Disney is Killing Itself in the Name of Social Justice
They seem to continue steering the box office Titanic directly into the iceberg
How ‘Secret Obsession’ Exposes California’s Dumb Gun Laws
When Netflix’s bland new psychological thriller “Secret Obsession” was released last week, I never expected keen political insights, let alone a unique cinematic twist. (Warning: […]
Pop Gun 2: ‘Resistance’ Hollywood Kowtows to China
Hollywood, the cultural epicenter of the “resistance” to the faux totalitarianism attributed to President Trump, has a vastly different approach to the real totalitarianism of […]
Insolent Leftists Would Lock Us Up in Hamlet’s World
When I was a boy, everyone said the epitome of Shakespeare is Hamlet’s soliloquy. The soliloquy, the one from Act III, the one that poses […]
Scarlett Laughs
Strong, female characters are all the rage in Hollywood these days. In “The Force Awakens,” J.J. Abrams merely remade the 1977 “Star Wars” with a […]
Let’s See If Netflix and Disney Really Mean It
Pity the poor actors and production companies that have discovered a need in conscience not to film in Georgia because of its new abortion restrictions. […]
Hollywood’s Happy Hoodlum Makes Murder Routine
The crook is in a parking lot trying to break into a car when he sees a lady with shopping bags approaching her vehicle. Pretending […]
The Political Implications of the Antihero
Once upon a time in Western civilization, the knight in shining armor was the beau ideal for male character development. A guileless, clean-living, fair-playing Christian […]
What If Thanos Snapped the Wrong People?
Avengers: Endgame” is about to soar into theaters nationwide. We know this because a new trailer drops almost weekly and we all are about to […]
Celebrity Hatred Discredited by Hypocrisy
Donald Trump supporters who never watch mainstream television are making a mistake. Sample it from time to time if only to be reminded just how […]
Celluloid Alternatives
Unless mercifully you live under a rock, you have heard all the hoopla over the upcoming next installment in the “Star Wars” franchise. Those of […]
From ‘Birth’ to ‘Glory’ by Way of ‘Wind’
At the end of his documentary series “The Civil War,” Ken Burns bids farewell to many of the figures who drove that story. They departed […]
A Great Movie About Jihad
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Civilization Wins in ‘The Highwaymen’
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Hollywood’s cultural liberalism is effective not because it lectures us. Indeed, the lecturing, hectoring awards shows have […]
The Zone of Adulthood
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Like some of you, I suffer from insomnia. Try […]
Melodrama or Reality?
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] In the spring of 1519, the Aztec god-king Montezuma II received word that strange, marvelous creatures had […]
Normalizing the Unthinkable
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] A few weeks ago, a new television series called “Shrill” premiered on Hulu. Based on a memoir […]
Captain Marvel’s War on Women
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Art imitates life, but to an even greater extent, life imitates art. Like culture and politics, the […]
God’s Ways and Our Ways
Did you hear that Phil Robertson has a new book out? Yes, the “Duck Dynasty” patriarch, author of Happy Happy Happy, UnPHILtered, and (in a […]