I wouldn't make a very interesting movie critic.
In my opinion, be it ever so humble, there hasn't been a really good movie made since
the 1960's. Even if the ticket prices were reasonable, and popcorn was free,
nearly every movie produced these days is a complete waste of time — or
worse. Most of the movies made in the last ten years have been nothing more or less
than leftist propaganda films, and unfortunately today's poorly educated young people
don't recognize propaganda when they see it.
The recipe for a motion picture seems to start with nudity, profanity, pointless violence, and
blasphemy. The plot (if any) is added later. Television shows are apparently built
from the same blueprints, with a little less nudity. Evidently the goal of the motion picture
industry is to normalize deviant and promiscuous behavior, coarse language, reckless driving,
explosions, and rapid gunfire.
This is probably why so many of today's teenagers act like thugs and prostitutes.
With all the fist fights, gun fights, car chases, profanity, alcohol consumption, tobacco,
drugs and fornication depicted in the movies, it's bound to have an effect on the movie-going
youth of America. Movie plots are loaded with crooked cops and lovable criminals.
In the movies, mothers are strong, so fathers are irrelevant. The kids are smart and
the adults are dumb. Regular movie-goers naturally come away with a skewed perception of
reality, and more importantly, people in other countries get a warped impression of our culture
here in the U.S.
It amazes me to see movie stars pontificate about "senseless gun violence" in America's
big cities, even though that's an essential ingredient in most of their films.
Then there are problems with the theaters themselves. The last time I saw a movie
in a theater, the sound was too loud and too bassy. The film was scratched and
dirty, the picture wobbled around on the screen, and it was out of focus around the
edges. The floor was sticky and the lady in front of me was on
her cell phone checking
for messages every fifteen minutes.
Movie theaters show advertising to people who have paid for admission. Why do
people tolerate that? You can't just go see one movie, because you will be required to
view "trailers" for several other upcoming movies. The advertised starting time for the show
is actually the starting time for the commercials and trailers. And in my opinion, no movie
is so spectacular that it would be worth five dollars to see it. Like I said, I wouldn't
make a very interesting movie critic.
Updated 3/13/2006:
This page has been split (again) so that the material about cultural and political bias on television
(as opposed to the movies) is now on
its own page.
In an earlier split, the material about the V-Chip was moved
to this page.
Updated 5/31/2006:
Environmental propaganda movie reviews are now located
here.
Hollywood
Once Hailed Offshore Drilling. In energy production, Louisiana has been well ahead of the learning
curve for decades, and offers ready proof regarding its much-hyped "perils." The first offshore oil production
platforms went up off the Louisiana coast in 1947. By 1953 Hollywood (no less!) was already hailing the
pioneering wildcatters who moved major mountains — technological, logistical, psychological,
cultural — to tap and reap this source that today provides a quarter of America's domestic
petroleum, without causing a single major oil spill in the process.
George Soros, Movie Mogul: Philanthropist
George Soros wants the medium of film to advance his goal of tilting America to the left. … Most of the documentaries
that receive Sundance funding are highly critical of some aspect of American life, capitalism or Western culture. The
projects generally share George Soros's worldview that America is a troubling if not sinister influence in the world, that the
War on Terror is a fraud and terrorists are misunderstood freedom fighters, and that markets are fundamentally unjust.
A Right Turn On Hollywood
And Vine. Not everybody in Hollywood loves Hillary or thinks that "An Inconvenient Truth" is the
only truth. So a growing number of Tinseltown conservatives have launched a counterattack to what they
call leftist films like "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Syriana."
Hollywood heavyweights set
to rake in cash. One of the first major fund-raisers for the budding Barack Obama presidential
campaign will be hosted by entertainment moguls David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg — that's the Hollywood
buzz.
Gere
and Theron Bash Bush in Venice. Richard Gere and Charlize Theron added their voices to a chorus of
stars taking swipes at the Bush administration at the Venice Film Festival. "How did we elect Bush
twice?" Gere asked rhetorically while promoting his new film, "The Hunting Party."
Soros
Anti-American Horror Propaganda Coming to a Theater Near You. Not too many commentators seem to have noticed
that George Soros is slowly but surely becoming the mainstream media that is the focus of the analysis we do at
NewsBusters. The liberal billionaire-turned-philanthropist has been buying up media properties for years in order
to drive home his message to the American public that they are too materialistic, too wasteful, too selfish, and too stupid
to decide for themselves how to run their own lives.
Drives
You Up AWOL. After five years of news footage and documentaries coming from the war in Iraq,
"Stop-Loss" is as phony as a re-enactment with finger puppets. "Stop-Loss" is a highly patriotic film,
if you happen to dream of the restored caliphate as you sleep in your Osama bin Laden pajamas.
War is hell at the box office. This is the
Hollywood primary and the results are in. Americans simply will not head to their local Cineplex to watch anything to
do with the war in Iraq, the plight faced by veterans returning home or the broader George W. Bush war on terror.
Hollywood Explodes
With Anti-War Venom. Recall, when our actors voluntarily joined the armed forces (Jimmy Stewart,
Clark Gable), when actresses manned USO canteens, when producers filmed patriotic movies to support the troops
and give America a sense of pride and shared battles. So yesterday!
The Iraq Movie Flop: The Robert Redford movie
"Lions for Lambs" has been a box-office disappointment. … It is not ordinarily big news when a movie does
poorly. Indeed, Mr. Redford's film has been savaged by critics, which makes its paltry ticket sales
even less of a surprise. Still, its weakness at the box office has been the focus of attention.
If you like old movies, read this.
Hollywood's Red Decade:
As movie-goers, theatre owners and studio shareholders endure yet another wave of anti-American box office duds,
like Rendition and Lions for Lambs, it is worth remembering that left wing propaganda has real roots in Hollywood.
And thanks to the character of our media and cultural establishment, we rarely get to hear about them.
Three
cultural trends that finally died in '07. In the last year, Hollywood dropped enough anti-war
bombs to launch its own Shock and Awe campaign. Robert Redford's star-studded Lions for Lambs was panned
by critics and moviegoers across the ideological spectrum. But the bunker-buster of box-office bombs was
Brian De Palma's Redacted, which grossed a staggeringly paltry $65,000.
War Porn: Brian De Palma's Redacted is
a movie that gives war criticism a bad name. It's a nasty piece of work — and not in a
good way. He means to shock, but his film is merely distasteful. … Some have denounced the film as
anti-American or as propaganda for al-Qaida, but that exaggerates its potency.
