‘MODERN WARFARE 3′ MAKES $775 MILLION IN 5 DAYS, BLOWS AWAY ALL RECORDS Is this why Hollywood makes movies that recreate the experience of what it’s like to watch someone else play a video game? DEMI MOORE TURNS TO MADONNA
Director Anna Mastro pines for the day when Hollywood falls in love with movie musicals all over again. But when it came time to direct her own, she realized she didn’t know the first thing about writing a song. So
It’s been almost two years since I posted at Big Hollywood regarding the Top 10 Most Overrated Directors of All Time. I’ve had a chance to reflect and think about the crimes I committed in that post. And, to paraphrase
Jennifer Garner on Defense Over New Film We’ve at least made some strides. A few years ago, Hollywood attacked Middle America and Republicans with wildly open abandon; a few years ago they apologized for nothing and proudly wore their preachy
In this week’s edition of the HomeVideodrome podcast, Jim Dirkes and I discuss education documentaries, review Kevin Smith’s Red State and go through this week’s releases, including Cars 2, Cop Land, and Quigley Down Under. So be sure to go,
Nothing partisan here — just a superb speech that I think dovetails well with what I wrote the other day about “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe and the importance of this reality show trend we’re seeing that finally returns a
Come July 3, 2012, Andrew Garfield will be forever known as either the Amazing Spider-Man or the sap who ruined a perfectly good reboot. Can the British actor, who previously appeared in ‘The Social Network’ and ‘Never Let Me Go,’
As I sat in the dark watching George Clooney play Mike Morris, the Presidential candidate in ‘The Ides of March,’ I began to tense up. It was all coming back to me now. Campaigns were months of endless days, take-out
Now that George Clooney’s been involved in yet another high-profile, political box office disappointment, it’s predictably time for the Los Angeles — we read it so you don’t have to — Times to charge to the rescue with the absurd
Vera Farmiga has lit up the screen in supporting roles for the past few years, first drawing viewers’ and critics’ attention by playing a police psychologist caught between Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio in 2006’s “The Departed” before landing an
For those of you wondering why Leftist Hollywood is so enamored with Marxist thugs like Castro and Chavez, this might help to clear that up. THR: But that was before Obama took office and started to compromise on issues important
If Obama’s so smart, why the teleprompter addiction? Why “corpseman”? Why does our economy remain still-born after he enjoyed two years of having every piece of legislation he asked for passed and enacted into law? If Obama’s so compassionate why
Movie Pass: All the Movies You Can Watch for $50 a Month Would you pay $50 a month to a subscription service that allows you to see as many movies as you want in theatres for that full calendar month?
The Irish gentlemen, Jonathan Swift, once penned a scathing pamphlet in reaction to political and economical conditions in Ireland due to English policies. His satirical essay, “A Modest Proposal” reached outlandish proportions when he recommended that society make use of
In a world in such disarray, it should not be of any surprise that within only a few short days of hearing about one of the most devastating blows to the U.S. Special Operations community, some citizens are doing their
It appears as if the National Congress Party (NCP) Islamist regime of Omar Hassan al Bashir in Sudan is going to have assistance in its current extermination campaign against the black, African peoples of central Sudan’s Nuba Mountains (called “South
Hollywood elitists come in all shapes and sizes. Some are black, some are white, and some are colors in between. Most of the time, they aren’t very learned but they want to appear so (cases in point – Cher, George
Some of you might remember Indiewire’s Anthony Kaufman’s outrageously obscene and patronizing reaction when a *gasp* black conservative (Sonnie Johnson) appeared onscreen in support of Sarah Palin in “The Undefeated.” It was a revealing look at the dark side of
Inspired by Ben Shapiro’s new book, “Primetime Propaganda.” Think about a spoiled teen. His parents have given him everything he could possibly want, demanding nothing in return. His toys are piled high, his room filled with all of the latest
One of the worst Oscar years in recent memory was 2005, a year where the slate of so-called prestige pictures offered little other than self-important, self-congratulatory garbage. Hollywood has always been very good at patting itself on the back, but
I’m realizing how odd it is to complain about the Oscars or to pigeonhole the Academy’s tastes. They can get it astoundingly right (i.e., I can agree wholeheartedly) and wildly wrong (i.e., I disagree) all in the same year in
When I read Sarah Silverman’s gushing description of a “private” meeting between her and President Obama in a hotel hallway, one in which he gave her “a big hug,” my first reaction was to laugh out loud. I found it
We lost a another irreplaceable legend yesterday and one of our own, an outspoken Republican — an independent-thinking feminist in the best sense of the word. Here are some of my favorite Jane Russell quotes: –“I have always been a
Sent from Larco Lomayatdit, Juba, South Sudan, Thursday, January 6 to his readers (H/T Faith McDonnell Director, Religious Liberty Programs and Church Alliance for a New Sudan, The Institute on Religion and Democracy): Even Hollywood movie star George Clooney is
The 20th Century provided filmmakers with countless stories of heroism in the face of tyranny, hope in the midst of despair, and courage in the presence of brutality: Schindler’s List, Hotel Rwanda, The Killing Fields… The list can go on
