Category Archives: politics
MUNICH Review Pt.3 – Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz, Eric Bana in Steven Spielberg’s Munich MUNICH Review: Part II A seriously miscast Eric Bana doesn’t help matters any. Bana may look great with his shirt off, but he fails to convey both Avner’s dedication to the fight and his ever-multiplying inner demons. While hunting his targets, the actor seems as hapless as Inspector Clouseau, and each time he gets to kill someone, [...]
AVATAR: The China Ban Controversy
Chinese government officials have denied reports that the State is in any way responsible for pulling Avatar out of hundreds of theaters showing the 2D version of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver. A deputy director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has asserted that the film was being dropped by the exhibitors themselves because their [...]
George Clooney, MTV to Stage Haiti Earthquake Telethon
Evil, sinful, unAmerican, liberal Hollywood, in the form of Academy Award winner George Clooney, is working with MTV Networks to stage a telethon to help victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that has left an estimated 50,000 people dead. The telethon is scheduled to be broadcast on ABC, NBC, HBO, CNN and all MTV channels worldwide at 5-8 p.m. PT on Jan. 22. It’s [...]
AVATAR, the Vatican, and Neo-Paganism
Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore in Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) Right-wingers criticize it for its anti-militaristic and anti-imperialism stance. The politically correct accuse it of being racist. Anti-smokers cry foul because of a chain-smoking character. And now comes the Vatican media accusing it of promoting paganism and nature worship. Really, you can’t please everyone, but this? In addition [...]