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Robyn Edie/Stuff The 34th annual Edendale Crank Up Day held over the weekend, pictured on Saturday during the lawn mower racing demonstration are Dave Cummings as Papa Smurf, of Eketahuna, with Phill Dravitski of Taranaki, behind him. A group of seven lawnmower racers made the journey down from the North Island to race. Man versus man. Island versus island. Mower versus mower...? The inaugural Lawn Mower Racing Inter-Island Challenge was held at Edendale’s Crank-Up day on Saturday, with drivers from across the country pitting their wits against each other to get around the track the fastes...

Brendan Gleeson found it hard to dodge a farcical caricature of Trump in The Comey Rule There have been lots of amusing fictional presidents in the movies, from Peter Sellers’ rattled leader Merkin Muffley in Dr Strangelove to Harrison Ford’s kick-ass commander-in-chief in Air Force One. But my favourite presidential movies are the ones about real leaders, which have the nerve to tackle history head-on and give us some idea of what it would be like to be in their shoes. Widely considered the greatest president in American history, ‘Honest Abe’ has turned up in over 30 feature films,...

SHARE If watching Joe Biden get sworn in as the 46th President of the US has left you craving more insights into the machinations of America's highest seat of power, not to mention the corridors of the White House, it’s time to scratch that itch with a spot of cinematic escape. We’ve found 10 films that put various presidents, both real and fictional, at the heart of the action. Even if that action might take just a few liberties with the truth ( Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, anyone?). ‘Lincoln’ (2012) Daniel Day-Lewis won his third Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the 16th P...

Today's proof that the Washington Post is a Democrat rag comes from liberal film critic Ann Hornaday on the front page of the Arts & Style section. The headline is  "In Hollywood, Trump erodes another hallowed institution."She means the presidential movie. We can't enjoy some idealistic liberal president as a possible reality. "Among the countless depredations of the past four years — the incompetence, chaos, mendacity and a real-life attempted coup — we can add the death of the pop-culture presidency." First, Hornaday recalled how Hollywood liberals paid tribute to Bill Clinton and Bar...

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