Category Archives: Hollywood

Following Monica’s Lecture, My Midrashic Impulse Will Accept No Limits

I could think of no better way to spend my sunny Monday lunch hour than to attend a UCLA lecture on the uplifting topic, "Literature, the Holocaust and the Midrashic Impulse." I covered my arms completely so that the speaker … Continue reading

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Q&A With Author Deborah Schoeneman About Her New York Times Profile Of The ‘Fempire’

I email Deborah: I will publish this on my blog without any editing. It will go up as you return it (with a link to your piece, to your website, to your novel, and a note that this was done … Continue reading

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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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