The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Why ‘Modern Romance’ Is an Oxymoron

Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody in Damsels in Distress That which is romantic is almost always in some sense old-fashioned, but we cannot be old-fashioned if we know nothing of the past, and most young people have no idea what Edmund Burke meant when he lamented that “the age of chivalry is gone.” Maggie’s Notebook […]

Wow. Just … Wow.

Just caught a glimpse of a TV commercial for this new movie and had to grab the full-length HD theatrical trailer: The Devil’s Double — a movie based on the true story of Saddam Hussein’s evil son Uday — hits theaters Friday night, that has been called “Scarface of Arabia.”

Film Noir and the Femme Fatale

For the second consecutive night, insomnia struck and I found myself watching the 1952 film noir classic Angel Face. This RKO release had it all — produced by Howard Hughes, directed by Otto Preminger, screenplay by Ben Hecht — and the dynamite starring duo of Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons. Film buffs can argue over […]

Bombshell Headlines With Jane Russell

After my wee-hours insomniac rendezvous with Anna Maria Alberghetti, I slept past noon and woke up to discover that Turner Classic Movies is having a Jane Russell marathon in recognition of the late bombshell’s birthday. The film was His Kind of Woman, a 1951 noir thriller that pairs Russell with Robert Mitchum and also features […]

Up Late With Anna Maria Alberghetti

Insomnia struck last night. It was one of those rare nights when I’d gone to bed early, before my wife did, and when Mrs. Other McCain came to bed, she woke me up by trying to pry the TV remote out of my hand. So then I was awake, and although I drifted off a […]

VIDEO: Stephen Bannon, Director of Palin Documentary ‘The Undefeated’

MINNEAPOLIS By now, you’ve heard the amazing buzz about The Undefeated, the new documentary about Sarah Palin. There was a special screen last night at the Right Online conference. Trust me, this is going to be a must-see blockbuster, a film that will change the way you think about Palin. Here is my interview with […]

It’s Like the ‘Reefer Madness’ of Sex

Don’t know where Laura W. found this trailer for the 1967 exploitation film Teenage Mother, but we are all eternally grateful she did: After watching that atrocious dreck, I’m sure you’re asking yourself three questions: Were the 1960s really like that? — Of course not, no more so than life in 2011 is like movies […]

‘Atlas Shrugged: Part I’

A review by Wombat-socho It’s been a month now since Atlas Shrugged Part I hit the theaters for a limited run. Between tax season and the classes I needed to finish off for spring semester, I didn’t get a chance to see it until this weekend. While I’m no Ayn Rand fanboy, I enjoyed Atlas […]

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