'Redacted' is Repulsive. Brian
DePalma's "Redacted" did something that is not easy to do: It left me briefly at a loss for words. But
given that words are what a movie review is made of, I shall select a few: Repugnant, repulsive,
anti-American propaganda. Whereas "Lions for Lambs" could have been written by a first-year college
film class, "Redacted" could have been written by the "Ministry of Information" of Iran or Hamas.
Redacted Ad Absurdum. This
fall, the Hollywood left once again cranked up its propaganda machine, flooding American theaters with
anti-military, anti-Iraqi Freedom films in hopes of capitalizing on the perceived abysmal public opinion
of the War on Terror, the Bush Administration, and the United States military. The latest of these
was Redacted, which opened in fifteen theaters on November 16.
Hollywood in
all-out assault on America's 'war on terror': A generation ago, Hollywood movies
doubting the goodwill and sincerity of the American government were invariably shot through
with a sense of paranoia — nervy, unsettling films such as The Conversation, or All the
President's Men. Now, though, with the Iraq war dragging on, the bad faith of the
US government seems to be almost a given in the movie business.
Hollywood is
casualty of war as movie-goers shun Iraq films. The wave of recent films set against the
backdrop of war in Iraq and post-9/11 security has failed to win over film-goers keen to escape grim news
headlines when they go to the movies, analysts say. … Almost without exception … the crop of
movies have struggled to turn a profit at the box-office and in many cases have received a mauling
from unimpressed critics as well.
Howard
Zinn's Revisionist 'A People's History' Comes to TV. Hollywood doesn't learn.
Even though the latest round of America-hating movies flopped, Project Greenlight producer
Chris Moore will turn "A People's History of the United States" by pop historian and
Karl Marx fanboy Howard Zinn into a TV miniseries and a feature-length documentary.
An Unmighty Film. I went
to the screening of "A Mighty Heart" — activists Brad Pitt's and Angelina Jolie's movie on the Al-Qaeda
murder of Daniel Pearl — expecting a movie with an agenda. And that is exactly what I got. That,
plus a Lifetime Channel weepy-damsel-in-distress movie of the week. Muslims are the
heroes — NOT the perpetrators — in this "Can't we all just get along?" kumbaya film ostensibly
about terrorism.
'False theology' sinks
Evan. Despite the trend among ministries to get on board with Evan Almighty, the American
Family Association is not reserving space for this weekend's release of what is billed as "a comedy of biblical
proportions." AFA cites both false theology and objectionable content in the modern-day portrayal of the
Great Flood.
Hollywood Strikes Out Again in Effort to Appeal
to Faith-Based Audience. I've produced three books ... making the case for lowering the wall of
separation between faith and entertainment. But if the result is both dumbed-down religion and comedy
as in the box office flop Evan Almighty, it may be the strongest argument yet for reinstating that wall and
keeping religion and the movies as far apart as possible.
Tell a lie often enough and it becomes the
celluloid truth. Don't hold your breath waiting for the U.S. Treasury Department to charge
filmmaker Michael Moore with treason for a trip to Cuba that may have violated a U.S. embargo. In a country
where both Democrats and Republicans work for amnesty, treason flew out the window with Benedict Arnold.
Hillary and Barack battle it out
for Hollywood elite's millions. Barack Obama's surging campaign for the White House is winning
him new friends in Hollywood, where chequebooks speak louder than political opinions and some of the most
influential entertainment industry figures are already promising big-money contributions that might otherwise
be going to Hillary Clinton.
Hollywood Hil's? Barack is
gaining. Hollywood has been a cash-spewing ATM for Sen. Hillary Clinton, but Sen. Barack Obama
may challenge her top billing when it comes to Tinseltown cash. Powerhouse agent Ari Emanuel, whose
client stable includes A-listers like Michael Douglas, Martin Scorsese, Larry David and Paris Hilton, is
set to throw a sure-to-be-star-studded bash for Obama (D-Ill.) next month.
Hollywood Export Undermines
America. According to the Pew Global Attitudes Project, foreign opinion of Americans has been
declining — especially in Europe. … When viewers turn on their TV sets in London, Paris
or Berlin, they see an endless stream of anti-free enterprise and anti-American propaganda
packaged in some of our most popular TV dramas. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Dusk for the Sundance Kid: Once
again, Hollywood is on a "let's make America look bad" binge. This is directly caused by loathing for the Bush
administration, which the entertainment left sees as a combination of the Third Reich and Emperor Nero.
Thus, a series of earnest "America is a human-rights violator" films are coming to a theater near you, and the
odds are you will ignore them.
Hollywood
economics: The irony is that the average Hollywood star who is making anti-business movies is
far wealthier than the average owners of those businesses, who are half the population of the country.
The Los Angeles Times refers to documentary "films" that are "critical of corporate power." But just what
does this vague word "power" mean when it comes to businesses?
Movie
Rated PG for Christianity, Group Says. The American Family Association is outraged. It accuses the Motion Picture Association of
America — the movie raters — of putting Christianity on the same level as sex, violence,
and profanity because it might offend non-believers.
Judge rules against
film sanitizers. Sanitizing movies on DVD or VHS tape violates federal copyright laws, and
several companies that scrub films must turn over their inventory to Hollywood studios, an appeals judge
ruled. Editing movies to delete objectionable language, sex and violence is an "illegitimate business"
that hurts Hollywood studios and directors who own the movie rights, said U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch
in a decision released Thursday [7/6/2006] in Denver.
What a Friend We Have in Hollywood.
After years of cursing the darkness about profanity, nudity and violence coming out of what collectively is
called "Hollywood" — whether the films are produced there or elsewhere — evangelicals
and others who like quality films are beginning to develop and produce their own. Two of the better
ones will be released next month.
Crooks in suits: From oil tycoon
J.R. Ewing in Dallas to corporate raider Gordon Gekko in Wall Street, businessmen have been
Hollywood's stock villains for decades. An occasional doctor, lawyer, mechanic, or teacher will be
the bad guy in a TV drama or movie, but studies show that Hollywood holds a particular hostility toward
the corporate world.
Never Mind
PG, MPAA Goes P.C.! The movie was made by Provident Films, a Tennessee-based production company
that specializes in faith-based entertainment and is owned by Sony. … The same Sony that put out The
Da Vinci Code. … Anyway, it seems that when Facing the Giants was submitted to the
MPAA, the producers … anticipated receiving a family-friendly "G" — meaning there was nothing
in the film to concern parents with young children. Instead, the board issued a "PG" rating —
because of "thematic" elements. And what elements were those? Not drugs, not violence and not
sex — but religion.
