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Curtain Is Falling on Gender-Specific Acting Awards

By Thomas Sipos In George Orwell's 1984, each edition of the Newspeak Dictionary was th...

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March Netflix Departures Include ‘Dumb and Dumber’

It looks like March is going to come in like a lion this year (global warming, hah!), bu...

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Politics, Narcissism Highlight Academy Awards Show, As Usual

The annual Academy Awards ceremony went off with its usual grotesque and terrifying comb...

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A Horror Farce: ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night,’ by Ana Lily Amirpour

"Quirky" is an overused adjective in describing independent films, but in the case of th...

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Can the Romantic Drama Be Rescued?

A popular film genre that has seldom received much respectful attention from critics and s...

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UK Film to Depict Israelis as Terrorists

A forthcoming British film will portray post-World War II Israeli Zionists as terrorists, ...

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New Book Provides Cultural Compass

Scott Nehring is a sometime film writer and current film critic, who blogs at GoodNewsFil...

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Report: Audience Interest in 3D Films Declines

The box office appeal of 3D films is waning. (more…)

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Traditional and Christian Themes Dominate U.S. Cinema Ticket Sales

It was a solid weekend for traditional-themed movies at the U.S box office. The entertain...

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Attend a Tea Party, Support the Arts

Bill Whittle is a clever, erudite and indefatigable proponent ofliberty and limited govern...

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Jack Bauer Is Dead. . . .

... at least on Fox come May after the conclusion of it's eighth "day," otherwise known ...

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James Cameron vs. Glenn Beck

"King of the World" director James Cameron is holding a grudge over Glenn Beck making a jo...

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‘Cop Out’ Doesn’t Just Stink, But It’s Racist, Too?

The new movie "Cop Out" has created a lot of buzz, and not just because critics are hamm...

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Reality vs. Hollywood

Our friend Andrew Klavan has a wonderful little piece in City Journal called “Culture vs...

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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 c...

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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 boiler...

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‘Couples,’ ‘Paranormal’ Show Value of Genre Traditions

   The unexpectedly strong box office perfomance of both Couples Retreat an...

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TCM Thrillers for March 2 – 8

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Comedy, Suspense Remain Strong at Movie Box Office

 He's Just Not That Into You, a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Ben Afflec...

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Hollywood Filmmakers Should Be Grateful for Audiences’ Taste, Common Sense

     It's not the economy, stupid! Despite the badgering by Ameri...

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Escapism Rules at Movie Box Office in Weekend Before Elections

    U.S. audiences sought solace from political controversies through ...

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Are Films Inherently Stupid? Or Just Filmmakers?

   The shortcomings and travails of cinematic mystery fiction could suggest...

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Asian Horror Films and Their Hollywood Remakes

  Here's an interesting question: Why are Hollywood remakes of popular Asian hor...

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Abortion Going Out of Fashion in Movies, Society

As the independently produced comedy Juno continues to draw increasingly large audiences t...

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2007 at the Movies

New The American Culture correspondent Mike Long has put together a very contrarian and ve...

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The Andy Hardy Films

Critics of the past half-century have never had much use for MGM's Andy Hardy movie series...

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The Saint on Film on TV

The trend of films to have multiple sequels and become theatrical series is nothing new, a...

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Best-Reviewed Film of the Year

The best-reviewed movie of the first half of the year was . . .Ratatouille.So reports the ...

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The 1930s Nancy Drew Films

Our friend Mike Tooney called our attention to the following passage in William K. Everson...

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Classic Movie Channel Goes Gay

Former National Review editor and journalist extroardinaire John O'Sullivan has frequently...

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America’s Greatest Movie Star

Today marks the centenary of the birth of the greatest movie star of all time, John Wayne....

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Why Movie Characters Smoke So Much

In a comment on our entry on Hollywood censorship of smoking, Lars Walker points out that ...

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Hollywood to Censor Smoking

 The Motion Picture Assoociation of America has announced that portrayals of smoking ...