Fast paced action movie with fun storyline. Either you already like Jason Statham, or you will like him after you see this movie. "Crank," directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, is an adrenaline-fueled action film that delivers non-stop excitement from start to finish. Released in 2006, it stars Jason Statham as Chev Chelios, a hitman who must keep his adrenaline levels elevated to counteract...
This movie is from a time before wokeness. Unbelieveable that this is just 25 years ago or so, but here it is. "Snatch," another masterful creation from Guy Ritchie, is an exhilarating ride through the seedy underworld of London, marked by its clever plot twists, eccentric characters, and rapid-fire dialogue. Released in 2000, this film follows the intertwined lives of two groups of characters: one...
Great movie in the style of Snatch or Layer Cake. No surprise maybe, since directed by Guy Ritchie. Several scenes had me laugh out loud. The movie is a stylish and complex caper that marks a return to the British filmmaker's roots, intertwining snappy dialogue with a twisted plot. The film stars Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Pearson, an American expat who has built a highly profitable marijuana...
This was an ok movie - Carrie-Ann Moss and Samuel L. Jackson try to get the whereabouts of three nuclear bombs from an American turned terrorist. One uses torture, the other wants to use verbal negotiation. In the end, the movie falls flat, as there is nothing new we learn about the ethical dilemma of using unethical methods on one person to save several millions. If you are looking for a movie to...
It’s been seven years since director Matt Reeves delivered the last installment in the decades-spanning, ever-political “Planet of the Apes” franchise. {snip}
But we’re only now getting to a...
Great movie, which you will love if you liked the Matrix. It displays humanity as merely a playtoy for a reality that background forces rig, again and again and again. In many ways, it has the elements of the matrix, but without an anonymous computer entity behind it. Of course, this makes sense, since "Dark City" came out before the Matrix. It is more artistically done, and has less fighting scenes...
This was an unexpected nice little popcorn flick on my Netflix account. A David vs. Goliath storyline, a bit unfortunate maybe that it's a strong whamen leading the rebels against an evil patriarchal empire, and there are anti-nationalist bits here and there, but not too egregiously done. It's a long movie, and there is a second part already out, with 4 more parts planned (or so I hear). The villain...
Foreign Affairs
Rehabilitating Syngman Rhee A new documentary on the nation’s maligned founding father has drawn praise from the conservative...
Actor Ncuti Gatwa is promoting his first season as the star of Dr. Who with a litany of woke grievances, from “white mediocrity” to “transphobia.”
Gatwa, born in Rwanda and raised in Scotland,...
Culture
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood I’ve been going back to eastern Kentucky for over a decade. Since 2016, something there has changed.
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Media
The McDaniel Affair: Cultural Revolution at NBC News The incoherent hiring and firing of the former GOP chairwoman lays bare a delusional...
Politics
Mike Johnson Faces a Perilous April Will April see the end of Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House?
I’ve done three straight weeks of politics, so let’s lighten the mood with the Holocaust. Wait, that came out wrong. I mean, let’s lighten the mood with Hollywood. And the Holocaust. Readers have...
“A single tear shed at the remembrance of the Passion of Jesus is worth more than a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, or a year of fasting on bread and water.”
— St. Augustine
Frankly, it might be better...
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Retreating into art, friends, fantasy, anything to escape the passage of time, if only for a little while. For this, reason, Whisper of the Heart is probably the...
Religion
Dune, Belief, and the Entrepreneur Messiah Dune: Part Two raises the question of whether all religions are synthetic.
Activists and government ministers are demanding more non-whites in the English countryside. MP David Lammy does not think it is diverse enough.
Is rural Britain ‘racist’?
@DavidLammy notices he’s...
A satire film intended to send a provocative message about race relations bombed at the box office on its opening weekend.
Focus Features’ “The American Society of Magical Negroes” took the 9th...
While having five past winners present the acting categories once again went over well at the 2024 Oscars like it did in 2009, the Best Actress category will present a challenge toward optics should...
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