I detect a theme and a meme. Here we have Bannon unleashed (you’ll find the word in the URL) and unchained. And here we have Trump untethered, now that Bannon has gone. Tethers work like this: Failure modes for tethers … Continue reading →
A scene from Monty Python’s “Life of Brian (1979,” one of my favorite movies:
Continue reading →I thought “Dunkirk” was the sort of movie that would be good to see in one of those RPX movie theaters. But I took the precaution of taking some earplugs along with me to protect my sensitive ears. I was … Continue reading →
[See ADDENDUM below.] At Powerline I saw this post by Steven Hayward about a new movie on Churchill called “Darkest Hour,” set shortly before D-Day. It stars Gary Oldman in the lead role, and from the trailer posted at Powerline, … Continue reading →
This is a movie I plan to put on my “to see” list: In an unconventional move, Clint Eastwood has tapped Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, and Spencer Stone to play themselves in his next movie, “The 15:17 to Paris.” The … Continue reading →
Remember the movie “Delivery Man,” about a sperm donor who is put in touch with the many children he’s fathered? Well, here’s a real-life story like that.
Continue reading →It occurred in Iraq, killed an ISIS fighter, was by a Canadian sniper, and was fired from two miles away (11,319 feet.). That’s pretty extraordinary. The sniper and the exact location have not been identified, but we do know this: … Continue reading →
Until a reader alerted me, I hadn’t realized that one of my favorite movies of all time—one I’ve written quite a few posts about—had been turned into a musical. My gut reaction was that it must be a bad idea. … Continue reading →
I just published a post about sanctuary cities mayors’ defiance of Trump’s order regarding reporting the arrest of illegal aliens. But now I want to emphasize the power of the word “sanctuary,” which was originally chosen by the activists behind … Continue reading →
As far as I’m concerned, the 1948 David Lean black-and-white version of “Oliver Twist” is the masterpiece of the many movie versions of the story. I first saw the film as a child and it scared me horribly at times, … Continue reading →
First, the straight play “Pygmalion,” movie version with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller: Now, the musical “My Fair Lady” with Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn: The scene continues in this next brief clip. The part where Howard as Higgins furiously … Continue reading →
I was surprised the other day to see a TV ad for a film that looked to be about the Stalin-engineered Ukrainian famine (known as the Holodomor). What an excellent topic for a film, and one few people today know … Continue reading →