RIP Elizabeth Taylor
Those of you who are below a certain age may wonder what all the fuss was about. Now that Elizabeth Taylor has died of heart failure at 79, it’s almost hard to remember what a huge celebrity she was. She … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Movies
The Guten Tag Hop Clop and Hansel and Gretel
I believe I have done a great service to the world in unearthing the provenance of Mel Brooks’ immortal “Guten Tag Hop Clop” from the musical version of “The Producers.” You may have thought it was merely a ridiculous German … Continue reading →
Peter King McCarthy
Ten years ago, shortly after 9/11, I would have been surprised at the furor over Rep. Peter King’s daring to suggest a House hearing on homegrown terrorism that focuses mostly on Islamicist terrorist groups in this country. But not any … Continue reading →
Mike Huckabee, Dan Quayle, marriage, and Natalie Portman as the new Murphy Brown
No, Mike Huckabee is not the father of Natalie Portman’s love child. Dancer/choreographer Benjamin Millepied is. The couple fell in love during the filming of the abominable “Black Swan” and are said to be engaged, with Portman’s pregnancy very much … Continue reading →
RIP Jane Russell
One of the Hollywood icons of my youth, Jane Russell, has died at 89. Russell was by all reports that rarity in the movie world: down-to-earth, level-headed, Republican, and religious. I was taken with her when I was a child … Continue reading →
Post-Oscar post
Those of you who are not interested in the topic, please avert your gaze. Here’s a slideshow of Oscar fashions, for those inclined to gaze. My summary: lots of feathers (a la “Black Swan?”), some of them very unfortunate. Lots … Continue reading →
Did Obama throw Israel under the bus?
Lee Smith says he did. Smith will then write a column arguing just the opposite next week. Should be interesting.
Continue reading →Those exciting, not-to-be-missed, Oscars
Yes, the title is sarcastic. You can miss em if you want tonight, and you probably won’t be missing a thing except a few hours of boredom watching a bunch of self-satisfied, beautiful, but anorexic people congratulate themselves on their … Continue reading →
Semi-truth: “The Social Network”
Last night I watched the movie “The Social Network,” the story of Mark Zuckerberg and his creation of Facebook, which featured his various and sundry betrayals of former friends, who later sued and won settlements against him. Ironic, of course, … Continue reading →
Libya at the brink: who is Saif al-Islam Qaddafi?
As events in Libya began to spiral out of control, it was Qaddafi’s son Saif who went on the air to give a rambling speech that talked of impending civil war and dark conspiratorial forces at work. I noted yesterday … Continue reading →
Last tangos
Maria Schneider, star of “Last Tango in Paris,” has died at the age of 58. She seems to have had a difficult life subsequent to making the film. I saw that film in a movie theater when it first came … Continue reading →
It’s still…
…Groundhog Day! Let’s watch it again and again and again and… …again, till we get it right.
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