It does seem odd to me that after all these years MLB and the NFL are “getting tough” on performance-enhancing drugs. But what’s even more odd to me is that performance enhancement is not limited to athletics any more than… Read more ›
One of the most provocative films I ever saw was Do the Right Thing. I saw it on opening weekend in a packed theatre with an urban mixed-race audience. Skeptics had been predicting that the movie would incite riots. But… Read more ›
At the L.A. Times, John Mueller somehow got his hands on a screener of Rambo (which did not officially screen for the press) and totted up the body count of the latest film in the series, comparing it to its… Read more ›
So… I’m not a fan of Saving Private Ryan. One of its core messages was about that same as Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers: “Show your enemies no mercy, for you will be shown none.” And Spielberg really drives that… Read more ›
Cruising through the cinematic zeitgeist meter that Rotten Tomatoes has become, here’s a sampling of opinions regarding Ben Stein’s Expelled, followed by its official “Tomato Meter” rating as of a certain long-ago morning: A cynical attempt to sucker Christian conservatives… Read more ›