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Classic Film Alert: The Strawberry Blonde

Turner Classic Movies is featuring actress Rita Hayworth this month, and there's a very g...

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Grabbing the Green from the Greens

There's more than one sucker born every minute, and most of them born in the past few deca...

television
Stunning Pro-Life Moment on TV Show “House”

Last night's episode of the Fox TV drama House presented another of those powerful ethical...

television
Thoughts on Wodehouse Playhouse

In a comment on the humorous piece genrerously supplied by Mike (not Linda) below, regular...

movies
Two Robin Hoods

The BBC's new series Robin Hood, showing on BBC America on Saturday nights at 9 EDT, is al...

mysteries
An Intellectual Intuitive TV Detective

NBC-TV premiered an interesting and innovative new detective series last night. Jeff Goldb...

mysteries
Banacek on DVD

Your voice has been heard! A couple of months ago we asked your support in getting the gre...

genres
A Month of Mysteries

Turner Classic Movies is featuring mystery films this month, on Tuesday and Wednesday nigh...

television
“Lost Tomb” Figure Derides Program’s Conclusions

John J. Miller has provided a very good article on the Discovery Channel's non-discovery o...

television
Scientists Denounce “Jesus Tomb” Documentary As Publicity Stunt

You may have heard about the forthcoming Discovery Channel documentary and accompanying bo...

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Why the Oscars Don’t Matter at All

The AP story recounting last night's Oscar ceremony goes right to the heart of why the Aca...

mysteries
“Monk” and “Psych”

The USA Network mystery-comedy series Monk and Psych are both entering the season's stretc...

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Important Notice About the Academy Awards

The movie industry's most important annual moment, the Academy Awards ceremony, will be sh...

television
“The 1/2 Hour News Hour”—Review

Contrary to numerous gloomy internet reports prior to its airing, tonight's premiere episo...

television
Staleness Within “The State Within”

Sometimes things turn out just the way you suspected they would, and sometimes they turn o...

television
Britain’s “24”

The UK version of 24 starts tonight in the United States, when BBC America will run the fi...

television
Medved Endorses “Half Hour News Hour”

As conservative critic/commentator Michael Medved notes, conservative bloggers have been a...

television
PBS’s “Dracula” Adaptation

The new, PBS adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula is a thorough reimagining o...

television
“The Half-Hour News Hour” to Premiere This Sunday

Pascal Fervor kindly forwarded us the following email message regarding the new comedy pro...

movies
“La Femme Nikita”

In a comment on our recent 24 item, writer Hunter Baker strongly recommends the TV program...

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Grammy Wrap-Up

 I am seldom capable of watching an awards show, as they are just too painfully stupi...

television
“24” Mastermind Joel Surnow

Predictably, the New Yorker's feature article on the Fox TV program 24 is overly long and ...

television
More “Supernatural” Religion

Tonight's episode of the CW program Supernatural follows up on the religious themes of las...

television
Philosophical House

This week's episode of the Fox TV drama House, M.D., "One Day, One Room," featur...

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Leftists Push for TV Censorship

The notion that the left is more liberal-minded than the right is one of those thoroughly ...

television
American Muslims’ Protests of Fox TV Show “24” Are Misdirected

American Muslim groups have protested to Fox Television for the use of Muslims as terroris...

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Fathers and TV Fiction

In recent days National Review Online has published a couple of very good articles on the ...

television
The Only Kind of Conservatism These TV Writers Could Imagine As Not Entirely Repulsive

On the Acton Institute's Power Blog, Jordan Ballor analyzes a scene in the most recent epi...

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Flash, Eccentricity Big at Golden Globe Awards

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave out its annual Golden Globe awards last night...

television
New Season of “24” Begins with a Bang

The Fox TV series has progressed from a cult hit to an award-winning cultural bellwether, ...

manners-and-morals
Oprah’s Gift

On her always-interesting blog, columnist Ilana Mercer has composed a fine and sympathetic...

commerce
A Tribute to John Dickson Carr

This is the last day in which I can decently mark the centennial of the birth of the truly...

movies
A Christmas Film to Remember

 Tonight at 8 p.m. EST, Turner Classic Movies is showing an excellent Christmas film,...