NPR Still Lamenting 'American Concentration Camp' in Hollywood

Mass murder in real concentration camps in the Soviet Union are ancient history to National Public Radio, but the cause of poor, blacklisted communists in Hollywood charging America was a concentration camp is still a fresh and poignant soundbite. On the June 17 edition of All Things Considered, anchor Melissa Block championed a forthcoming new documentary about communist screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, made by Peter Askin and Trumbo’s son Christopher and featuring big celebrities like Michael Douglas. It amazes me that 50 years after the fact, the leftist media is still denying that there were communists in this country during the cold war who were trying to use our guaranteed freedoms to destroy our country from within.

Indiana Jones Mistakes

OK. We saw the movie during opening weekend. At first I was a bit disappointed, but it grew on me. I think the main reason I didn't like it was that I was comparing it to the earlier films. Compared to many recent and current films, it simply rocks. I'm sure that I'll see it again in theaters and own it on DVD by Christmas.

Here is a site I have talked about before. It is a blog that tracks mistakes for films (and TV shows). As I write this there are 42 mistakes. Some are really nit-picky. I like the visible equipment and the trivia.

It's Out!

It's here. 19 years in the making. I plan to see it over the weekend.

Unclassics

This is an article that discusses downgrading 10 well regarded "masterpieces" of film making from classic status to something less than that. This is really a discussion for real film fans. As a side note, how many of these films have you seen?

Film School Rejects

Movie news, opinions, reviews, and all things movies, movies, movies. Plus occasional reviews by my favorite reviewer. Check out her take on the latest Dr. Suess flick in her review titled, "Horton hears a pro-life protest".

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/horton-hears-a-pro-life-protest.php

Harrison Ford Waxes Off His Man Fur for Mother Earth

Harrison Ford, whose fourth Indiana Jones movie is coming out next month, had his hairy chest waxed to make a statement about the environment. Oh, this is sad. Indiana Jones is actually an environmental tool. Sad. Sad. Sad.

VHS, 30, dies of loneliness

After a long illness, the groundbreaking home-entertainment format VHS has died of natural causes in the United States. The format was 30 years old.

No services are planned.

The format had been expected to survive until January, but high-def formats and next-generation vidgame consoles hastened its final decline.

"It's pretty much over," concurred Buena Vista Home Entertainment general manager North America Lori MacPherson on Tuesday.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953955.html?categoryid=20&cs=1

Hollywood's Dirty Secret

From the liberal heart of Hollywood comes a conservative film festival. Running for a couple of years, the promoters run films that go against the standard PC grain of leftist Hollywood to show the other side of America. Was that too heavy handed? Alright, I'll settle down. Anyway, this just might be a place to find some film gems that might get overlooked by the mainstream because the subject or the creators are a bit too "against the grain". Look it over.

http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/