…and recants. [Hat tip: Instapundit]: In [a NY Times] op-ed Friday, written [by Bialik] in response to allegations of sexual assault against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, the observant Jewish actress said she has long made decisions that she considers “self-protecting … Continue reading →
…would turn out to have been one of the few heroes in the sordid Weinstein story (this clip is from 2005): Note how she looks around furtively as she speaks, and almost swallows her own words as she says, “don’t … Continue reading →
Why am I still talking about Weinstein? This isn’t really about Weinstein himself, it’s about people’s reaction to him.
Continue reading →Here’s a movie clip—an old one. I first saw this movie, “The Major and the Minor,” about a year ago. It’s meant to be light family entertainment, made in 1942 and starring Ginger Rogers (but no dancing, alas). However, this … Continue reading →
In my earlier post about Harvey Weinstein, I wrote: I must admit this story fills me with a feeling of exhaustion. I guess I always assumed that Hollywood was rife with the kind of behavior of which Weinstein is accused, … Continue reading →
I don’t have an answer to the question I pose in the title of this post. But I certainly think it’s an interesting question. Lots of other people have dissected the Weinstein flap and I refer you to what they’ve … Continue reading →
It would seem an odd choice, wouldn’t it? A movie about one of the worst scandals in the life of liberal icon and the last Kennedy man of his generation standing, Ted Kennedy? Even now that Ted is gone, why … Continue reading →
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 →