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‘Valentine’s Day’ Movie Does Big Business, ‘Percy’, ‘Wolfman’ Also Strong

February 15, 2010
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‘Valentine’s Day’ Movie Does Big Business, ‘Percy’, ‘Wolfman’ Also Strong

Hollywood had a record weekend at the U.S. box office during the past few days, with the comedy Valentine’s Day bringing in a startling $66.9 million over the four-day President’s Day period. Over just the three days of the actual weekend it snagged $56.4 million, all in the film’s first week of release. Directed by Hollywood comedy veteran Garry Marshall and featuring several popular or semi-popular stars, an obvious concept people can relate to, the promise of some laughs and emotional manipulation, and a tsunami…

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Avatar Review: The Worst Blue Movie I’ve Ever Seen

February 1, 2010
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Avatar Review: The Worst Blue Movie I’ve Ever Seen

Conservatives have been quick to criticize the megahit movie Avatar for the liberal boilerplate it obviously is, but there are criticisms that are much more effective, that show the true horribleness of the movie on so many levels.  One very funny lad from Milwaukee, I gather (ht Big Hollywood), has done it this way: Part 2:

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Book Review: ‘Wolf Hall’

October 14, 2009
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Book Review: ‘Wolf Hall’

The newly released historical novel Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel, sounds very interesting. Winner of the Booker Prize, Wolf Hall is set during the reign of English king Henry VIII and concentrates on the fascinating political intrigue of the time and the lessons to be learned from it. Keynotes: At the book’s center: Thomas Cromwell, the ruthless blacksmith’s son who rose to power under Henry VIII because of his intelligence, cunning and work ethic. . . . Mantel’s novel is less about Henry’s sex life…

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Audiences Flock to ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’

March 30, 2009
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Audiences Flock to ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’

        Monsters vs. Aliens just achieved the best opening weekend at the U.S. movie box office this year.

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Goldberg Book Makes Sense of Modern Liberalism

December 3, 2008
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Goldberg Book Makes Sense of Modern Liberalism

              Are modern, so-called liberals actually fascists in disguise?   Mike Gray reviews Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning.      

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Novak Book Sheds Light on Battles Between Atheists and Theists

November 20, 2008
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Novak Book Sheds Light on Battles Between Atheists and Theists

            Mike D’Virgilio reviews Michael Novak’s No One Sees God.    

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Lenny Kravitz’s Superb Call for Revolution

February 7, 2008
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Lenny Kravitz’s Superb Call for Revolution

S. T. Karnick reviews It Is Time for a Love Revolution, by Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz’s new album, It Is Time for a Love Revolution, is a superb listen for those that enjoy classic rock music with serious ambitions but few pretensions.

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An Ode to the Power of Music

January 24, 2008
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An Ode to the Power of Music

Correspondent Mike D’Virgilio reviews the musical film Once. Or is it more than a musical?

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“I Am Legend” Not an Ordinary Action Film—And That’s Good

December 15, 2007
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“I Am Legend” Not an Ordinary Action Film—And That’s Good

Exclusive to The American Culture: Rebecca Cusey reviews I Am Legend and says there’s much more to it than zombies and action scenes. Will Smith proves his acting chops and good sense yet again by starring in I Am Legend, a post-apocalyptic suspense thriller in theaters this Friday.Like M. Night Shyamalan’s alien thriller Signs, I Am Legend uses an extreme and unlikely situation to explore ideas of God, human nature, and sacrifice.

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ABC’s “Carpoolers”

October 3, 2007
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ABC’s “Carpoolers”

The new ABC sitcom Carpoolers which debuted last night, tells the stories of four men in professional fields who drive to and from work together. One is a dentist, one a mediator, and it was not made clear in the pilot episode what the other two do for a living. What was made clear was that the men all have problems at home. One lives in abject terror of his slothlike wife, one has been entirely impoverished by divorce, another is deep in debt, and…

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Dirty Sexy Morality Tale

September 27, 2007
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Dirty Sexy Morality Tale

  I don’t suppose that many regular readers of this august publication missed my review of Dirty Sexy Money on National Review Online yesterday, but for those unfortunates who did not get a chance to see it, you may read it right here:

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Some Cheese with Your Whine: K-Ville Premiere

September 18, 2007
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Some Cheese with Your Whine: K-Ville Premiere

The new Fox police drama K-Ville premiered last night at 9 EDT. It’s a fairly standard cop show, and the presumed angle of interest is that it’s set in post-Katrina New Orleans. The show indicates that the city is still a mess and that the people there are highly disturbed, some by trauma and some just because many of the good people moved out and have yet to return, while the dregs remained. The premiere episode included a good deal of the usual boohooing we…

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Richards Stones Reviewer

August 29, 2007
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Richards Stones Reviewer

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has written a letter demanding that two Swedish newspapers apologize to the band and its Swedish fans for publishing a very negative review of an August 3 Rolling Stones concert in Gothenberg, Sweden. The review said Richards looked "very drunk" at the performance. Now, there’s a shocker.

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“The 1/2 Hour News Hour”—Review

February 18, 2007
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Contrary to numerous gloomy internet reports prior to its airing, tonight’s premiere episode of the new Fox News TV comedy program, The 1/2 Hour News Hour, co-created and produced by 24 mastermind Joel Surnow, was very funny indeed.  The opening sequence, in which Rush Limbaugh speaks as the newly elected President of the United States and Ann Coulter is vice president, was goofy and charmingly funny. Sample joke: Rush asks Ann if she’ll join him for a cigar. Ann says, "Isn’t the White House a…

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