Anti-business
films are the new muckrakers. "Black Gold," now being screened at festivals and art houses, is
the latest in a growing genre of documentary films shaking up the business world. They are taking
critiques of corporate power that would once have been the province of newspapers and magazines to movie
theaters and DVD shops, where they're finding an increasingly receptive audience.
Bush
is the villain of Katrina film. Tears marked his 70-year-old cheeks as Arthur Brown, leaning on
a walking stick, walked from the film that sought to tell his story. "I think it's a great movie," said
Brown, on Spike Lee's documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.
Much more
about Hurricane Katrina.
Nobody
runs against Hollywood. The problem is that lawmakers in Washington, D.C., face two constituencies
with wildly differing levels of enthusiasm. On the outside are the American people. Across the
ideological spectrum, they are fed up with Hollywood's assault on their values, using the public airwaves they
own. On the inside are the lobbyists for the entertainment industry giants, plying members of Congress
with satchels of campaign cash and demanding only … inaction. Which has a greater effect in
politics today?
The Hollywood Left and the Real
Blacklist. Hollywood's film colony has had a long romance with the Left. Today's Hollywood,
with the help of the "mainstream" media, regularly savages those who stand up to America's enemies.
Why Hollywood
doesn't need the heartland. There was George Clooney, comically puffing his chest out
for being an 'out of touch' liberal — while receiving his Oscar for a left-leaning,
niche film ("Syriana") that relatively few people had seen. There was Rachel Weisz, picking
up a statuette for playing a shrill, anti-corporate activist in another left-leaning, niche
film ("The Constant Gardener") nobody had seen.
The impending
death of Fidel Castro: Castro may survive, but freedom-loving people the world over hope and
pray that he does not. We cannot count members of the Hollywood elite among those freedom-loving
people. In November 2002, Steven Spielberg flouted the American travel ban to Cuba by visiting
Castro personally.
How does he sleep at
night? Do you think Michael Moore sleeps well at night? I've often wondered how the
America-hating filmmaker could live with himself. After all, this is a guy who has made enormous sums
of money by manipulating Columbine massacre victims and American soldiers into being pawns in his hateful
"documentaries."
The
American way: The world of mid-twentieth century television was clean — safe
for viewing no matter what your age. Parents simply did not have to worry about what
their children were watching, or what messages they were receiving through their televisions. The 1950s,
however, are long over and modern Hollywood can't resist tampering with American icons. They want to
tear them down and rebuild them in their own image.
Silly Democratic attacks on economy.
Paul Newman is a good actor. … But Newman's politics aren't nearly as appetizing. I wish he'd stick
to what he knows. The legendary star of the silver screen wrote a fundraising letter and recorded a
message recently for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. In his letter, he accuses Republicans
in general — and the president in particular — of "fear mongering." He then
proceeds to monger fear within the hearts and minds of the recipients of his letter.
The Era of Big Cinema Is Over. As a
company town, Hollywood has always tilted to some extent or another to the left, but the studio heads who ran
it from the 1930s through the 1950s understood that its product must resonate with the American public as a
whole to make money, regardless of their filmmakers' personal politics. Or as Sam Goldwyn is frequently
attributed as saying, "Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union".
For Hollywood, the late 1960s began to mark a retreat from that philosophy.
D.C. - on screen
and unfiltered. Showing "moral majority" types as closeted bigots, perverts and hypocrites is a
grand cinematic pastime. What seems unfathomable to many liberals in Hollywood is that many religious
conservatives are in fact decent, pleasant people and that nastiness is almost an entirely independent
variable from ideology. Man-of-the-people Michael Moore is a notoriously nasty boss,
while "virtuecrat" Bill Bennett is famously fun to work for.
The Academy Awards: "Out
of Touch" and Proud of It. Maybe the Academy wanted it be a "safe show," to counter the
perception that Hollywood is overly provocative and out of touch with America. The fact that many
of the prominent movies made political statements and their host a liberal political humorist made
them play it safe, but it was boring nonetheless.
Family
values, Hollywood style. Be forewarned: this modern Shaggy Dog is really just a shabby
story — one part political correctness, one part Tinseltown morality, and one part
hogwash — all wrapped up and cunningly disguised under a pretty little Disney bow.
Entertainment
as indoctrination: Entertainment is the subtlest and most effective means of ideological
indoctrinating. It creates a psychological opening through which cultural messages bypass the
intellectual filters that arrest most input for critical analysis. Because the context for these
messages is "entertainment," they get a free pass into the mind's cultural framework, where they
compete, at a subconscious level, with established ethical and moral standards.
An Uprising
on the Right in a World That Leans Left. Something besides liberal bias is responsible for the
striking shortage of conservative nonfiction cinema at a time when filmmakers on the other end of the spectrum
are flooding screens with messages about global warming, the war in Iraq and the downside of Wal-Mart.
Blasphemy and Sexual Immorality are
Good Reasons to Miss the Da Vinci Code. A well-known pro-family media critic
advises Christians to forego seeing the movie screen adaptation of Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci
Code, and he says they should warn others to avoid the film as well.
The DaVinci Code: An attack
on the fundamental concepts of Christianity. The DaVinci Code, authored by Dan Brown, has become
one of the best selling fiction based novels of all time. However, the key word here is fiction.
The DaVinci Code is not based on historical fact, but some have elevated Brown's book into a factual narrative
of Jesus Christ's life. The DaVinci Code is not only fiction, it is also a demeaning attempt to revise
history. More important, the novel attacks the very pillars of Christianity.
Why Ears Itch for the Theology
of The Da Vinci Code Film. When a book as popular as The Da Vinci Code claims that
aspects of its story are based on fact, it may as well have thrown down a gauntlet to relentless hordes of
apologists and historians. The response didn't take long. The major source material for The Da
Vinci Code is Holy Blood, Holy Grail, a book that was dismissed by historians as pseudo-history
shortly after its publication in 1982.
The Da Vinci Code: What it
Means … And What it Doesn't. While people do think Brown's work is fiction, they fear that
other people will think it's real history and they're threatened by the very possibility. To that end,
there was a real stink raised over the popularity of the book. A variety of books were published in
"response" to "The Da Vinci Code," most of them claiming to "debunk" the book. Of course, by claiming
the book needed debunking at all just lent further credibility to what is still just a work of
fiction! But that didn't seem to matter to those who were worried.
The Top Ten Da Vinci Code
Distortions: Dan Brown's murder mystery novel presents a problem for Christians. A 2005
Canadian survey showed that one-third of those who have read the book believe that it is factual. The
Da Vinci Code has sold more than 42 million copies. … Serious Christians will see through
the many lies and historical fictions that Brown plants throughout the book, but millions will believe that
this profoundly dishonest book contains at least some "truth" about Jesus and the church.
