Al Jolson Battles Black Discrimnination, 1927 AL JOLSON, Movie Star _ ___________________ _ Al Jolson has been called “the king of blackface” performers,[5][6] a theatrical convention since the mid-19th century. With his dynamic style of singing black music, such as jazz and blues, he became widely successful by extracting [Read More]
I watched BARRY LYNDON, the full movie, free on Amazon Prime. Nobody should miss this one if possible. Barry Lyndon is Art unleashed—unafraid, unrivaled, unequaled. A mythic tale of great, moral purpose and design. The musical score is stunning, the story a modern nightmare, the total work a vast, golden [Read More]
I’ve just watched four bios’ on Ian Fleming and about 7 of the old Bond films. ARTICLE BY JEFFREY A. FRIEDBERG I’ll go on and watch more films, although in my mind none of them can surpass the first four (4) originals with Sean Connery. These were: 1. Dr. No [Read More]
Permit me, if you will, a brief aside before I begin my Gosnell movie review. As you will soon evidence for yourselves, I do not write movie reviews for living. In fact, I haven’t written one in a little over a year. I just haven’t been that excited about the [Read More]
A new [liberal lying] movie starring Canadian actor Ryan Gosling tells [parts] of the story of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon–but omits the American flag. ________________ The Telegraph reports that the flag is not shown in the new movie First Man, with star Ryan Gosling saying that the American [Read More]
By Jeffrey A. Friedberg I used to subscribe to Netflix. But it took hours of sampling their offerings and productions – – searching – – before I could find anything to try and watch. And then I rarely finished watching it anyway. Although many movies and TV shows had [Read More]
By Jeffrey A. Friedberg In addition to being a formally trained Socialist-Zionist, liberal, “progressive,” I’m sickened to say, he is a fellow Jew. In this politically correct world the Liberal-Media Axis can get you fired, ruin your career, wreck your life, destroy your reputation, and obliterate your honor. And, so, [Read More]
While I don’t agree with everything social critic and authoress Camille Paglia says, she’s always worth reading as one of the handful of feminists who actually makes sense most of the time. Here, as far as I’m concerned, she hits the nail square on the head talking about modern sexuality, [Read More]
Every week on Monday, the WoW! community and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question: What Are Some Of Your Favorite Fictional Characters? Fausta Rodriguez Wertz : So many fictional characters [Read More]
Vassar Bushmills Seems the Hollywood Academy Regrets Their Hasty Decision to Banish Harvey Weinstein You see, Hollywood had forgotten their past 20-30 years of moral outrage had always been pretend, or at least selective, but once Harvey was dispatched, that outrage sated, there was a flood of new charges, many, actually most, disputed. And no [Read More]
Darkest Hour is a wonderful historic picture on its own terms and an important modern allegory about standing firmly against encroaching tyranny. I very seldom go to movies, as I almost invariably regret both the time and money and I end up spending. Still, I was willing to take a [Read More]
Earlier in my life I spent a fair amount of time in darkened rooms with strangers watching movies. Now I dread it. The cost. The hassle of leaving home and traveling 45 minutes to the nearest theater. The extra calories of the popcorn. As a kid I’d see four movies [Read More]
Disney’s/Pixar’s newest movie, Coco, is great for all ages and all cultures. It’s moving, beautiful, musical, funny, and wonderfully non-political. Coco Movie Review by Closet Conservative “One of the best Pixar movies – EVER” Pixar’s team has done it again: They have upped their own very high bar in producing [Read More]
Every week on Monday, the WoW! community and our invited guests weigh in at the WoW! Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question: Who Are Your Favorite Film Makers? Why? Fausta Rodriquez Wertz: Joel & Ethan Coen. My first [Read More]
In Spring, a young man’s fancy turns to not getting shot, not getting blown up, not drowning and just possibly, making it home alive. Late Spring, anyway. May of 1940. The coast of France. The beaches of Dunkirk. Director Christopher Nolan is described by IMDB as “Best known for his [Read More]
First, a synopsis from IMDB: Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in New York City while fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man when a new threat emerges. You remember that commercial where one [Read More]
This song, “Stiff Upper Lip” was written by Byron De La Vandal. it is about the UK in the 21st century and reflects the emotion of quite a few people in the UK in view of their government’s inaction against Islamist terrorism and subversion. After failing to thwart two terror [Read More]
Cross posted at TheRazor I’ll admit I used to be a Trekkie. I grew up watching reruns of Star Trek and had a Starship Enterprise model hanging from my bedroom ceiling. When the movies came out I saw them in the theater. When Star Trek Next Generation came out, I [Read More]
By: Mike McDaniel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Director: James Gunn Writers: James Gunn, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning Cast: Chris Pratt: Peter Quill/Starlord Zoe Saldana: Gamora Dave Bautista: Drax Vin Diesel: Voice of Baby Groot Bradley Cooper: Voice of Rocket Michael Rooker: Yondu Karen Gillan: Nebula Pom [Read More]
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