Indie Film The Iron Sky - Not From Hollywood

The sci-fi movie Hollywood would not dare to make - Features - Films - The Independent: The sci-fi movie Hollywood would not dare to make. A spoof film about Nazis living on the Moon has become an unlikely hit, says Kaleem Aftab.

This Finnish sci-fi film about Nazis who have been living on the dark side of the moon since the end of the Second World War turned out to be the unlikely hot ticket of this year's Berlin Film Festival.

You may want view The Iron Sky when it surfaces here in the U.S. for a good laugh. However, 

Cine Vue calls it, "a one note joke extended over 97 unimpressive, disappointing and incredibly tedious minutes."

FDR's First 100 Days

My three novels are set in the decade of the Great Depression. From 1933 and on into WW II Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was president of the United States. There is so much about Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the Internet that it boggles my mind! Apparently many of us are interested in that very fascinating man. Roosevelt pioneered the 100-day standard for gauging presidential effectiveness.

In the days of the Great Depression the people of our nation were praying and believing that FDR would be the new Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider that would take them out of the deep problems the nation was facing.  Many cartoons from that era portray that belief. Here is a sample:

The first 100-day gauge has been applied to U.S. presidents ever since.