Another stellar performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in this film about the President’s quest to pass the 13th Amendment.

This is a fictional story, but still gives us an opportunity to discuss Native Americans during the Civil War. We also wrap up the fighting of the Civil War itself [ … ]

A solid movie and a fairly accurate look at the 54th Massachusetts regiment of African-American soldiers during the Civil War.

Fake beards and lack of blood aside, this may be the most accurate film we’ve ever discussed on the podcast.

Buster Keaton’s silent classic is based an actual event called the Great Locomotive Chase from April 12, 1862. While it starts out fairly accurate, it soon goes… off the rails, [ … ]