The Duke and the Unbearable Smugness of the History-Eaters
When a Twitter nobody “unearthed” an easily available and well-known 48-year-old Playboy interview with long-dead actor John Wayne, the memory-erasers came out of the woodwork. […]
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Memo to Amazon: Free Woody from #MeToo Jail
It’s time for a jailbreak. Every year from 1969 to 2017, auteur filmmaker Woody Allen released a movie. Every single year. Many of them were […]
Gillette: Selling Sexlessness in 2019
Gillette released a “short film” on Monday titled “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be.” A subsidiary company of the multinational Procter & Gamble Co., […]
The Party of Abortion Thinks Republicans Are Satanic
Christian Bale rightly won the Golden Globe for his stellar performance in the mostly fictional biopic, “Vice.” As the Welshman accepted his award, though, he […]
On the Corner of Hollywood and ‘Vice’
Hello, I’m the movie narrator from “Vice,” the controversial Dick Cheney biopic starring Christian Bale. Are you upset that your liberal family tried to drag […]
‘Mars’ Lays Leftist Fearmongering on a Whole New World
If you haven’t watched, you would think the National Geographic Channel’s cable series “Mars,” would be a straightforward dramatization of human colonization of the Red […]
Dick Cheney Was Not Evil
Dick Cheney doesn’t have a heart. That, at least, is the intended conclusion one is supposed to draw from the recent Dick Cheney biopic, “Vice,” […]
Remembering the Patton Speech That Helped Win the War
World War II history is rich with some of the finest, most historically significant speeches of the 20th century. President Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech […]
Ultimate Take: ‘Die Hard’ Is Not a Christmas Movie
Let’s put this silly debate to rest, once and for all. To insist that a mere action movie is actually a Christmas movie is nothing […]
Why Haven’t SJW Bullies Destroyed A Christmas Story Yet?
I triple-dog-dare social justice warriors to sit through the 1983 classic “A Christmas Story” this holiday season. The movie about a kid at Christmas, his […]
What Is Racist?
The English language has its peculiarities. Two English words that appear to be opposites to one another can instead be synonyms. If someone is telling […]
Outer Limits of Inner Space
Prior to its release, “First Man”—the new biopic about the late Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)—generated a great deal of hubbub surrounding the absence of visible patriotism […]
Celebrities Use Fading Star Power Against Nunes
The message from the aging rock star about the California Republican was succinct: “F*ck Nunes.” Those gripping words were tweeted earlier this year by Axl […]
Explaining the Left, Part IV: Contempt for Middle-Class Values
When I was in graduate school, I learned a lot about the Left. One lesson was that while most liberals and conservatives abide by society’s […]
National Pride Drives Human Innovation in Space
The new Ryan Gosling film, “First Man,” slated for release on October 12 of this year is already garnering a high amount of criticism from […]
Hollywood Lands on the Moon
Don’t let the sexist title fool you, “First Man” is one woke biopic about American astronaut Neil Armstrong, who is portrayed by Ryan Gosling, an […]
What the Right Can Learn from ‘The Wife’
Most conservatives, upon hearing a description of the new film “The Wife,” would probably dismiss it as another form of Hollywood virtue-signaling. That would be […]
The Slut Shaming of Donald Trump
The news of Michael Cohen’s flip against President Trump has sent liberals and NeverTrump into paroxysms of glee. “Legal blows fuel impeachment fears,” Politico crowed […]
Our Preening Pop Culture Hypocrites
It was the greatest decade in American pop culture history; from new wave to hair metal; from gritty TV to family TV; from Manic Monday […]
An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Movie
Don’t get me wrong—I just loved to death “Ocean’s 8,” Steven Soderbergh’s all-female spinoff from his cash-machine Dubya-era “Ocean’s 11” trilogy remake of the 1960 […]