"The Da Vinci
Code": Cashing in on defaming Christ. Speaking lies to spark a controversy may sell
books, but it also breaks a law written even before Mary Magdalene was born: "Thou shall not bear
false witness against your neighbor." "The Da Vinci Code" bears false witness because it falsifies
the historical record of Christ, who is both true God and true man. In violating the Eighth
Commandment, it strikes at the First and Second.
No passion against
the "code". When Mel Gibson introduced "The Passion of the Christ" into the public conversation,
Hollywood had a lot to say about it. Now Hollywood is offering its response with the upcoming release
of "The DaVinci Code," inviting commentary not on that movie, but on Hollywood itself.
Critics Universally Pan 'The Da Vinci
Code' Movie. Ron Howard's movie, "The Da Vinci Code" … has been roundly condemned by
critics who previewed it.
"V" for Vicious
Propaganda. If you liked the politics of last weekend's Oscar nominees, you'll
love "V for Vendetta." It's an exciting, quality Bin Laden film. But if you're like
the rest of mainstream America — you support our troops, believe in firmly responding to
terrorists on our own shores, and/or respect Christianity — then, don't waste your time
at this piece of garbage masquerading as a superhero movie. It is anything but.
Terrorist Heroes: Hollywood has
positioned the comic-book world as a farm team for its big-screen blockbusters. It was only a
matter of time, then, before the world of costumed heroes collided with the film industry's
increasingly dominant political consciousness. The result is "V for Vendetta," a mildly
entertaining dystopian pulp adventure weighed down by some of the most muddled political messages
to land on multiplex screens in a long time.
V is for Read the Book Instead.
"People shouldn't fear their governments, governments should fear their people." This line from the
movie "V for Vendetta" seems to have convinced libertarian luminaries like the Ludwig von Mises Institute
and Lew Rockwell that it is a libertarian movie. It isn't. The thing is, it could have
been. In bringing it to the screen, the Wachowski Brothers have insulted a great work.
V for Vendetta: You know the film has
gone far astray when writer Alan Moore, a self-confessed anarchist, criticizes the film's
politics. … Originally conceived as an extreme, anarchistic response to an extreme,
fascist government in the near future, V for Vendetta has been translated, with a terrorist
hero at its center, into a vicious, thinly veiled attack on American conservatives and Christians.
The Top 10 Unhinged
Celebrities.
When
playing the race card doesn't work. I can't prove it, but I have a theory that Freedomland,
an over-the-top allegory on racism clumsily wrapped in thriller garb, was supposed to be one of Sony's
Academy award contenders this year.
Go
Left, Young Men. Hollywood salutes the sexually perverse and politically correct in Oscar
nominations.
Syriana
feeds our enemies hatred. Nothing tells you more about Hollywood than what it chooses
to honor. Nominated for best foreign film is "Paradise Now," a sympathetic portrayal of two
suicide bombers. Nominated for best picture is "Munich," a sympathetic portrayal of yesterday's
fashion in barbarism: homicide terrorism. But until you see "Syriana," nominated for
best screenplay … you have no idea how self-flagellation and self-loathing pass for complexity
and moral seriousness in Hollywood.
Losers and Perverts in
Hollywood: Sick and tired of Hollywood's assault on traditional values? A group in
Rochester, New York decided to do something about it. Viewers Insulted by Loser Entertainment, known
by the acronym VILE, staged a protest at a local theater against the pro-homosexual propaganda film,
"Brokeback Mountain," which is up for an Academy Award on March 5 and has already received four
Golden Globes.
Rev. Sheldon Speaks Out
Against "Brokeback Mountain". The homosexual/bisexual-themed film "Brokeback
Mountain" is being showered with awards and has already earned eight Oscar nominations. The
politically-correct film is simply one more example of Hollywood's efforts to normalize homosexual
behaviors and to vilify any one who criticizes homosexual behaviors.
"Brokeback" Awarded GLAAD
Prize. Brokeback Mountain took home the top honor at the 17th Annual
GLAAD Media Awards Monday [3/27/2006] … "Finally, an award that actually means something
to me," the director [Ang Lee] said. … Oprah Winfrey also managed to get in on the award
action, nabbing a trophy for Outstanding Talk Show Episode thanks to a coming-out-themed show
titled "When I Knew I Was Gay."
Breakouts:
While admittedly, Brokeback did well at the box office, its audience was exactly whom you
would have predicted all along: people in the Northeast and on the West Coast. The
film made far more money in Canada than in the Great Plains or the Rocky Mountain states.
And the Oscar
Goes to … Liberalism and Deviant Sex? This year's Oscar nominees include stories of
homosexual sheep herders, a transvestite, and Japanese prostitutes. Still other nominees promote
a liberal bias on the issues of terrorism, police brutality, and communism during the Cold War.
A
'Brokeback' backlash: Fate is indeed fickle. Who would have guessed that in this year's
Oscar voting, "Brokeback Mountain," a fine risky movie about a gay love affair, would surge ahead of "Capote,"
a movie about a gay celebrity journalist, only to be edged out for the best-movie Oscar by a fine, yet
risky, movie about racism?
Blowback Mountain:
61,061 Protest Brokeback Mountain
Oscar Nominations. More than 61,000 Americans joined Dr. Gary Cass today [3/3/2006] in a
letter of outrage protesting the eight Oscar nominations for Brokeback Mountain, a film that movie critic
Ted Baehr has called a "twisted, laughable, frustrating, plotless and boring piece of homosexual,
neo-Marxist propaganda."
Losers and Perverts in
Hollywood: Sick and tired of Hollywood's assault on traditional values? A group in
Rochester, New York decided to do something about it. Viewers Insulted by Loser Entertainment, known
by the acronym VILE, staged a protest at a local theater against the pro-homosexual propaganda film,
"Brokeback Mountain," which is up for an Academy Award on March 5 and has already received four
Golden Globes.
Oscar's thumbs up
for pimps. Prostitution may be the world's oldest profession, but now, apparently, it's
also an honorable one — at least in the eyes of the pushers of pop culture, who have discovered its
rebellious charm.
Protecting
Muhammad: We see a big storm brewing, brought on by the Danish newspaper's publication
of caricatures of Muhammad. … Iconoclastic expressions in America are broadly condemned as being
in bad taste. However, there is certainly freedom in America to deride Christ. This is
done every day on Broadway, and every other day in Hollywood. Americans do not take up arms in
protest. Derisory material at the expense of Jews is permitted only if the executioner is
a Jewish comedian.
