Category Archives: Hollywood

Nauseating Success

PS: AFTER I WROTE THIS BLOG POST, I INTERVIEWED THE AUTHOR VIA EMAIL. This gushing profile of four female screenwriters in Hollywood made me want to retch. There’s not one skeptical let alone critical sentiment in it. I love this … Continue reading

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Dennis Prager Loves ‘Taken’

This movie stars Liam Neeson. Dennis says on his radio show today that he loves simple movies of good guys hurting bad guys. He notes that the critics hated this movie. It is too simple for them. They’re jaded. They … Continue reading

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‘Man On Wire’ (2008)

Last week, I watched this documentary: "On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York’s twin towers, then the worlds tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the … Continue reading

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Did ‘The Pianist’ Have A Point?

I saw this movie with a gorgeous shiksa in a dark and empty theater and one thing led to another and we were groping each other in the dark like there was no tomorrow. Pictures of the Holocaust do that … Continue reading

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The Jewish Journal Blogs Sundance

Larry Mark writes: The Sundance Film Festival 2009 opened on Thursday night with an Australian clay animation feature, “Mary and Max,” written and directed by Adam Elliot, a Sundance veteran and Oscar winner for best animated short in 2004.  “Mary … Continue reading

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