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Big Hollywood : 'About a Boy' Director Makes Pro-Illegal Immigration Videos Calling Opponents Racist

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:16:36 +0000

You have a choice America: commit suicide or be racisss.

Big Hollywood : The Wrap: Meryl Streep Oscar-Promo Email Angers Academy Voters

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:05:27 +0000

Agreed that Streep's acting has made the viewer conscious of her technique in the past. Whereas great acting should, in fact must hide technique in order to achieve suspension of disbelief in the audience. Which is what Streep manages in The Iron Lady. But don't take my word for it. Please go see the film. Not perfect but respectful of Thatcher's brand of conservatism and most important CONVINCING. Streep is Thatcher in this film.

Big Hollywood : Broadcast TV Veteran: M.I.A.'s BirdGate 'Shouldn't Have Happened'

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:29:58 +0000

It's a major achievement that the old broad didn't fall down?!

Big Hollywood : Eastwood's Chrysler Super Bowl Ad a Nod to Obama?

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:40:19 +0000

Eastwood, on the Republican side of the aisle? Don't make me laugh. Clint has been "evolving" for years.

Big Hollywood : Why Masculinity Matters: 59-Year-Old Liam Neeson Is Action's Most Bankable Star

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:50:38 +0000

Neeson's a total alpha male and that always translates to good box office. The film, by the way, gets bogged down more than once when the men have "soulful" conversations. But even that doesn't detract from the air of authenticity Neeson carries with him like a permanent mantle. Also there is a genuine grimness, as opposed to revved up grimness, in this film that makes it better than average.

Big Hollywood : 'Annie Hall' vs. 'Midnight in Paris': Deconstructing Allen's Ideological Descent

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:36:49 +0000

Although there are a couple of crude jabs at evil Republicans the core weakness of Midnight in Paris is that the romance of Paris in the twenties, that the Owen Wilson character yearns for, was stale from overuse half a century ago in the 1960's. The last time Paris had a pulse was in the immediate post WW II period, think Sartre and Camus, and Allen doesn't even reference that. Maybe Allen actually feels something about Paris in the twenties, though I think it amounts to mental masturbation on his part. But even if he does yearn for that period it would take a commitment to...well, commitment, commitment to making a convincing film, to get audiences to give a damn. And Allen clearly won't or can't make that commitment at this stage in his career and life.

Big Hollywood : 'The Grey' Review: Neeson Takes on Wolves, Survival Movie Tropes

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:53:54 +0000

I was kind of shocked that such a formulaic movie had a doom filled ending. Frankly that was the only part of the film that ran true to what would have happened in real life -- either death by freezing or death by wolf.

Big Hollywood : FoxNews.com: Hypocritical Redford Says Sundance Belongs to the 99 Percent

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:57:03 +0000

The key to the bifurcation in Redford's brain is that in America one MUST celebrate "the people." Doesn't matter that everything about Redford screams extreme elite. Internally he really believes he is as one with the common man. It's not an act. It's not hypocrisy. It's living the myth.

Big Hollywood : Oscar Nominations Announced: 'Hugo’ Leads with 11, ‘The Artist’ 10, ‘Moneyball’ and ‘War

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:03:40 +0000

I needed The Help to tell me that white people are evil and black folk are good? I thought that was in the Constitution.

Big Hollywood : Oscar Nominations Announced: 'Hugo’ Leads with 11, ‘The Artist’ 10, ‘Moneyball’ and ‘War

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:00:30 +0000

Extremely Loud is pretentious PC crap.

Big Hollywood : Oscar Nominations Announced: 'Hugo’ Leads with 11, ‘The Artist’ 10, ‘Moneyball’ and ‘War

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:56:56 +0000

Haven't seen Hugo but the reviews I've read are decidedly mixed. Is this best picture nomination a nod to Scorcese for his whole career?

Big Hollywood : Oscar Nominations Announced: 'Hugo’ Leads with 11, ‘The Artist’ 10, ‘Moneyball’ and ‘War

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:52:33 +0000

There's such a thing as being a large enough person to oppose Streep's political idiocies and still recognize that her portrayal of Maggie Thatcher is acting of the absolutely highest caliber. My guess is you haven't even seen the movie. Do yourself a favor and leave your preconceptions at the theater entrance. Just go and see the film and then judge Streep on her performance. It is acting at its absolute peak.

Big Government : Gingrich v. Romney (The People v. The Machine)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:43:17 +0000

You are one shallow broad, kathryn.

Big Government : Gingrich v. Romney (The People v. The Machine)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:41:07 +0000

Newt's not perfect. And so what? He's the only chance we have of not being faced with the Janus faced non-choice of establishment Obama versus establishment Romney. Well aware that Newt will disappoint on immigration. But he's a sure bet to kill Obamacare. He also will take more of an ax to spending and regulations than would Romney. Look at it as a glass half full. Go Newt!

Big Hollywood : 33 Years After His Death, John Wayne Is a Bigger Movie Star Than George Clooney

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:08:03 +0000

John Wayne is an icon. So it's hardly a contest between him and mere mortals. The only other one listed who might have become an icon is Clint Eastwood, but then he had to blow it by going all PC.

Big Hollywood : Secret's Out: Why Letterman Show Didn't Book Many Female Comics

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:56:34 +0000

That's a great call. Rivers is a genuinely funny standup comedienne. Small doses of course. But her natural bitchiness can be tonic.

Big Hollywood : Liberal Film Critics Put Streep's ‘Iron Lady’ Through Ideological Torture Chamber

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:12:24 +0000

I went in to see the movie expecting the worst and was absolutely floored by two things: Meryl Streep's performance for the ages; the film's respectful and undiluted presentation of Thatcher's conservatism.

Big Hollywood : Weinstein Says Obama Like Strong-Willed Thatcher

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:53:20 +0000

I disagree. They "know" that we know nothing. And knowing nothing, we, the shlubs in their eyes, can be endlessly manipulated, endlessly conned. So, Obama = Thatcher? No problem. Just repeat it enough times and the shlubs will buy it. That's what they know.

Big Hollywood : Stewart Trots Out Race Card Just in Time for Presidential Election Season

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 22:04:45 +0000

Yeah, but black and brown scumbaggery is draining your pocket. Your white pocket. It's way late in the game for whites to start voting their interest, considering that their interest is no more than a defense against theft.

Big Hollywood : Comedian Louis C.K. - Tracy Morgan's Anti-Gay Rant Should Have Been a Teachable Moment

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:56:37 +0000

The natural, I repeat, natural revulsion with which normals react to homosexual sex practices is the emotion that must not be expressed in our "tolerant" society.