Archives for the 'Hollywood' Category
To Be Fair
Published on 18 Mar 2010 at 10:52 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, education, history, military.
As awkward and unaccustomed an experience as that may be …
I trashed The Pacific and talked up Band of Brothers the other day. Gave both another look last night, Episode 1 of The Pacific, and BoB Part 7, “The Breaking Point.” Both episodes, as it happens, deal with intense combat, leadership issues, and an officer cracking up under stress.
Un-PCing The Pacific
Published on 15 Mar 2010 at 9:49 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, history, military.
Mudville’s got some vintage newsreel vid in a Pacific roundup, including an important look at this hateful … and hurtful …bit of racist wartime Americana: “Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips.” (With the obligatory Bugs-in-drag scene … as a geisha.)
Like I said, I was disappointed in the first episode of The Pacific, which looks more like your [...]
Liveblogging “The Pacific”
Published on 14 Mar 2010 at 8:22 pm.
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Filed under Hollywood, history, military.
18 minutes into The Pacific. Apparently this is going to be a history lesson — Pacific war kickoff described twice already — and its going to be a soap opera. Looks like Tom Hanks, true to that TIME interview, plans to lecture. Script’s a tad ponderous. I get it, they’re going to war, some might [...]
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War Is (Un-PC As) Hell
Published on 13 Mar 2010 at 10:52 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, dummkopf!, military.
Hanks bemoans America’s hateful demonizing of its enemies. TIME:
Hurt, So Bad
Published on 9 Mar 2010 at 12:00 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, Iraq, military.
AP reports EOD techs in Iraq give Hurt Locker ”mixed reviews.” Actually, three out of three bomb techs say it has no bearing on reality:
World Of Hurt
Published on 8 Mar 2010 at 12:25 am.
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Filed under Hollywood.
Congratulations, Hollywood! You just noticed … there’s a war on, American soldiers are giving their all in combat, have been for some time now. Some of them may actually be doing something good, if only the Sisyphean task of disarming of a few bombs. This dirty but possibly necessary work, however, will make you crazy.
Hollywood’s [...]
Oscar Night!
Published on 7 Mar 2010 at 10:36 am.
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I don’t go to the movies much, and have seen exactly two Oscar-nominated best pictures … both on DVD. That and other considerations may heavily influence my picks, but here they are.
Best Movie:
Hurtful Locker
Published on 4 Mar 2010 at 12:19 pm.
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Filed under Hollywood, Iraq.
Army EOD vet says he was the inspiration for The Hurt Locker and sues for some of the take. Curiously, this isn’t a defamation suit over the out-of-control irresponsible cowboy portrayal. Army Times:
With The Old Breed
Published on 3 Mar 2010 at 11:11 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, books, history, military.
Eugene Sledge’s sons weigh in on the HBO series, “The Pacific,” that is based in part on dad’s book. It was a tough view for them and one they think would be tougher on the old man … which frankly given the background of this series sounds like a pretty good review. Birmingham News:
“Shoot Straight, You Bastards!”
Published on 1 Jan 2010 at 9:59 am.
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Filed under Australia, Britain, Hollywood, history.
“Don’t make a mess of it!” A reader’s movie marathon kicks off with that great Australian film of counterinsurgency, injustice and hard luck in the Boer war, Breaker Morant.
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The $cience of Harry Potter
Published on 25 Oct 2009 at 11:13 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, kids, science.
Boston’s Museum of $cience explain$ what it$ exhibit on the wildly popular teen wizard of Hogwart$$$ can teach kid$. Bo$ton Herald:
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Slasher Politics
Published on 24 Oct 2009 at 11:50 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, Obama.
Talk about product placement. It’s Horror-Show Obamism as “Saw VI” embeds a … health-care reform plug? Boston Herald:
Commie Propaganda Selling Badly
Published on 4 Oct 2009 at 10:35 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, capitalism, commies.
