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Space not the final frontier for viewing movies Wed May 15

AP News
Ebert's Death Means End of An Era Wed Apr 10

Michael Medved

Roger’s sad departure from the national scene dramatizes the fact that no reviewer today enjoys that sort of influence or prominence. Networks, along with most local stations, no longer employ regular film critics and efforts to revive the old Sneak Previews format of film clips mixed with bickering commentators have all faded or failed. ... more
Roger Ebert at the Movies Sat Apr 6

Paul Greenberg

He was the fat one, Gene Siskel was the other one. That's how lots of us thought of them when they teamed up to review the movies and bicker with each other, though not necessarily in that order, back in the long ago ... when was it, the otherwise undistinguished Seventies? ... more
The Bloody Company Hollywood Keeps Fri Mar 29

Michelle Malkin

Bleeding-heart liberal Robert Redford is already the subject of early Oscar buzz. His much-hyped new film glamorizing the lives of Weather Underground domestic terrorists, "The Company You Keep," will be released in the U.S. next week. ... more
NY to exempt TV, movies under state's new gun law Wed Feb 27

AP News
Cars & Movies Mon Feb 25

Rich Galen

Let's start with my theory about the Academy Awards. I am not anti-Oscar. Neither am I anti-NBA playoffs. I want to know who won, but I don't want to sit through the agony of watching the process. ... more
Abraham Lincoln Wed Feb 20

Walter E. Williams

Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has been a box-office hit and nominated for 12 Academy Awards, including best picture, best director and best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, who portrayed our 16th president. ... more
Robert De Niro cements place in Hollywood movies Mon Feb 4

Reuters News
EgyptAir reviews in-flight movies after Islamist complaint Thu Jan 24

Reuters News
Why Conservatives Should Applaud the Movies of 2012 Thu Dec 27

John Hanlon

It isn’t unusual for an unsuspecting viewer to walk into a movie theater expecting two hours of mindless entertainment only to be surprised by a liberal political message that overshadows the proceedings. ... more
Armed, Off-Duty Cop Stops Shooter in San Antonio Mon Dec 17

Texas

Off-duty cop stops shooter at the Mayan Palace Theatre Sunday night before he could kill anyone. ... more
Hollywood Searches For God Thu Dec 6

Maggie Gallagher

Have you noticed how much of Hollywood is preoccupied with thoughts of God? ... more
Netflix gets exclusive pay TV rights for Disney movies Tue Dec 4

Reuters News
Lincoln Re-Examined Fri Nov 30

Suzanne Fields

Every schoolchild with enough smarts and curiosity to get beyond the latest video game of "Call of Duty" ought to go see "Lincoln," the movie, and check out the references and his own attention span. It requires patience, but it shows through dramatic action how a self-taught rustic from the deep backwoods had the emotional and intellectual discipline to overcome poverty and grow up to be a president to rank among the greatest. ... more
Few family films among Hollywood's holiday movies Wed Nov 14

Reuters News
New "Star Wars" movies - dream come true, or cosmic yawn? Tue Oct 30

Reuters News
Ghosts scare off gore for Halloween movies Mon Oct 29

Reuters News
"Shutter Island" Democrats Fri Oct 19

Marvin Folkertsma

Strange things can happen when you turn on TV without checking the listings first. Thus, my casual clicking on recently initially spawned charcoal scenes against a background of menacing music, deep, thumping rhythms that pounded into those caverns of imagination where echoes of fear and foreboding dwell. It seems that one of the principal characters was on a mission to foil the evil machinations of those in charge of a secret facility, one created for the purpose of treating incorrigibles from hurting themselves or others, mostly others. ... more
'Hating Breitbart' Coming to Theaters This Week Sun Oct 14

America

'Bad Boy. Whistleblower. Icon.' Hating Breitbart will be in select theaters October 19. ... more
Che Guevara—Hollywood Keeps Lying Fri Oct 12

Humberto Fontova

“Steven Soderbergh made certain his movie, “Che," about the life of revolutionary Ernesto “Che" Guevara, couldn't be attacked -- at least on a factual level,” stressed CNN Entertainment, upon the movie’s release in 2009. ... more
Crowdsourcing goes to Hollywood as Amazon makes movies Wed Oct 10

Reuters News
Oscars Make Splash in the Sewer Fri Oct 5

Brent Bozell

Anyone in Hollywood who's dreamed of hosting the Oscars telecast never imagined that the qualifications would eventually include creating cartoon dogs that love "pukesicles" and cartoon babies that eat horse sperm for breakfast. ... more
James Bond films' history as dramatic as the movies Thu Oct 4

Reuters News
Islamic Exceptionalism Fri Sep 21

Brent Bozell

The "enlightened" who claim a firm grip on the steering wheel of Western civilization see the future through a lens in which man becomes ever more perfectible as outdated religious creeds fade away. And thus the irony. ... more
Incest and Pedophilia, the New Frontier Fri Sep 14

Brent Bozell

Veteran reporter Sharon Waxman knew she'd found a new low. Reporting from the Toronto Film Festival, she revealed the viewpoint of director Nick Cassavetes, which she summarized in a headline: "Who Gives a Damn? Love Who You Want." The topic was incest. ... more