Bill Murray is supposedly generating “Oscar buzz” for his performance as an actor on the decline in the film Lost in Translation . While it is often unclear exactly what elevates a performance to the level of Oscar-caliber, it is obvious enough that his acting here is more effective than it was in say, Groundhog Day. But what Murray is trying to
Season Three of Fox’s highly successful “24” has drawn to a climactic close. As always, the President was in danger, the country was in peril, and only one man could save them all: special agent Jack Bauer. What, other than ratings, is the show’s underlying premise for why disaster is always imminent? Like any good soap opera, there are a lot of
Pro-market movies seem atypical for Hollywood, and a thoughtful summer blockbuster seems almost an oxymoron. So when Batman Begins opened to praise not only from film critics but also free-market thinkers , the impossible appeared suddenly possible. Upon further reflection, however, claims that a pop culture outreach tool for market-based ideas
Pride may goeth before the fall, but with politicians like George W. Bush, far too much time separates the pride part from the fall part. The damage that he has wrought in this country and the world goes beyond accurate enumeration – most of it made possible because he has been able to use 9-11 as his grand excuse to pose as God’s sword to smite
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