Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Once upon a time, a critical mass of Hollywood men had military experience. What we see now are men without chests longing to be men without penises. I suspect that few of the people reading this post watched last Sunday’s Academy Awards show. If you’re like me, you might have seen only
Continue reading2018 Oscar Predictions By The Closet Conservative Critic (Brief recap of who the Closet Conservative Critic is….C.C.C. is a 50-something “person of interest” who occasional writes on the Bookworm Blog, under the guise of the “Closet Conservative Critic”, reviewing Hollywood movies, and giving opinions with the perspective of a
Continue readingYears ago, Don Quixote told me that Lady Gaga is a genuinely talented performer. I protested, saying she’s just an auto-tuned exhibitionist. Tonight, at the Academy Awards, it turned out that, as is often the case, Don Quixote was right. Tonight, Lady Gaga did a staggeringly good Sound of Music tribute. It was the kind
Continue reading[UPDATE: Okay, I knew my theory was way too wacky to be true, although I had fun writing it up. Although the White House didn’t list it on the official schedule (because Thomas Lifson checked), I should have remembered that the Obama’s were hosting the annual Governor’s dinner — the
Continue readingOld Hollywood, which was owned and operated by foreign-born or first generation European Jews had aspirations. What may surprise some is that these aspirations did not usually include Art (note that capital “A”). The aspirations — or the absence of low behavior — came about in part because of the
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