Golden Globes Goes
Political. Concerned Women for America (CWA) says that by winning four awards,
Brokeback Mountain was the clear victor at last night?s Golden Globes award ceremony. About
male homosexual sheepherders who hide their affair for decades, the movie has garnered critical
accolades with limited showings in selected theatres, while a massive public relations campaign
paves the way for more mainstream success — and, seemingly more important, spreading acceptance
of homosexuality.
Unfair and
unbalanced: George Clooney has become the commander in chief of Hollywood's
anti-Bush forces. In the conspiracy thriller Syriana, he porks up to put his weight
as an actor behind the idea that the Iraq war was fought for oil and that the CIA assassinates
foreign politicians who threaten the Texaco flow.
Al Gore: the second
coming. Celebrity took an unusually nerdy form at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The
man everyone wanted to meet, talk to and be seen with wasn't a film star or daring new director. It
was a politician, who is in his sixth year of retirement and more famous for what he didn't achieve
than for what he did.
[Why do leftist politicians and film makers go hand in hand?]
Politics Makes For Bad Movies; Bad Movies
Make For Worse Politics. First, Hollywood loves to make lefty movies that the elites love
and the masses loathe. Second, even though the movies don't do well financially, they do succeed
in fouling the political climate such that drug companies put themselves and their shareholders' money
at risk by getting into the media crosshairs. And third, the diseases that are thereby neglected
get worse, and millions of people die.
Clooney Smears Senator McCarthy. Anyone
viewing the George Clooney film, "Good Night and Good Luck," should bear in mind that media skill does not
necessarily reflect historical truth. … The movie begins with an outright falsehood and ends
with a monumental disingenuous half-truth that insults one's intelligence.
Hollywood Surrenders to Terrorists.
Steven Spielberg is a gifted and influential filmmaker. His latest creation, Munich, about the
aftermath of the bloody attack on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, is superbly
crafted, as one would expect. But … it is typical liberal Hollywood propaganda, designed to
convince the public that the real threat to America comes from the Bush Administration, not the
terrorists that it seeks to capture or kill.
Harry Belafonte: Bush
is "the Greatest Terrorist in the World". During a visit with Venezuela's far-left President
Hugo Chavez, actor/singer Harry Belafonte, a UNICEF "goodwill ambassador," denounced President George W.
Bush as "the greatest tyrant in the world" and "the greatest terrorist in the world" and proclaimed to
Chavez that "millions of the American people, millions support your revolution."
Munich
lies. The camera always lies. That is one of my most dearly held beliefs, and
an early screening of Steven Spielberg's "Munich," which I saw last week, provides me with more
evidence. The camera always lies — and Steven Spielberg lies quite a lot too, at least
when he uses a camera pursuant to his Art.
Hollywood
still leery of religion. You can have school teachers assign students to read books
about rape, drug addiction, and accepting homosexuality as normal, but there better not be a
Christian metaphor on the reading list.
Ban
Torture? Not on the Silver Screen. What does Hollywood think about
torture? … Politically, the entertainment community is fairly two-dimensional in its
liberalism. But artistically — and to its credit — Hollywood
seems to grasp that life can be morally complicated. After all, tactics that qualify as
torture for the "anti" crowd show up in film and television every day.
Ratings Offers Parents Poor Guide to
Movie Content. [Ed Vitagliano] warns that parents should not be convinced of a movie's
propriety for family viewing based solely on its rating. He says more and more moms and dads are
experiencing a growing sense of "ratings creep," where what was once unacceptable for a certain movie
rating is increasingly seen under that rating, until it becomes commonplace.
Hollywood:
rotten to the Corps. It's pretty clear that those making movies in Tinsel Town don't know
any real men like Aaron Mankin. They apparently prefer cowardice over courage; witless whiners to
real patriots; gutless wimps and hollow phonies to men who know the meaning of self-sacrifice and
integrity. That's the only conclusion one can draw after seeing Hollywood's latest
anti-military travesty — "Jarhead."
Movies advance a world view that derides patriotism,
faith, and traditional American values.
Unserious
Syriana: How hopeless is Hollywood? More than four years after the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, America's movie moguls seem to have not a clue about who attacked us or why, or
what sort of war we're fighting.
Are
you now or have you ever been a second-rate filmmaker? As noted here previously, George
Clooney's movie "Good Night, and Good Luck," about pious parson Edward R. Murrow and Sen.
Joseph McCarthy, failed to produce one person unjustly accused by McCarthy. Since I
described McCarthy as a great American patriot defamed by liberals in my 2003 book, "Treason," liberals
have had two more years to produce a person — just one person — falsely
accused by McCarthy. They still can't do it.
Why
run away from a "G"?. A new study by the Dove Foundation demonstrated
that Hollywood may not love money as much as it loves its "adult" themes of sexual
perversion, violent death and ear-bending profanity.
Fewer dirty words equals bigger
box office for PG films. A new study by The Nielsen Co. found that the PG-rated movies with the
least profanity made the most money at the U.S. box office. Sexuality or violence in those films had less
to do with success than the language, the Nielsen PreView group said in a study being released today [3/13/2008].
Hollywood's
Real Motive — It's Not Money. Why do producers consistently
claim they're "just giving moviegoers what they wanted"? … They are motivated by
the desire to impact viewers with a message — their "artistic vision" of
reality. Now we know the real reason the movie industry eschews family friendly
films for movies steeped in sexuality, brutality and obscenity. The driving force
for too many directors is an agenda that not only calls into question, but also
undermines traditional morality.
Hollywood's eye
contact with social issues: One of my favorite tidbits about Hollywood that I've gleaned from
the starstruck press is that a great many of its most accomplished stars don't allow their staffs to look
them in the eye. I'm not making this up. It has been reported that Barbra Streisand not only
discourages eye contact among staff, but that she required hotel workers to leave her presence only by
walking backward.
Hollywood family
values. At the Oscars, George Clooney declared he was "proud to be out of touch." Movies
and TV, he suggested, can help change the world, one wicked human heart at a time.
Do movies cause
smoking? Anti-smoking activists assert that smoking is more common in movies
than it is in real life.
Editor's Note:
Find a TV station that shows re-runs of Perry Mason. It's entertaining, but evidently the
show was originally sponsored by a cigarette manufacturer, because the show leaves you with the
impression that in 1960, everybody smoked. (And there was a gun in every desk
drawer.) Remember, many of these same "activists" are the people who made fun of
Vice President Quayle when they accused him of not knowing that Murphy Brown was a ficitional
character, after Murphy Brown flaunted her unmarried state of maternity. You do
remember that, right?
