Despite Overwhelming ‘Whiteness,’ This Year’s Oscar Nominations Show The Academy Awards Might Actually Be Fun
It is refreshing to see the Academy buck the outrage culture crying over “inequality,” and it is a delight to see films we all loved get recognition in a circle that seemed to have been shrinking around more unpopular films each year.
It’s True, The Oscars Snubbed Jennifer Lopez
In ‘Hustlers,’ Jennifer Lopez transformed into a difficult character, masterfully conveying layers of class tension and womanhood that less capable actresses wouldn’t have grasped.
‘1917’ Reminds Us War Is An Addiction We’ll Never Shake
Sam Mendes’ magnificent epic raises a question stripped straight from today’s headlines: Is war a futile waste of life or the apex of the human experience?
Amazon’s ‘The Report’ Tortures The Facts About Dan Jones’s Info Ops
Adam Driver stars in a movie that attempts to tell the story of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s infamous ‘torture report,’ but it gets the story badly wrong and tries to lionize a dishonest partisan hitman.
4 Reasons ‘Cats’ Was So Bad It Must Be A Secret Dog Plot
‘Cats’ was so bad that the only reasoning I can come up with for its badness is that it was a plot by dogs to make cats as unappealing as cosmically possible.
2019 Was The Year Of The Guy Movie
As television becomes higher and higher quality in writing, acting, clothing and cinematography, movies are going to become increasingly a retro pursuit favored by men.
Brad Pitt Would Have Shared The Raft
Turning his attention to costar Leo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt went all the way back to the frigid waters of the Atlantic to take a good-natured jab at his friend.
‘1917’ Tells One Of The Greatest Stories Of Courage Since ‘Saving Private Ryan’
‘1917,’ which follows the release of Peter Jackson’s groundbreaking World War I documentary by one year, shares a story of selflessness and honor through technically dazzling cinematic effects.
The Worst Movies Of The 2010s
Like most decades, the 2010s produced their share of terrible, terrible movies. Some bad movies can be fun in their own particular ways. These are not those movies.
Why Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ Is A Huge Letdown
‘Little Women’ is so important and transcends each generation because it captures the differences between women — in personalities, desires, and fortunes. Greta Gerwig’s rendition didn’t quite cut it.
The Best Comedies Of The 2010s
In 2019, we’re forced to suffer through comedies like ‘Long Shot’ and ‘Late Night,’ when ten years ago, the yearly options were plentiful.
The Best Movies Of The 2010s
Let’s enjoy what Hollywood produced the decade before streaming giants really disrupted the landscape.
No, Hallmark Movies Are Not ‘Fascist Propaganda’
Contrary to what feminist writer Amanda Marcotte says, stories of heterosexual monogamous courting, like Hallmark movies, are the exact opposite of fascism.
The 4 Best Manly, All-American Movies Of 2019
It goes against every piety of the liberal elites to portray the hippies as evil, but Quentin Tarantino points out that the new liberation spawned a murderous cult in Hollywood.
After Seeing ‘The Rise Of Skywalker,’ I Can’t Wait For Star Wars To End Forever
The storyline of hunting space Nazis with iron-cored authoritarianism was cool in the 1970s. It feels anachronistic in 2019, as you come out of the theater to see J. K. Rowling being cancelled.
4 Off-The-Beaten-Path Movies To Watch This Christmas Season
You don’t have to go to the Hallmark Channel to expand your seasonal selections.
Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ Reveals An Appetite For Libertarian Entertainment
We’ve all seen filmmakers’ cookie-cutter wokeness. ‘Richard Jewell’ shows us something new and relatable through an American libertarian lens — and audiences could use more of that.
For The LGBT Mob, Lesbian Ads On The Hallmark Channel Are Just The Beginning
If the LGBT mob won’t let us celebrate cheesy Hallmark Christmas without celebrating their sin, they certainly won’t let us celebrate actual Jesus Christmas that way either.
‘Richard Jewell’ Is A Story Of Media And Government Bungling That’s Still Fresh Today
The film’s message isn’t so much that neither government nor media is to be trusted, but for Americans to ask themselves why they should trust either.
Faked-Up Fox News Sexual Harassment ‘Bombshell’ Film Fizzles Like A Dud
Huge dollops of deceit undercut both the credibility and even the message of ‘Bombshell’ by allowing it to be dismissed as politically expedient fiction.
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