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The Real Villain in the Shawshank Redemption

The Real Villain in the Shawshank Redemption

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org In a 2016 interview, Stephen King was asked if he had “a personal favorite” film adaptation of one of his stories. The first movie out of the bestselling author’s

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Fighting for Financial Freedom

Fighting for Financial Freedom

Simon Angelo WealthMorning.com This article is editorial content. It is the author’s personal opinion and commentary. It is general in nature and should not be construed as any financial or investment advice. ‘A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.’ Edward R. Murrow Two documentary films

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River of Freedom Nears End of Remarkable Run

River of Freedom Nears End of Remarkable Run

dailytelegraph.co.nz “It took me a week to get a ticket. The film sold out its Wellington screenings for five straight days. The Thursday afternoon session I got into was also a sell-out”. Graeme Tuckett, Stuff. River of Freedom had its world premiere on September 7, 2023 and this

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What Are You Going to Do About It?

In some of my articles, I have spoken about a streaming platform called LOOR.TV. I thought I would talk about this new platform as most people would not have heard about it. Apart from the Daily Wire, LOOR is another streaming platform that hopes to take on Hollywood and

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How Walt Disney Conquered the World

Ben McCann Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide mercatornet.com On October 16 1923, brothers Walt and Roy set up a modest cartoon studio. Their goal was to produce short animated films. They created a new character: a mouse, with large ears. Named “Mickey”, he soon

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Are There Really ‘Cursed’ Movies?

Are There Really ‘Cursed’ Movies?

Is there such a thing as a cursed movie? Actors, tending to be as superstitious as they are ignorant, apparently like to think so. After all, these are the sort of ninnies who not only refuse to whistle backstage, but can’t bring themselves to say ‘Macbeth’, or ‘break a

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The True Moral of the Neverending Story

The True Moral of the Neverending Story

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org When I was seven, my class was taken to an auditorium in our elementary school. There was a projector in the room, and we packed in on the floor, criss-cross

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Disney Wants to ‘Quiet the Noise’

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there after. newsbusters.

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Not the Moral Lessons the Movies Intended

Not the Moral Lessons the Movies Intended

In his excellent memoir-cum-how-to book on indie film-making, Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Films fame had strong words for his critics. Responding to sneers that his movies had no moral value, Kaufman agreed – and that that was the point. So what, he said, if Bloodsucking Freaks had no moral value? It

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Time for a Superhero with Down’s Syndrome?

Time for a Superhero with Down’s Syndrome?

righttolife.org.uk Tommy Jessop, an actor with Down’s syndrome known for his role in the prime time BBC drama, Line of Duty, has petitioned Hollywood to make a new superhero film starring an actor with Down’s syndrome. A BBC documentary released last month follows brothers Tommy and

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The A-Bomb of Our Time

The A-Bomb of Our Time

L Matthew Meyers L Matthew Myers is a data-driven financial, media, and policy analyst. His work has appeared in over 20 major publications, and he has published extensively on toxicology, health sciences, biotech, and pharmaceuticals. brownstone.org Oppenheimer is an epic film, and an extraordinary cinematic achievement. Writer-Director Christopher Nolan’

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River of Freedom Premieres September 5

River of Freedom Premieres September 5

dailytelegraph.co.nz New Zealand film RIVER OF FREEDOM is set to release next month, with film premiere events in Auckland on September 5th at The Civic, Christchurch on September 6th at Hoyts Riccarton, and Wellington on September 7th at The Embassy. Following the premieres, New Zealand audiences will have

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Dreadful ‘Fascist’ Barbie Dominates the Cinema

Tim Graham Tim Graham is the Executive Editor at NewsBusters, and he is the Director of  Media Analysis at the Media Research Center. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before the Internet era. PA Pundits – International

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How the Soviets Stole Nuclear Secrets and Targeted Oppenheimer, the ‘Father of the Atomic Bomb’

How the Soviets Stole Nuclear Secrets and Targeted Oppenheimer, the ‘Father of the Atomic Bomb’

Calder Walton Assistant Director, Applied History Project and Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School “Oppenheimer,” the epic new movie directed by Christopher Nolan, takes audiences into the mind and moral decisions of J. Robert Oppenheimer, leader of the team of brilliant scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, who built the world’

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