Read more... )

PT 109 was a movie that hit theatres in June of 1963, during the third year of John F. Kennedy's presidency. It told the story of Kennedy as an officer of the United States Navy in command of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 during the Pacific War of World War II. The film was adapted by Vincent Flaherty and Howard Sheehan from the book PT 109: John F. ( Read more... )

Kennedy was a 1983 miniseries that aired on NBC in 1983. The miniseries was five hours long and was written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard. It was produced by Central Independent Television and originally aired starting on November 20, 1983 around the time of the 20th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. This miniseries told the ( Read more... )

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was the subject of the 2000 movie Thirteen Days. The lead in the film was Kevin Costner, who played the part of Special Adviser to the President Kenny O'Donnell. The movie was criticized for its major inaccuracy, namely that Kenny O'Donnell was a central player during the crisis. One of the positives about the film ( Read more... )

We are nearing the birthday of one of the most popular US Presidents, when it comes to movie and TV portrayals: JFK. A number of actors have played the part of John Fitzgerald Kennedy from Martin Sheen, Bruce Greenwood, Greg Kinnear, Cliff Robertson, Cliff DeYoung, Mike Farrell, Art Hindle, Steven Weber, William Peterson, Tim Matheson, Bruce ( Read more... )