Flicks and
ashes: Is it even conceivable that exposure to movies and advertising
causes 86 percent of smoking? That all other factors in life together
contribute only 14 percent? At least as offensive as such patently absurd
claims is the premise that every filmmaker should make his work conform to the dictates
of the health nannies.
Shut up and
act. Hollywood keeps trying to remake the world in its own image, even if it doesn't
sell to the viewing audience. And it's not just political shows that fall flat. NBC's new
series "The Book of Daniel" has not only flopped in the ratings battle, it has scared off viewers and
sponsors with its in-your-face iconoclasm.
Help! I'm a
Hollywood Republican! Hollywood people are glamorous. But that's
about it. They are ill informed about jihad. They are ill informed about
Islam. They are ill informed about Israel, the PA, Iraq, Afghanistan. They
are ill informed about U.S. history, the Constitution, etc. The truth is, the
movie people I've met are ignorant about most everything — save the weekend
grosses of the top ten films. That they know like human computers.
Michael
Jackson: Hollywood's man in the mirror. The Michael Jackson story is
an extremely exaggerated microcosm of Hollywood's moral climate. Hollywood is ruled
by a class of people who believe that money solves problems and that the worst sin in the
world is to judge another person's behavior.
The
MJ in the rest of us: Celebrity, high and low, is judged by double
standards. We forgive the talented their sins because we appreciate their talents.
For
politics' sake: Artists can't fathom why John Kerry lost. The
prize for the most unintentionally humorous reason given by a liberal for why President
Bush defeated John Kerry — in a contest with many entries — has to go
to Alan Woods, an Ohio State drama professor quoted in the Chicago Tribune: "We are now
reaping, in election results, the consequences of the colossal reductions in art
education." Mr. Woods was trying to figure out why Americans reelected the
president even though the nation's artists told them not to.
The
re-whitewashing of Alfred Kinsey: Hollywood has long been a purveyor
of cultural poison, and a magnet for individuals to whom shame is a foreign
concept. The trap of letting the facts get in the way of the weaving of a
yarn that serves their ends is one they have always dodged quite artfully, but
never has the disconnect between image and reality been as acute as
in one of their latest efforts, Kinsey.
Promoting
Kinsey, Censoring Grandma. It isn't the acting, the directing, or
the "production values" that are creating all the media buzz about this supposedly
must-see "biopic." No, the major media have been hyping this movie to the skies
because of its subjects: Kinsey himself and the "sexual revolution" that
Kinsey was so instrumental in spawning. Kinsey has become a sort of god
for the sex cult that dominates the higher circles of our major cultural and
educational institutions: the media/entertainment cartel and academia.
Author
Calls Kinsey Film Propaganda for a Pervert. A movie about controversial
sex researcher Alfred Kinsey is opening this weekend [11/20/2004] across the United
States. Meanwhile, his leading critic claims the cover-up of the truth about Kinsey
continues. Dr. Judith Reisman is a researcher and author who been working for more
than 20 years to debunk what she terms Dr. Alfred Kinsey's "junk science." She
has written a number of books that expose the facts about the doctor's so-called research
and says the new film, Kinsey, is just the latest attempt to conceal the facts about the
man who has been undeservedly touted and lionized as a pioneer in the exploration of
human sexuality.
Bush bashing during
shows could backfire for Democrats. As frustrating as it is for the liberal
activists sponsoring the tour to acknowledge, they know most voters aren't especially
attracted by that kind of message. It's even likely that a significant number of
people buying tickets don't hate the president at all. They just like music.
Does America Need
Hollywood? Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) argued in the House Judiciary Committee that
the issue is not about "one company or one technology. "It has always been about the
ultimate rights of parents to limit the profanity, sex, and violence that their children
are exposed to in the privacy of their own home? No one can argue with a straight face that
it should be against the law to skip over a few pages or even entire chapters of a
book. So, too, it should not be illegal to skip over a few words or scenes
in a movie."
Bush
vs. Clark's kooks. Turning reality upside down is easy when you live
in the world of people like actress Janeane Garofalo, who proclaimed on MSNBC just
hours after the inauguration festivities: "George W. Bush is unelectable, in my
opinion." This isn't dissent. It's beyond denial. Welcome to
liberal dementia.
American Film
Renaissance: For the good or bad, in today's America, the
film industry profoundly influences the pace and direction of American
cultural life. Our movie screens have now become the primary front
in the cultural war waged between the traditional and the modern, the
spiritual and the secular. For far too long, the film industry has
used its influence to create movies advancing a world view that derides
patriotism, faith, and traditional American values. But for filmmakers
and movie-goers alike, the AFR offers an opportunity to consider film works
encompassing a view of America that represents pride, humility, and
appreciation for our great nation.
Shut
Up and Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN are Subverting
America. Meet the elites. They think you're
stupid. They think all freedom loving Americans are stupid. They
think patriotism is stupid. They think churchgoing is stupid. They
think flag-flying is stupid. They despise families with more than
two children. They are sure that where we live - anywhere but
near or in a few major cities - is an insipid cultural
wasteland. In this refreshing book Ingraham probes the
condescending elitism of liberals in politics and entertainment.
Flustered
film critics and "The Passion": Ann Hornaday of the
Washington Post complained first not about the artistry but the
history. The film "engages in some troubling assumptions, for
starters, by treating the Bible's four Gospels as literal eyewitness
accounts of Jesus' arrest, torture and crucifixion." A reader might
wonder: If critics like Hornaday were so tremendously concerned with
historical accuracy, what would she have said about "The Last Temptation
of Christ," Martin Scorsese's Christ-mangling film of 1988?
More Hollywood
Hate for Kerry to Ignore: Beat "Madman" Bush. The pro-Kerry outfit
MoveOn has teamed with Hollywood heavyweights including Rob Reiner, Matt Damon,
Kevin Bacon, Scarlett Johansson, John Sayles, Ed Asner, Margaret Cho and Al Franken
to unleash Bush-bashing ads (10 of them, according to the
Associated Press; 14, according to USA Today) for TV and the Internet.
Rock
of Hatred. Liberal-leaning artists, includingBruce Springsteen, Pearl
Jam, R.E.M. and the Dixie Chicks, have announced that they will tour under the banner
"Vote for Change" with the express purpose of replacing President Bush with Sen.
