‘The Marvels’ Set Disney Back How Much?
Disney couldn’t be happier that 2023 is in the rearview mirror. The year saw the mega studio cut thousands of jobs and memory hole original shows like “Willow.” The company’s streaming service struggled for profitably, and the year paved the way for a public defeat at the hands of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The documentary …
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Are Film Critics Avoiding ‘Screams Before Silence?’
Film critics have plenty on their plate. New studio films. Classic re-releases. Fathom Events titles. Streaming-only originals. Most make a good-hearted effort to review as many titles as possible, this critic included. PR teams make the job easier by sending viewing links out or inviting critics to local film screenings. It’s rare to find a …
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‘Fall Guy’ Dumbs Down ’80s TV Show … Way Down
“Idiocracy,” indeed. Mike Judge’s 2006 classic predicted the dumbing down of society. If Hollywood has its way, we’ll get there sooner than later. And we can partly blame “The Fall Guy.” The action comedy lifts its title and main character from the Lee Majors TV show. The action romp does what 99 percent of modern …
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Joe Rogan Blasts Woke Colleges: ‘Cult Camps’
Stephen Colbert thinks so highly of the radical, oft-violent campus protesters that he chose them over law and order. Not Joe Rogan. The Spotify podcaster, along with guest Tulsi Gabbard, shredded the pro-Palestinian forces who are overtaking college campuses, beating Jews, destroying property and preventing university students from getting their overpriced education. Rogan eviscerated the …
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Colbert Defends Anti-Israel Protests, Shamed Anti-Lockdown Voices
Stephen Colbert discovered free speech this week. For years, Colbert either ignored attacks on free expression or even cheered them on. He looked the other way when intrepid journalists revealed Big Tech significantly suppressed speech, courtesy of the Twitter Files. He tut-tutted the rise of Cancel Culture and its insidious impact on comedy. He chortled …
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Lady Ghostbusters’ Revenge? Reboot Ices Out ‘Frozen Empire’
The 2016 “Ghostbusters” reboot unofficially kicked off Hollywood’s woke makeover. The industry already had the far-Left movement in mind before the film’s release, but the battles around the gender-swapped reboot crystalized the Culture War fight. The press rallied behind the film as a feminist victory, sight unseen. Consumers torched the film’s first trailer in epic …
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‘Screams Before Silence’ Must Be Seen and Remembered
It was even worse than you heard, than you read, than you feared. “Screams Before Silence” lets the survivors of the Oct. 7 massacre at the hands of Hamas tell their stories. The documentary, available for free at screamsbeforesilence.com, doesn’t show the grisly visuals found in the 45-minute video circulated to journalists and Hollywood denizens. …
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Jerry Seinfeld Blames ‘Extreme Left, ‘PC Crap’ for Comedy Decline
Jerry Seinfeld takes comedy seriously. Very seriously. After his landmark NBC sitcom “Seinfeld” wrapped he gathered the funniest people on the planet for his follow-up show, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” And, when the host of “The New Yorker Radio Hour” asked him specific questions on his craft, Seinfeld demurred. It would take an hour …
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The Onion and Ben Collins: A Perfect Fake News Marriage
It’s hard to remember a time when The Onion was synonymous with “funny.” The humor site once had the field all to itself, creating Fake News stories that made us laugh and think. The Onion came out in printed form, and its attacks on the political class could be withering. That was then. Today’s online-only …
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David Schwimmer Shreds Campus Antisemitism: ‘Silence Is Complicity’
Hollywood’s silence on the raging antisemitism on college campuses continues. Very few voices are willing to speak out against it, with Michael Rapaport and Patricia Heaton being rare, and welcome, exceptions. Add a certain “Friend” to that embarrassingly short list. David Schwimmer used Instagram to call out the insanity running wild in academia over the …
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