What the New York Times critic sees as prudishness and Victorian repression in the Twilight books and movie may actually be a sign of hope for the American culture. —Analysis by Mike D’Virgilio.
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Thanksgiving Day Wish
Our Thanksgiving Day wish for our readers: May you have a blessed Thanksgiving Day. Please take time to consider the bountiful blessings that have been given to this great country, and think about the best ways to preserve and strengthen them.
Intolerant Homosexual Activists Force Resignation of LA Film Festival Director
A film festival director has been forced to resign his position because he supported California’s successful Proposition 8 referendum that prevented the state courts from forcing all the state’s citizens to recognize same-sex marriages.
‘Colbert Christmas’ TV Special Includes Surprisingly Sincere Moment
TV comedian Steve Colbert’s Christmas special is pleasingly nonpolitical, though not particularly funny. It has its moments, however, including a brief but surprisingly sincere reflection on the meaning of the season.
‘Twilight’ Leads at Box Office with Unexpectedly Strong Performance
U.S. movie audiences continued their trend of avoiding political and arty films and sticking to genre entertainment this past weekend, as the teen vampire movie Twilight led with an impressive $70.6 million U.S. box office take.
‘Moneyed Vultures’ Behind Finance Crisis Indicate Nation’s Elitism
Mike Gray points out that the current problems in the U.S. financial sector, while disturbing, are nothing new. In fact, they’re a manifestation of a long-term cultural problem: the failure to recognize who truly should have authority over the nation’s money. The unconstitutional rule of elite "experts" over the nation’s money supply is a powerful example of the Progressive belief that a free people cannot govern themselves and thus must have their money and personal investments managed and manipulated by their "betters."
‘Chinese Democracy’ Interesting and Enjoyable, Though Not Groundbreaking
Fourteen years in the making—or more likely, fourteen years in the avoiding—Guns ‘n’ Roses’ new album, Chinese Democracy, will hit the stores this Sunday. S. T. Karnick critiques the album, track by track, as it has been made available for preview at the band’s MySpace page.
Conclusion of ‘A Clockwork Orange’ Has Important Social Implications
Given the importance of the issue of personal responsibility in current cultural and social issues, I’m reproducing here, in edited form, my analysis of the conclusion of Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange, from our discussion in the Comments section of my recent article on the book. As I note in this analysis, the last chapter of the book is crucial in refuting ultilitarian arguments for statism and its destuctive effect on individual freedom.
‘Quantum of Solace’ Opens Big at U.S. Box Office
The new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, opened very strongly at the U.S. box office, bringing a healthy $70.4 million in its first weekend.
James Bond’s Distrust of Superiors Reaches New Heights in ‘Quantum of Solace’
The new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, is an entertaining and thought-provoking entry in the series. Its use of American action film conventions is both a strength and a weakness, however.
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