RIP Raquel Welch
Although Welch was 82 when she died, somehow the news is still a surprise. Everybody of a certain age – and even some who are younger – knows that poster with the famous deerskin bikini. It was her body – … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Movies
Fasten your seatbelts
I searched for the following movie clip because I was thinking of including it in a post about Trump vs. DeSantis. It didn’t quite fit, but I became fascinated with the scene for other reasons. First of all, of course, … Continue reading →
RIP Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury has died just a few days shy of her 97th birthday. The linked article goes into a long list of her many accomplishments and roles, but it leaves out my personal favorite, in one of my favorite movies. … Continue reading →
The lure of the closet
Ann Althouse writes: “We have full access to everything. We can go everywhere.” That was the repeated statement of the 3 DOJ lawyers — who were described as displaying an “arrogant” demeanor — who were present during the Mar-a-Lago raid, … Continue reading →
The war on lawyers who would defend the right
The left doesn’t like the adversary system when it’s used to fight them, so they are determined to destroy the opposition’s ability to do so. From Legal Insurrection: We covered the effort to attack Republican lawyers previously, Operative David Brock … Continue reading →
“Woman” is becoming a four-letter word
How do you write an article about tampons and for the most part avoid using the word “women” when talking about menstruation? Like this: People who menstruate are saying it’s hard to find tampons on store shelves across the U.S. … Continue reading →
Johnny Depp wins
I haven’t followed the case in any detail, although a couple of people have told me about it and I’ve read a few articles. But for anyone who’s interested, the verdict was for Depp: …[The jury returned] a verdict in … Continue reading →
Roger L. Simon on the D’Souza film “2000 Mules”
Here’s some of what Roger Simon writes: …[W]hat Engelbrecht and Phillips have done is to turn on its head what concerns many American citizen…that our government and Big Tech, separately and together, have been spying on our activities and whereabouts … Continue reading →
Not your father’s Disney
Not Walt’s, either. Chris Rufo reports: In the wake of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education legislation, which prevents public schools from promoting gender ideology in kindergarten through third grade but which critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Disney executives … Continue reading →
Oscar Fight Night
I used to watch the Oscars every year for the fashions. That was fun. And I even liked some of the movies. Then it became way too annoying to watch the Oscars. I didn’t care for the new movies themselves, … Continue reading →
Alec Baldwin and the prop gun
Alec Baldwin has been a vociferous advocate of stricter gun control, but yesterday he fired a prop gun on a movie set, unintentionally killing the cinematographer and seriously injuring the director. I’ve read quite a few opinion pieces that assume … Continue reading →
New England stone walls
[NOTE: Yesterday I noticed a discussion in the open thread about stone walls in New England and elsewhere. I thought I’d link to a post I wrote about stone walls, but – as sometimes happens – I discovered there was … Continue reading →