War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

Favorite Movie Quote: "Somehow this madness must cease. An outstanding examination of war from Lydon Johnson and Vietnam up to the present invasion of Iraq by George W. Bush. ... Full Review

Based on the book by Norman Solomon, "War Made Easy" makes its timely arguments with passion and conviction.....while reporting from Vietnam to maverick Sen. Wayne Morse's passionate arguments against presidential authority during the same period..... ... Full Review

Using sizable amounts of network and cable news footage, interviews with Solomon, and connective tissue narration by Sean Penn, Easy is an unusually level-headed film about such a relentlessly sensitive topic. The picture is more a conversation with Solomon as he breaks down the intentions of the media and clarifies how propaganda is alive and well in todays hornets nest of soundbite competition. ... Full Review

The film fails to dig at all. No original reporting is conductedjust this Norman Solomon fellow (still not completely sure who he is) lecturing at the camera. ... Full Review

Using sizable amounts of network and cable news footage, interviews with Solomon, and connective tissue narration by Sean Penn, "Easy" is an unusually level-headed film about such a relentlessly sensitive topic. The picture is more a conversation with Solomon as he breaks down the intentions of the media and clarifies how propaganda is alive and well in today's hornet's nest of soundbite competition. ... Full Review