Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The Simpsons stopped being funny about a decade ago, so it’s no hardship to boycott the show. Even if it were screamingly funny, though, I’d still boycott it based on last night’s episode. I’d heard vague rumors about the episode — “The Simpsons takes on the Iraq War” — and
Continue readingBrad Pitt, who hangs with the usual Hollywood crowd, and shares his life with anti-War expert Jolie, expressed surprise at the fruits of his peers’ efforts: BRAD PITT discovered how unpopular America is across the globe when a group of drunk Dutchmen threatened to kill him because of his nationality.
Continue readingWhen it comes to Hollywood, you have to assume someone is making the following stuff up. It’s so extreme that it must be a Rove-ian plot to discredit Hollywood in the eyes of average, decent Americans. I don’t see any other explanation for a post that purports to come from
Continue readingI like movies about characters who grow and reform. That’s why one would have thought it a no-brainer that I would like 2004’s Maria Full of Grace, which we finally got the other day, via Netflix. After all, the critics raved about its main character achieving the “grace” of the
Continue readingDrudge this morning greeted me with the announcement that George Clooney has decided not to run. I think that’s a smart choice. I’ve amused myself in the past by running through a mental list of Hollywood types who have switched from movies to political office. Unless I’m missing something, it’s
Continue readingThe media buzz tonight is about Aaron Sorkin’s new show, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” What’s been a bit interesting to me is how the show lends itself to different interpretations from different sides of the political spectrum. The first thing I read about the show was Brent Bozell’s
Continue readingI finally got around to turning to TiVo and watching Monday’s Jay Leno. Jay had the actor James Woods as his first guest. I’ve never thought much about James Woods, to be honest. I knew I’ve seen him in movies but, without help from IMDB, I had no idea which
Continue readingI’ve never liked Kevin Costner the actor, but today I respect Kevin Costner the man: KEVIN COSTNER has waded into the debate about controversial new movie DEATH OF A PRESIDENT, insisting British director GABRIEL RANGE failed to consider how GEORGE W BUSH’s family would react to scenes of the US
Continue readingA surprising bit of news out of Hollywood. A group of Hollywood names — both on the screen and behind it — got together and took out a full page ad in the Los Angeles Times taking a stand against terrorism. Webloggin has a copy of the ad. Interestingly, the
Continue readingI don’t ordinarily read Time Magazine, since I decided years ago, even before my political transformation, that it held little interest for me. (Although I distinctly remember, in 1982, a “hip” young man I worked with castigating it as a conservative mag fit only for parents.) The only reason I
Continue readingWhen two people leave me messages saying I must, absolutely must, read a movie review, I take that seriously. I therefore headed over to the Washington Post and read the review for Ant Bully. I can now tell you that you must, absolutely must, read the Ant Bully review. Even
Continue readingMr. Bookworm rented a movie called Tigerland the other day, about men being trained to go off to the Vietnam War. I found it unwatchable, in large part because every other word was a filthy obscenity. There was almost no substance to the dialogue, just foul language. Thinking back, this
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