Cruel irony as Michael Moore’s capitalism-bashing flick tanks at the box office, shows no signs of making him richer. via Gateway.
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Hollywood’s New Cause Celebre
Published on 30 Sep 2009 at 8:35 am.
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Is a bit like a parody of Hollywood cause celebres.
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A Fuller Life
Published on 20 Sep 2009 at 12:45 pm.
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Filed under Hollywood, books.
Couldn’t be made up. Reader’s pick of the week: A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking by Samuel Fuller. Booklist reports, via Amazon:
Ebullient and cantankerous, director Sam Fuller probably had more personality than anyone else in the movie business … Fuller’s earlier life was actually more colorful and exciting than his Hollywood years. At 17 [...]
Guests, Monkeys Back in Hotel …
Published on 16 Sep 2009 at 2:08 pm.
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Filed under Boston, Hollywood, monkeys.
After Beantown carbon monoxide scare. Boston Herald with this breaking simian news update:
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Patrick Swayze
Published on 15 Sep 2009 at 12:04 am.
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Filed under America, Hollywood, commies.
Won’t be down to breakfast. Star of Red Dawn and … some other films,* dead of cancer at 57.
Thoughtful, Meditative, Nazi-Killing, Viking-Headbanging Movie Night
Published on 6 Aug 2009 at 9:59 am.
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Picked up at the charity sale of review copies at work:
Operation Valkyrie: It’s the 2004 German made-for-TV version. Amazon reviewers liked it for its greater depth. I’m pretty happy with the prospect of a Tom Cruise-free presentation and action in the original Kraut. The story of course is the July 20, 1944 von Staufenberg plot to kill Hitler [...]
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Son Of Sung
Published on 16 Jul 2009 at 9:21 pm.
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Filed under Hollywood, Kim, Korea.
My kids mark time by the release dates of Harry Potter flicks. One of my daughters knows the “Pirates of the Caribbean” production details and the due date of the second sequel, still several years out. They talk about the actors, who’s in, who’s out in the next one. I feel a little left out in those dinner [...]
Band Of Comrades
Published on 23 Jun 2009 at 1:30 pm.
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Filed under Hollywood, Russia.
That Russkywood Goes To War matinee double feature the other day proved to be popular, so here’s a few more and we’ll make a Russian Front movie night out of it:
Great Books That Made Great Flicks
Published on 27 May 2009 at 1:14 pm.
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Filed under A Right-Wing Warmonger's Boutique Bookshop, Hollywood, books.
UPDATE: Grimmy weighs in with Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, by Stephen Ambrose, and Band of Brothers, the fine HBO series that is one of my favorites because of its fidelity in depicting real events in the lives of real people. Grimmy adds a new category. Great books [...]
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Inglourious Basterds
Published on 21 May 2009 at 9:58 pm.
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Filed under Hollywood, Nazis.
Tarantino and Pitt, both great, weird talents, in what sounds like a truly weird World War II flick. Title mispelling apparently is an artistic statement. I’ll watch anything with Brad Pitt in it, and anything made by Tarantino. I’m also partial to movies in which Nazis get splattered. And with Tarantino, you know they’re really going [...]
New Star Trek Not Progressive Enough
Published on 7 May 2009 at 1:00 pm.
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Important critique via Protein Wisdom. Apparently the much-awaited prequel involves an inordinate amount of unwarranted ass-kickage.
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The Great Michael Caine
Published on 28 Apr 2009 at 11:06 am.
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Filed under Britain, Hollywood, Man Who Would Be King, taxes.
Star of the greatest film ever made (The Man Who Would Be King*) son of a charwoman and a fishmarket porter, Korean War combat vet, self-made man and still one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood, Michael Caine slams Labour’s love of taxes. via Iain Martin at UK Telegraph:
“The Government has taken tax up to 50 per [...]
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Is Nothing Sacred?
Published on 26 Mar 2009 at 12:12 am.
