Sometimes words fail me. But not this time. I’m incensed. “They Are Us” an “inspirational story about the young leader’s response to the tragic events.” Now let me think, is it about the two police officers who responded with outstanding bravery when they apprehended a terrorist on a
Gabriel Andrade mercatornet.com Gabriel Andrade is assistant professor of medicine at Ajman University, in the United Arab Emirates. His main area of research is Ethics and Psychology in a medical context, as well as the analysis of cultural phenomena from a psychological and philosophical perspective. Coming 2 America Directed
Rose Byrne is about to get political in her latest role. The Australian actress, 41, has been cast as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in upcoming film They Are Us. Fans will see a different side of the Bridesmaids star as she plays the political leader in the wake
Rebecca Day fee.org Rebecca Day is an independent musician and writer, and enjoys applying the principles of Austrian economics to her businesses. More information about her music and writing can be found at thefreemarketmusician.com. For the arts industry, 2020 was an unprecedented year. Musicians saw incomes instantly wiped
No matter what Muslims might claim, Nazis are easily Hollywood’s go-to villains, these days. Whether it’s Indiana Jones, Marvel films, or Oscar-baiting Holocaust films, if Hollywood wants a bad guy: slap on a black uniform and some shiny boots. It wasn’t always that way, of
Michael McCaffrey rt.com Michael McCaffrey is a writer and cultural critic who lives in Los Angeles. He is also the host of the popular cinema podcast Looking California and Feeling Minnesota. Luke Holland’s film, which chronicles the complicity of ordinary Germans in the crimes of the Third Reich,
Australian celebrity criminal, Mark “Chopper” Read famously said, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn”. Read was referring to the string of “memoirs” (ten in all) he wrote. Read notoriously mixed the astonishing truth, such as his almost comical effort to abduct a Victorian County
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research.He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and nine books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of
The great genius of capitalism is its ability to harness human ingenuity. Socialism, as Frank Zappa wisely said, “produced bad music, bad art, social stagnation, and really unhappy people”. Even when pandemic-licensed governments do their damnedest to get their socialism on, and completely control the means of production by
Alysse ElHage mercatornet.com Alysse ElHage is Editor of the IFS Blog, Family Studies, and a freelance writer. Prior to joining the Institute for Family Studies, she served as associate director of research at the North Carolina Family Policy Council, and as associate editor of Family North Carolina magazine. Maybe
Lisa R. Pruitt University of California, Davis Film critics have had nary a good word to say about Netflix’s new movie “Hillbilly Elegy.” Reviewers varyingly called it “Oscar-Season B.S.,” “woefully misguided,” “Yokel Hokum,” “laughably bad” and simply “awful.” I admit to delight when I read professional critics
The blatant inability of the Star Wars’ henchmen to hit, as my Dad used to say, a bull’s arse with a handful of wheat, is as legendary as Darth Vader’s villainy. But, to quote Professor Julius Sumner-Miller, why is it so? After all, stormtroopers are professional soldiers
The story of Danish movie Druk (English title, “Another Round”) is predictable enough, but told so well and with such spirit (pun intended) that it just doesn’t matter. Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) is a middle-aged history teacher numbly watching his world collapse around him. His once-promising academic career
Maria Flood Keele University The backlash against the backlash has begun. Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Todd Phillips of Hangover trilogy fame, has opened to conflicting reviews and negative press. Having been hailed as a masterpiece when it first screened at the Venice film festival (and drawing an
Sung-ae Lee Macquarie University Parasite, the South Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho, received four Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film. It was an historic moment. Parasite is the first non-English-language movie to
