Big Hollywood

• Of George Clooney, Charlton Heston and Real Class
  The George Clooney film The American opened in the number one box office spot this last weekend despite a terrible reception from those who actually sat through the film. According to the reviews Clooney plays an armorer turned assassin, which means he makes untraceable lethal firearms for other such political killers. So he makes his [...]
  
  
• Leave the Kids Alone: ‘Tonight Show’ Seats Crude Sarah Palin Hater Next to Her Daughter
  It’s no secret in show business comedy circles or to anyone with access to Twitter that comedian and television star Louis C.K. is crudely and sexually obsessed with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin — so much so that he sends her direct tweets calling her the vilest of names [NSFW screen shot below]. The star of [...]
  
  
• Today’s Open Thread
• Excerpt: ‘Strike Group Reagan’ — Impact!
  IMPACT!  In this excerpt, the Islamic Front of Tunisia plays a couple of gambits in an effort to take down the carrier USS Ronald Reagan.  CIC, USS RONALD REAGAN  Bradshaw sat back, lighting the first Marlboro Light from a new pack of cigarettes. This was going to be the day that Mahmoud tried something. He could sense it. [...]
  
  
• Something ‘Right’ This Way Comes… RightNetwork Launches Today
  Awhile back my wife and I were thinking about selling our California ranch and moving to Texas. We had made a film about the border, called… Border.  Texans and the rest of America seemed to dig the film. Hollywood? Not so much.  After sixteen states on the promo tour, countless packed theatres, great reviews and two screenings [...]
  
  
• The Astounding Bravery In Condemning the Wacky Pastor
  The Vatican calls it “outrageous.” Hillary called it “disgraceful.” Eric Holder smeared it as “idiotic.” And the NYPD called it “dangerous.” No, those strong words are not about my new mesh thong ( I’m only giving the people what they want). And they aren’t reactions to the mosque built near Ground Zero. They are responses to [...]
  
  
• Reasons to Be Optimistic About Upcoming Reagan Biopic
  The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that major industry figures are planning a Ronald Reagan biopic, which is slated to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million.  The figures involved are Mark Joseph, Ralph Winter, and Jonas McCord.  Joseph optioned the wonderful Paul Kengor books The Crusader and God and Ronald Reagan; he’s is a [...]
  
  
• Leftists Artists Create Propaganda Not Art
  Once a year the portrait of Chairman Mao that hangs above Tiananmen Gate is replaced by a new one. Who the artist is has never been disclosed.  For Napoleon, Jacque-Louis David was his favorite painter and the man most responsible for creating his iconic image. Artists like these do not toil away at their craft [...]
  
  
• Iranian Director Jafar Panahi More Than a Martyr
  Iranian director Jafar Panahi and his clashes with the Islamist mullahs are causing another stir in the international film world. His short film “The Accordion” was scheduled last week to open this year’s Venice Film Festival, but the Iranian government would not let him leave the country to attend. Earlier this year, Panahi was kept [...]
  
  
• Death of the Movie Star: John Cusack… Why Say Anything?
  Zen masters find that they are better able to focus their minds by mediating upon unanswerable questions.  What is the nature of existence?  Is there a God?  Why does Hollywood still consider John Cusack a movie star?” You all know John Cusack– he’s that vaguely good-looking guy who, for about 25 years has turned his benign, [...]