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Filed under America, Hollywood, culture.
Variety: Sean Penn to play Larry, Jim Carrey to play Curly, Benicio del Toro to play Moe in Farrelly brothers Stooge flick. Not a biopic, an actual “Stooge” feature.
Why improve on perfection? Maybe it’s meant to be a tribute. That cast sounds like an abomination. You want a Stooges tribute, have a three-day Stooge-a-thon. Or [...]
Mind Your Daughters
Published on 18 Mar 2009 at 11:01 pm.
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Filed under Boston, Hollywood, Internet, pervs.
Staties intercept 12-year-old runaway curbside at Logan International Airport, as she steps out of her cab, ticket in hand, headed for Hollywood with dreams of stardom. The ”16-year-old girl” she met on MySpace promised to introduce her to teen heart throbs. Boston Herald. Irony alert: She was saved by text messaging. Kids alarmed by the farewell [...]
American Gladiator Reality Oscars
Published on 23 Feb 2009 at 8:41 am.
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Filed under Hollywood.
Unfortunately, that is not what we saw.
Having watched the Oscars periodically over the years, having seen several of the movies that were nominated, as well as others that weren’t, and having chosen at the last minute to see an action flick at my 13-year-old son’s suggestion instead of last night’s Best Picture winner, I think I’m qualified [...]
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Liveblogging The Oscar-Palooza
Published on 22 Feb 2009 at 7:51 pm.
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From my couch. Get your low-brow, uninformed commentary here. Is it actually necessary to know anything about this? I’m going to hazard … no.
For starters, Philip Seymour Hoffman knows the absurd apparel competition is a women’s event, right? Wrong. My son wants to know if tuxes are considered nerdy. I explain that no, they are actually considered classy. [...]
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Most Boring Oscars Ever
Published on 22 Feb 2009 at 9:12 am.
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That would have to be pretty bad. The last 30-odd bored me to tears … when I bothered to watch them, which wasn’t often … except maybe the one where that annoying weepy Italian comic ran over the tops of all the chairs, which was momentarily startling.
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Big Hollywood Re Small Hollywood
Published on 11 Feb 2009 at 12:05 pm.
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Filed under Hollywood, Iraq.
John Nolte at Big Hollywood with the Top 5 conservative moments in film in the last couple of decades, and small-minded Hollywood’s tragic failure to record the great moments of our time.
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From The Mouths of Babes
Published on 29 Jan 2009 at 8:06 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, Nazis, history, moronocy.
She’s hot … and stupid! Just the way guys like ‘em. Jessica Alba gets props for going all history on O’Reilly. From those other ignoramuses, MSNBC (UPDATED with important revelation plus more hotness below):
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Employment Sought
Published on 27 Jan 2009 at 11:45 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, blogs, celeb, illegals.
Iowahawk kindly allows Rosa Ortiz to guestblog her job search. No end to the civic-mindedness as the expanding Iowahawk franchise offers some green advice to Hollywood at yet another gig, Big Hollywood.
Grateful Idiot
Published on 26 Jan 2009 at 9:58 pm.
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Filed under Bush, Hollywood, moronocy.
Hey, I thought I was the one who wrote in Bill Kristol’s magazine that we should be grateful to George Bush for winning the Iraq war. No, hang on. I wrote that Obama owes Bush a debt of gratitude. Never mind, we can all be grateful to George Bush. via Big Hollywood: Matt Damon tells the Miami Herald [...]
Aging Ugly
Published on 13 Dec 2008 at 8:59 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, nude, pervs, sex, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.
That’s Lauren Beckham Falcone’s take on Jennifer Anniston baring most, if not all, but at the same time way too much, while looking hot about it. Boston Herald. And yes, you pervs, there’s GQ’s crazy Jenn in the almost-all-together with a bunch of guys art:
Scary Boston Gossip Bitches* for McCain-Palin
Published on 4 Nov 2008 at 8:11 am.