John Kerry. [They] are entitled to express their views, but it is hypocritical
and arrogant of them to demand that others refrain from criticizing them. Artists
who have made millions from fans of all political views must be willing to pay
the price for injecting politics into their performances.
They like the
music, not the politics. One local man who makes his living pretending to be
Bruce Springsteen won't be attending Springsteen's concert Tuesday in St. Paul. Tim
Sigler, lead singer of the Minnesota Springsteen tribute band Lucky Town, said he won't buy a
ticket. He may find a way to sneak in between his own shows, but he doesn't want to pay
to support the organizations that will benefit from the concert: progressive
organizations MoveOn.org and America Coming Together.
The
lost patriots of Hollywood: Box-office patriotism is dead. And
so I ask: If Hollywood refuses to support America, why should we
support Hollywood?
GOP
Hijacked by "Fundamentalist Wackos," Actor Says. Actor
Alec Baldwin slammed the influence of religious conservatives on
Wednesday [July 28, during the Democrats' convention], telling Democrats
that the Republican Party "has been hijacked by these fundamentalist
wackos." The audience, which included Democratic National Committee Chairman
Terry McAuliffe, greeted Baldwin's comment with sustained applause.
Editor's Note:
Isn't this the guy who said he would leave the country if
George W. Bush won the election? What's the holdup?
Cider
House: Rotten to the Core. The Cider House Rules, recently released
by Disney subsidiary Miramax, portrays abortion as "the work of the Lord," in hope that
pregnant women will seek out the "miracle" of death.
Farenheit
9/11: All heat, no light. Fahrenheit 9/11 is disgusting, pathetic propaganda
without the slightest shred of integrity. Reasonable arguments against the war
in Iraq exist — but this unbalanced screed displays none of them.
Unfairenheit 9/11: The lies of Michael Moore. To
describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of
respectability. To describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. Fahrenheit 9/11 is
a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of
abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of "dissenting" bravery.
Tables turned on Fahrenheit 9/11's
maker. The latest assault on Moore's film-making techniques has come from an unexpected quarter.
In Manufacturing Dissent, a documentary to be shown for the first time at a Texas film festival on
Saturday, a pair of left-wing Canadian film-makers take Moore to task for what they describe as a disturbing
pattern of fact-fudging and misrepresentation.
Independence Institute finds 56 Deceits In "Fahrenheit
911". There are many articles which have pointed out the distortions, falsehoods, and lies in the
film Fahrenheit 911. This report compiles the Fahrenheit 911 deceits which have
been identified by a wide variety of reviewers. In addition, author Dave Kopel identifies some inaccuracies
which have not been addressed by other writers. The report follows the approximate order in which the
movie covers particular topics: the Bush family, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. This report focuses
solely on factual issues, and not on aesthetic criticism of the film.
Michael
Moore Lies & Distortions Documented.
The Mainstream Media and the
War: The conclusions of Fahrenheit 9/11 have no basis in fact or reality. Michael
Moore presents Iraq as a peaceful, beautiful nation destroyed by American military action. President Bush is
portrayed as a warmonger, slaughtering innocent civilians — including women and children —
to enrich the oil industry. Moore has positioned himself as the American spokesman for al Qaeda.
Fahrenheit 9/11 is Having a "Devastating"
Impact on Military Morale. A soldier deployed overseas says "young and impressionable" soldiers
just returned from Iraq deployments are "being made to feel ashamed" of their service.
Michael Moore's Trashy Movie:
The movie's diatribes, sometimes amusing and sometimes manifestly unfair, will not change any views. They
will simply cheapen the national debate and reinforce the opinions on both sides.
Giuliani
Doesn't Need Moore to Tell Him About 9/11. Former New York
mayor Rudy Giuliani made a splash Thursday morning [7/29/2004] when he told
a roomful of cheering Republicans that Michael Moore's "
Fahrenheit 9/11" film would carry no weight with him.
Yes, I
Gave Michael Moore Money. The danger in Fahrenheit 9/11 is not
that everyone who sees it will go home believing that the Saudis "own seven percent of
America" and control our foreign policy, or that President Bush is a lazy idiot. Anyone
who believes this is already beyond help. Rather, what we have to worry about is the
uninformed people who will see the movie — or even hear about it from
others — and allow such lies and propaganda to dissuade them from supporting
the War on Terror that we must win.
"Fahrenheit 9/11"
Shown on Prime Time TV in Cuba. U.S. director Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit
9/11" was shown on prime time Cuban state-run television on July 28 [2004] after playing to packed cinemas
for a week. In a country with a deep-seated distrust of U.S. governments, the film has generated widespread
public interest and added to a recent barrage of official criticism of President Bush.
Newspaper: Moore
faked its headline. An Illinois newspaper has accused filmmaker Michael Moore
of "falsely representing" its front page in his blockbuster "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Liberals
hate fellow Americans more than Islamists. Theaters are filling up with
fans of Michael Moore — a propagandist who makes Oliver Stone look like Alistair
Cooke. Moore is, of course, free to say that the war on terror is a clever cover story
for George W. Bush's attempt to line his own pockets. Or to suggest that as nasty
as bin Laden is, he is nowhere near as bad as our president.
Moore
Distortions in Fahrenheit 9/11. Fahrenheit 9/11 cheapens genuine
debate and belittles those who died from terrorist aggression.
Pinstripes and Black Hats: Businessmen
are Hollywood's Favorite Bad Guys. The Washington-based Media Institute
has found that by the age of 18, the average TV viewer has seen businessmen attempt more
than ten thousand murders and countless lesser offenses, all in the name of greed.
The Michael Moore
of Fast Food: How does a film-industry nobody become the liberal elite's favorite
filmmaker? By trashing the world's most successful corporation.
The Gulf Stream's existence is a consequence of the large-scale wind system over
the North Atlantic Ocean, and of the nature of fluid motion on a rotating
planet. The only way to produce an ocean circulation without a Gulf Stream is
either to turn off the wind system, or to stop the Earth's rotation, or both.
-- Carl Wunsch
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology *
Hollywood
Heads in the Sand: Can anyone remember the last time Hollywood seemed so
bummed out over a film making a boatload of money at the box-office? ... Hollywood
may not have learned much from the success of The Passion. But we've learned
a lot about Hollywood.
All
of a Sudden, Newsweek is Concerned About Kids Viewing R-rated Movies. Newsweek's
mockery of Mel Gibson's effort to convey an accurate depiction of the
last 12 hours of Christ's life reflects the magazine's uneasiness
with religion. But it is no wonder why a film like The Passion
of the Christ literally terrifies liberal elites.
