"People can attack cannibalism but at least it feeds you.” – Roger Simon, comparing the Holocaust to cannibalism. 

Can a movie be scary if it does not star Senator Barbara Boxer? Roger Simon & Lionel Chetwynd list their favorite scary movies.  

"I haven't said anything yet, but you already think of me as, quote, a member of the gaggle of Hollywood liberals. Number one, I gaggle for no one. And number two, I AM a libo-conservo-rado-middle-of-the-roado, just like you. You just haven't thought about it for a while." -- Richard Dreyfuss

Poliwood looks at the arrogance of Kevin Spacey in particular and Hollywood in general. Is Hollywood trapped in an echo chamber? Should more directors and actors listen more; should they be more like Clint Eastwood?
 

"Righteous indignation and loud declamation belong on talk shows. It doesn't belong on film." -- Lionel Chetwynd 

This week's Poliwood pits boomers Roger and Lionel against Gen Y'ers David Swindle and Jeff Wienir.  The debate:  Whose generation has better filmmakers? 

Screenwriter Roger L. Simon and filmmaker Lionel Chetwynd trace the decline of Woody Allen's artistry down the years to his latest bid for an Academy Award, "Whatever Works." ("Poliwood") http://www.pjtv.com

Fair Game tells the story of Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson. Is this film accurate or a complete perversion of the truth?

"It is a cinderblock within the narrative of the book that there is no such thing as Israel, there are only Palestinians, and Israel is a bastard child foisted on the Middle East by the United Nations as a consequence of the holocaust. It plays directly into the narrative that delegitimizes the very existence of Israel." -- Lionel Chetwynd