A new Economist/YouGov poll shows that the mainstream media and Democrats are way out of step with the recent Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision protecting the First Amendment religious rights of people, even after they commit the sin of opening
Ten hard years have passed since the human-created Simian Flu was unleashed and ape-leader Caesar (Andy Serkis) led his followers deep into the Redwood Forest behind San Francisco. Well, hard years for humans. Less than 1% survived the plague and
Although three years have passed, I’m still embarrassed and apologizing to 20th Century-Fox for my strident assumptions regarding the 2011 reboot of my beloved “Planet of the Apes” franchise. I was certain it would all collapse in a pile of
The second trailer for director Angelina Jolie’s “Unbroken” just dropped and it smells like a winner. The film is based on a best-selling book about the real-life Louis Zamperini, an American Olympian, WWII Japanese POW, devout Christian and inspirational speaker.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Oscar-winner Robert Redford has agreed to portray disgraced newsman Dan Rather in an adaptation of the 2005 memoir “Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power.” The book was written by Mary
Wednesday morning The Blaze’s Glenn Beck announced it was “deadly to my career” for him to provide truckloads of meals and soccer balls as a way to “help care for some of the roughly 60,000 underage refugees who have crossed
Battered wife media syndrome returned to the spotlight this week when 38 journalism groups, led by the Society of Professional Journalists, complained to the Obama White House about numerous offenses that were summed up as the “politically-driven suppression of news.”
According to Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s First Read and MSNBC’s “Daily Countdown,” it seems pretty clear that Chuck Todd, NBC’s Chief White House Correspondent, and his colleagues are busying themselves in laying the groundwork to take some of the border
Other than meat and booze, I have no idea what these reality shows are about –but I’m for them. While narrative television mostly delivers urban elite characters and their effete urban elite values that wouldn’t be possible without Red State
If Rosie O’Donnell does return to ABC’s “The View,” it will certainly mark the beginning of the end of a long-running show that is obviously desperate and out of ideas. Sure, for a while ratings will jump and Rosie will
In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, the world’s greatest working director argues that as hard as the corporations who run Hollywood will try, technology will not kill films as an art form or the love of going to
— — One of the primary problems today’s filmmakers face with any swords and sandals epic is finding present-day actors that look believable in ancient times. With his two leads, director Ridley Scott seems to have overcome that in
In our increasingly polarized country there has always been one character trait I could respect in anyone despite any political or cultural differences. If all someone wanted in life was to be the left the hell alone, I admired that.
THR reports that for more than five years a group of investors have kept the plates spinning of a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures that alleges the studio bilked them out of $40 million. The investors gave Paramount $40 million for
According to an unscientific metric used to gauge how far Kindle readers make it into a book they have purchased, even the very few people who have purchased Hillary Clinton’s lousy-selling “Hard Choices” aren’t bothering to read it. The Washington
Why Gross-Out Comedies Reign: Rise of Cable TV, Collapse of DVD Sales In an otherwise terrific write-up about the rise of cut-rate, R-rated gross-out comedies, The Wrap fails to point to the risks (which I’ll get to) of relying on
In exchange for government funding, filmmakers desperate for funding or willing to sell out their artistic integrity will be required to meet diversity quotas that include ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. If you do not meet the
The WestView News, a newspaper with 20,000 readers in the West Village, Greenwich Village, and Chelsea New York neighborhoods ran a pro-Obama editorial titled, “The Nigger In the White House.” The Wrap reports that the community paper was slammed by
The Associated Press reports that an appeals court has blocked the state of Arizona ‘s ban on offering drivers licenses to immigrants shielded by an executive order issued by President Obama in June of 2012. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court
The Hill reports that Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) opposes the idea of President Obama making an appearance at the Texas border. “I think that he has people in place to take care of that situation,” Johnson said on MSNBC.
According to the USA Today, the American Dream has a price tag of $130,000 for a family of four. If you are not living in a $275,000 home, spending $13,000 a year on food, driving a four-wheel-drive SUV, and spending
Summer 2014 Box Office Down Whopping 20% Over Last Year Things were looking bad July 1, but as I said in my weekend box office piece, things are going to look a lot worse come Monday. The holiday weekend tanked
“X-Men” director Bryan Singer has officially filed for a dismissal of the sexual abuse suit brought by Michael Egan, the man accusing Singer and one other Hollywood player over allegations both men sexually abused and raped him as a teen.
This summer has completely wiped out all of this year’s gains over 2013. In April the 2014 box office was way up over 2013. On July 1 it had crashed to -1%. Just prior to this weekend some analysts showed
Here in Boone, NC, the most perfect and beautiful spot in all of America (and therefore the universe), the sky is blue and the air is cool and dry. For that reason, a movie festival is probably not on my