Hollywood's
death row fetish: Celebrity hairdos and hemlines may change, but there's
one fashion accessory that never goes out of style at the Oscars: Death Row inmates.
Stopping
movie "ratings creep": In a survey of movies from 1992 to 2003, Professor
Kimberly Thompson found "today's movies contain significantly more violence, sex and
profanity on average than movies of the same rating a decade ago." But more
importantly, today's PG-13 movies pack about the same dose of sex, violence and
foul language that used to earn films an R rating a decade ago, a problem defined
as "ratings creep."
Quotas
for Hollywood: Name a business group more identifiably liberal than the
folks who run Hollywood. One would be hard-pressed to name a "conservative"
executive — outside of Rupert Murdoch — in Tinseltown. Hollywood
historically gives far more money to Democrats than to Republicans.
Whatever
Happened to the Family Film? Of the top 20 moneymaking films of all
time, not a single one is rated R, and of the top 50, only five are
rated R - with the remainder being G or PG. Don't these figures
make you wonder what's wrong with Hollywood just from a business point of view? Why,
in the face of these statistics, does Hollywood keep putting out so many non-family oriented
movies?
Movie snack business suffering from
declining box-office numbers. Moviegoers tend to stuff themselves full of salty popcorn
and sweet candy. But when people steer clear of the multiplex — as audiences have
done for three consecutive years — manufacturers of theater snacks are left with a sour
taste in their mouths.
[Here's an idea: Just show good movies, and snack bar profits won't be a problem. On the
other hand, perhaps the consumers are just saying $3.00
for Milk Duds is
a little too much.
Michael
Moore's Call to Arms: While Michael Moore was delivering his infamous
speech at the Academy Awards, every single documentary filmmaker nominated for an
Oscar stood behind him in solidarity. The fact that liberals dominate the industry is
even more significant given the recent changes in campaign finance laws. Moore
and his fellow filmmakers are free to embed their opinions in movies, but citizens
who want to finance political ads will discover new limits to their freedom
of speech.
Murder
and the "anti-gay": Academics who study popular culture marvel at how
Hollywood has used its propagandistic powers to sell social issues. This normally means
persuading by any dramatic means necessary that traditional values are not only wrong
but archaic, even dangerous.
SUVs and
Terrorism: Arianna Huffington Version 5.0. If Arianna is
really concerned about U.S. use of Saudi oil or even foreign oil in
general, she could support exploration in areas of the United States such as barren
stretches of Alaska or off all three of our major coasts. Or she might try to encourage
her friends to sell their 10,000-square-foot houses in Bel Air and live in apartment
buildings. Or get them to stop flying in fuel-guzzling private jets. She might want
to tell producer Norman Lear, one of her financial backers, to tear down what the Los
Angeles Times reports is "a garage for 21 cars… which stands 45 feet
tall." As a minor sacrifice, her Hollywood pals might actually drive those little
hybrid cars they have bought instead of taking limousines. Or take the bus.
Misleading
movie ratings: It is a fact that R-rated movies do significantly worse at
the box office on average than do movies with PG or G ratings. Nevertheless, despite
that fact, Hollywood makes mostly R-rated movies. In other words, Hollywood disregards
its own economic incentives to make wholesome, family-friendly movies in favor of making
the kinds of movies people in Hollywood like.
Backstreet
Boy's Off-Key Junk Science Crusade: It's time for this overgrown Boy to
shave his goatee, go back to school, and get out of the spotlight.
Hollywood
Leftists: You Pay, We Insult. Some celebrities embrace feel-good liberal
causes as a way of saying, "Don't hate me because I'm rich and famous."
Hollywood Actors: False American Idols.
"How could such a destructive man be so popular with the American people?" singer Barbra Striesand asks about
George W. Bush's popularity. After all, she didn't vote for him. This arrogant mind-set is
reminiscent of theater critic Pauline Kael's reaction to Richard Nixon's landslide presidential victory over
George McGovern in 1972. "How can that be?" she supposedly said. "No one I know voted for Nixon."
Elia Kazan Should Be Honored Because of His
Testimony. Almost without exception, the obituaries of Elia Kazan — while
praising his enormous talent as a director — are critical of his testimony against Hollywood
communists. According to some, Kazan, a former member of the Communist Party, should never be forgiven
for naming names of fellow party-members before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Who Should Run America? Hollywood or the White
House? As American troops and our allies prepare to write a new future for the people of Iraq
and throughout the Middle East, who would you prefer to make the critical decisions? The White House
lead by President Bush or the anti-war protesters led by a gaggle of Hollywood actors and singers?
When Hollywood Went to War: It only took
60 years for Hollywood to go from producing war heroes to a group of hypocrites and pacifists, none of
whom would be free to make movies without America's Revolutionary War.
Antidotes for Jessica Simpson
syndrome: The same "progressive" Hollywood celebrities who sneer at President Bush's mediocre
college grades work in an industry that has long prided itself on, and profited from, popularizing anti-intellectualism.
Betting Against the U.S. Could Be Detrimental
to One's Hollywood Career: A media watchdog says several Hollywood celebrities have egg on their
faces, now that their predictions of gloom and doom in Iraq have turned out to be completely wrong.
Hollywood Appeasers Cash In on
Anti-U.S. Rants. Don't believe the whining of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon and other Tinseltown
leftists who claim they're paying a price for opposing Operation Iraqi Freedom. They're getting rich from
their anti-U.S. activism, according to the liberal Washington Post.
Time's "Person" of the Year: American Values, or Media
Values? I remember as a child eagerly awaiting Time magazine's choice of its Man of the Year each
year. I believed that there were great men and great events in the world that I needed to know about, and that
there was a great arbiter of them -- Time -- that somehow make the great even greater by recognizing them as
great.
Hollywood Westerns, Guns, and Property
Rights: The death of the western movie has matched the replacement of courage in this
culture -- and the replacement of justice. The masters of the media prefer
disarmed citizens.
Shallow Hollywood Double Standard: "Shallow
Hal" attributes no character flaws to people who consume too much food and burn too little energy, the primary
cause of obesity. But cigarette smoking, that's different.
In Movie Theater
Ads, Actor Martin Sheen Attacks Proposed ANWR Drilling.
Hollywood's Celebrity Bush
Bashers: Speaking of embarrassments, has Alec Baldwin defected to Cuba yet? The actor was
one of dozens of celebrity blowhards who reportedly threatened to leave the country if Bush were
elected [the first time].
Intolerant Hollywood Hounds
Actress Suspected of Being - Gasp! - a Republican
Hypocrites
& Wackos Top NRA Rosie Awards List
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