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Filed under Boston, Hollywood, media.
Boston Herald’s Inside Track: A vote for McCain-Palin is a vote to send Alec Baldwin to France again.
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Let Freedom Yap
Published on 28 Sep 2008 at 9:40 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, dogs.
Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger moves to protect the right of Zsa Zsa-Americans to drive with their foo-foo dogs on their laps. Governator to Driving While Parisienne activists: “Bad Law!” via Boston Herald. OK, Governator’s message a little vague. Maybe more like, “That lapdog law won’t hunt!”
Cool Hand Luke
Published on 27 Sep 2008 at 11:43 am.
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World War II Navy Avenger tailgunner, actor, racecar driver and salad dressing/marinara magnate won’t be down to breakfast:
Tropic Thunder
Published on 29 Aug 2008 at 9:42 pm.
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The Blazing Saddles of our time. Only without the social conscience. After Tropic Thunder, everything else is just a war movie.
Chickengreen
Published on 3 Jun 2008 at 8:41 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, warmalism.
Hollywood stars talk the talk, but do they walk the walk? Fox:
Adieu, Hedley
Published on 29 May 2008 at 10:27 pm.
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Harvey Korman won’t be down to breakfast. You’ll remember him from the Carol Burnett Show. But who could forget him in Blazing Saddles?
A vid tribute:
Meeting with the Governor
Taggart, take this down.
Pledge to Hedley
The Year … 2013
Published on 16 May 2008 at 9:36 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, McCain, moronocy.
I thought this AP article was a little over the top, with its description of a “mystical” speech and its report that McCain “peered through a crystal ball to 2013.” Then I saw this at the McCain site, with the melodramatic voiceover.
Feeling Gaia’s Pain
Published on 28 Apr 2008 at 11:09 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, moronocy.
Big h/t to Vodkapundit for a stellar exemplar of Hollywoodiocy. Unclear if this is a joke, but it appears to be serious. Access Hollywood: Harrison Ford waxes his chest hair to demonstrate the pain of deforestation.
Sometimes the Internet stinks…
Published on 23 Apr 2008 at 4:19 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, blogs, culture.
… And sometimes it shines.
Finding Victor Davis Hanson, Frank Miller and Bill Whittle discussing actors and the movie industry in the same thread.
Now I could definitely find worse ways to start the day.
(Scroll down the comments for Miller and Whittle)
UPDATE:
Oh and, if by any chance Frank Miller was to read this: please Sir, drop the [...]
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Marilyn Flick
Published on 14 Apr 2008 at 11:15 pm.
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Filed under Hollywood, sex.
Brings $1.5 million, but the public will never see this bit of history.* We’re going straight to Actress Archives for this one:
Charlton Heston
Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 11:43 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, guns, media.
Won’t be down for manna. LA Times proclaims larger-than-lifeness, cites gun advocacy and conservative darling status like its something to be apologetic about.
Star Power
Published on 17 Mar 2008 at 9:53 am.
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Filed under Boston, Hollywood, pols.
Less than stellar. Ignorance is bliss for Obamite fundraiser Affleck. Boston Herald’s Inside Track:
Batte de Lune*
Published on 4 Mar 2008 at 12:42 am.
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Filed under France, Hollywood.
Cotillard découvre que les choses sont pas aussi existentielles aux Etats-Unis.**
$$$ = Honey
Published on 4 Mar 2008 at 12:35 am.
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Filed under Hollywood, do-goodism.
Scarlett Johansson to date some rich guy.
Epic in the Works
Published on 25 Feb 2008 at 8:30 pm.
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Filed under Hollywood, pols.
Obama on his favorite Hollywood epics and plans for the Obama story. The ears will play a key role.
Oscars
Published on 25 Feb 2008 at 8:33 am.
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Saved by the end of the writers’ strike. Thank God. Vodkapundit’s essential liveblogging of Hollywood’s annual night out.
