Separated at birth?
Just to help you out—the first two are one person, the second two another.
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Separated at birth?
Two actors I really like (or is it really one?), each with Judi Dench:
Continue reading →“The Butler” and other Hollywood propaganda
The “Republicans are racist” propaganda program continues apace, along with other revisions of history. The Soviets would be so proud! Mona Charen writes: The latest entry appears to be “The Butler,” which misrepresents President Reagan…as, at best, insensitive to blacks, … Continue reading →
Great movie endings
I was watching the movie “Broadcast News” last night, a film I’d seen in a movie theater when it first came out (1987), but didn’t remember all that well—except, that is, for the scene where wannabee news anchor Albert Brooks … Continue reading →
Separated at birth: triplets
Three actors. Hint: two are German.
Continue reading →Again with the not-so-Great Gatsby
Another day, another Gatsby movie, and I will go out on a limb to predict another mediocrity. They keep trying to make this story into a film, but the book is just too gossamer for that to be done successfully. … Continue reading →
High Noon
[NOTE: The following case is one of the reasons I think the ricin letters may have been sent by someone out for revenge.] “High Noon” is such a dramatic movie, it’s easy to forget what starts the whole thing rolling: … Continue reading →
Three faces, two movies, and a TV show
When I was very young I was fascinated by the book The Three Faces of Eve, one of the first accounts of multiple personality. Let’s put aside for a moment whether some skepticism about the disorder is sometimes warranted (it … Continue reading →
I should know better…
…than to ever ever ever post another thread that has anything whatsoever to do with dieting. But I guess I just lack willpower :-), because I couldn’t resist this news [emphasis mine]: Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookery book will be based … Continue reading →
Roy Brown Jr. must have known,…
…for all these long years, that his obituary would feature the fact that he was the designer of the Edsel. My guess is that, at 96, he’d made his peace with that: Roy Brown Jr., a car designer for Ford … Continue reading →
John Kerry was just following…
…a long line of illustrious inventors of mythical countries when he referred to the non-existent “Kyrzakhstan” instead of our ally Kyrgyzstan (good thing he’s not a stupid Republican). Of course, most of these inventers were entertainers and writers, not secretaries … Continue reading →
The demise of the necklace
I watched the Oscars last night for the same reason I usually do: the clothes. I have less and less to say as time goes on about this particular tasteless attempt at extravaganza. And the seamless morphing of entertainment and … Continue reading →