My guess is that the only pause Ebert gave this Tweet was to worry about whether it was insulting to the Commies to equate the American flag with theirs. The Internet really has been the gift that keeps on giving
by John Nolte6 May 2010, 9:48 AM PST0
Though the highly anticipated “Iron Man 2” qualifies as a hilarious, entertaining, irreverent, and openly patriotic summer blockbuster well worth the price of admission (and then some), like most sequels, the continuing story of Tony Stark and company does falls
by John Nolte5 May 2010, 12:55 PM PST0
In the NSFW below video, “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, whose new Indian name is He Who Lies About Arizona’s Immigration Law, goes out of his way to savage Sarah Palin in the crudest possible way as a Hollywood Reporter
by John Nolte5 May 2010, 9:23 AM PST0
Yesterday Russell Crowe, star of Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood,” floats the absurd idea of what’s essentially a reverse-Robin Hood tax, where the government takes from the productive to give to the non-productive… Today, we get yet another politically divisive statement,
by John Nolte4 May 2010, 9:06 AM PST0
Nothing like a Big Star mouthing off about divisive politics before a Big Movie hits the Big Screen: [Russell Crowe] is keen on the side of the [Robin Hood] story that deals with “the rights and privileges of the ruling
by John Nolte3 May 2010, 4:24 PM PST0
Leftist Hollywood’s favorite child rapist has pretty much come to the end of his appeals process. Having lost most every court ruling including the option of being sentenced in absentia, the 76 year old sex offender is facing almost certain
by John Nolte3 May 2010, 11:59 AM PST0
Stu VanAirsdale of the left-wing filmsite Movieline interviewed “Fair Game” director Doug Liman. Check out this biting, insightful follow-up question to the director’s absurd claim that his film isn’t committed to politics: MOVIELINE: It’s kind of a weird climate for
by John Nolte30 Apr 2010, 8:51 AM PST0
—– How do you get a Hollywoodist to make a fool of himself? Ask an honest question and then let him keep right on talking until he completely bares his ass. CNSNews brings us yet another chapter in the fall
by John Nolte29 Apr 2010, 5:03 PM PST0
CBS won’t comment, but the NY Times reports that on Tuesday night’s episode of the “The Good Wife” the story revolved around an artist killed by a bomb after he drew a cartoon featuring Muhammad. It looks as though the
by John Nolte29 Apr 2010, 11:50 AM PST0
—– Tuesday morning Nikki Finke posted Andrew Klavan’s online interview (above) with CNSNews where the successful novelist and screenwriter (and my pal) — who just had his Homelander series optioned by Summit — discussed, among other things, the difficulties conservatives
by John Nolte29 Apr 2010, 5:02 AM PST0
**** This post was updated for clarity The list of films I’m literally counting down the days to see each summer gets shorter every year. This is either due to my advancing middle age or Hollywood’s advancing suckery. Regardless, few
by John Nolte28 Apr 2010, 8:48 AM PST0
Either James Cameron is a genocidal maniac or a black-hearted liar. How else to explain the vast divide between his words and deeds? Yesterday on “Hardball,” Cameron ripped we Global Cooling Global Warming Climate Change deniers as “dangerous.” The takeaway
by John Nolte27 Apr 2010, 9:28 AM PST0
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto waded into the “South Park” – Muhammad controversy with a column employing this title, subtitle and closing summary: Everybody Burn the Flag If we don’t act like inconsiderate jerks, the terrorists will have
by John Nolte27 Apr 2010, 7:04 AM PST0
When it comes to films, the least of my concerns is content. The stuff that’s in a movie has very little to do with its theme — what a story wants to tell the world — and that’s where a
by John Nolte23 Apr 2010, 5:05 AM PST0
—– We’re dumb, we’re racist… blah, blah, blah. Yawn, yawn yawn. Let’s get to the meat of it with Bill Maher parroting the latest White House talking points. The Left, including President Obama and Maher, are laughably transparent with this
by John Nolte17 Apr 2010, 4:14 PM PST0
—– Rob Schneider is a god who can do no wrong… ….and anyone who disagrees obviously hasn’t seen the epic “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.” If you have seen “Deuce Bigalow” but still disagree on the “god” thing, then I’m afraid
by John Nolte16 Apr 2010, 4:22 PM PST0
****UPDATE from Adam McKay: “The Cheney joke is gone cause it didn’t work. But the villain is a Maydoff character. How is that partisan?” The co-writer/director of “The Other Guys,” Adam McKay, Tweeted Big Hollywood yesterday after Pam Meister’s Sucker
by John Nolte16 Apr 2010, 9:40 AM PST0
—– Hollywood Values: Everyday people gather to protest in favor of civil rights = good. Everyday people gather to protest in favor of farmworkers = good. Everyday people gather to protest in favor of smaller government = evil, stupid, racist,
by John Nolte15 Apr 2010, 5:05 PM PST0
Must be nice being a leftie and NEVER having to worry about some childish television creator taking a gratuitous shot — from completely out of nowhere — at what you believe in. Not so for we righties. When all we
by John Nolte14 Apr 2010, 7:38 PM PST0
Adam McKay co-wrote and directed “The Other Guys,” an action comedy which stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The summer tentpole hits theatres August 6th and thanks to the Entertainment Media, buzz is already starting to build. Here’s a look
by John Nolte14 Apr 2010, 5:10 PM PST0
Whatever you do, don’t miss the New York Times slideshow. Listen to Cameron’s opening narration and ask yourself if it doesn’t remind you more than just a little bit of this: [youtube 845Hx3XV9EU nolink] —– And the New York Times
by John Nolte13 Apr 2010, 9:21 AM PST0
—– Director Paul Verhoeven doesn’t like all the violence in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion” because Jesus Christ’s suffering freeing us from our sins is “not true,” is not all that different from the painful way in which a lot of
by John Nolte12 Apr 2010, 5:44 PM PST0
As far as what individual scripts Big Hollywood will be releasing next, that information will have to remain a pleasant a surprise after your first click of whatever morning they are released. We are currently holding a dozen or so
by John Nolte12 Apr 2010, 3:45 PM PST0
Okay, it’s true that someone who goes by the name of Hannah called Rosie a “b.tch” first. Which is wrong. Still, shouldn’t someone ready to assume the mantle of the “Next Oprah” be above all that? Be above getting in
by John Nolte9 Apr 2010, 9:44 AM PST0
None of these Funny or Die videos are funny. They’re on-the nose, heavy-handed, and at times so awkwardly unfunny that you kinda hafta supply your own rim-shot in order to gut your way through the worst of it. You can’t
by John Nolte8 Apr 2010, 6:05 PM PST0