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Title: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on December 04, 2006, 07:20:56 AM: A friend strongly recommends this movie:

http://www.cinematical.com/2006/04/21/tribeca-review-beyond-the-call/

Tribeca Review: Beyond the Call
Posted Apr 21st 2006 1:00PM by Christopher Campbell
Filed under: Action & Adventure, Documentary, Foreign Language, Tribeca, Theatrical Reviews

Another good title for Beyond the Call would be The Santa Claus 3, if only it didn't sound too similar to a very different movie scheduled for release later this year. Nonetheless, Beyond the Call is a perfeclty fine name for Adrian Belic's extraordinary documentary about three old men -- occasionally with white beards -- traveling the world with presents. Unlike Santa, they don't travel just once a year and they don't cover all of the earth in one mission. Also, instead of toys, they give out food, medical supplies, clothing and blankets. Sometimes, though, they bring something like a solar-powered oven, which certainly looks like a big toy.

Meet Ed Artis, Jim Laws and Walt Ratterman, aka Knightsbridge, a three-man humanitarian organization that provides aid to needy people, one impoverished country at a time. In the Tribeca Film Festival guide, the film's synopsis describes them as "part Mother Teresa and part Indiana Jones," which earned a few rolled eyes from the Cinematical staff at first. Well, wouldn't you know their interpretation is spot-on? Sure, they don't recover artifacts or fight Nazis, but their role is just as much adventurous as it is altruistic.

One of the big questions that went through my head first was, "Where does the money come from?" Some of the materials are donated, and the guys receive an 80-90% discount on medical supplies, but the expense of each trip appears to be high; at one point they pay for truckloads of food out of a pouch filled with wads of $100-bills. Later they hand $2,000 cash to an Afghan school that can't pay its teachers. The documentary isn't completely clear about how this cardiologist, construction company owner, and retired mortgage banker can work so rarely at home and devote so much time and money abroad, except to point out that while others are saving up for a boat or for retirement, they save up for the next mission. It is probably that simple, and of course, it doesn't really matter how they're able to do it -- they do it.

Beyond the Call shows them doing it throughout Afghanistan, where they planned to go even before 9/11; in the southern Philippines, where they help the U.S. military acquire medical equiptment for cheap; it shows them trying to do it on the Burmese border of Thailand. They claim to have no fear of death, because, as Artis puts it, a spreadsheet of his life comes out far more positive than negative. Artis admits one fear, however: being kidnapped; the idea of someone telling his wife, "We've got him," is the worst-case scenario he can think of. Although Knightsbridge travels through a lot of dangerous territory, Belic doesn't capture anything too intense (see Shadow of Afghanistan for that kind of film), which is okay. It is hard enough viewing the people already affected by war and poverty.

Beyond the Call is an extremely inspiring film that is also hilarious, exciting and heartwrenching. Not only are the three men unbelievably good willed, they are enjoyable characters filled with loveable quirks and wonderful stories to tell. I'd say someone should give them a reality show -- the film will leave you craving more -- except I respect that this is probably all the attention they could want or need.

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Title: Angelina to play Dagny Taggart
Post by: Crafty_Dog on December 18, 2006, 06:21:42 PM: It was published almost 50 years ago, and has sold millions of copies. But only now is Ayn Rand's controversial individualist novel "Atlas Shrugged" about to become a movie starring Angelina Jolie.

Ed Hudgins, editor of the New Individualist, tells me that the screenplay adapting the 1,100-page epic novel is only a couple weeks away from completion. Production is set to begin next year with the release of the film in 2008.

Mr. Hudgins says fans of Atlas should be pleased that the adaptation is being authored by Randall Wallace, the scriptwriter for "Braveheart," Mel Gibson's epic tale of Scottish freedom fighters. "I was fascinated by Rand's book. It was original and provocative," Mr. Wallace told Daily Variety.

For her part, Ms. Jolie has told friends that she finds the character of Dagny Taggart the most powerful female role she can imagine playing. While Ms. Jolie adheres to conventional liberal politics, she is nonetheless a big fan of Rand's sweeping story-telling abilities.

Originally, the plan of producers Howard and Karen Baldwin was to follow the example of the makers of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings," and adapt Rand's sprawling work into a three-part movie. But they were finally convinced that the story should be seen at one sitting, albeit at great length. I guess that means that the speech by anti-collectivist hero John Galt -- which runs to 72 pages in the novel -- will have to be trimmed just a bit.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on January 22, 2007, 10:17:46 AM: A friend recommends this:

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http://www.greencine.com/article?action=view&articleID=372

Letter from Adrian

Hello Dear Friends,

The time has come for BEYOND THE CALL on PBS....TOMORROW!

Who: From the brothers who brought you the Academy Award nominated GENGHIS BLUES comes the next great adventure....BEYOND THE CALL.
What: PBS nationwide airing of BEYOND THE CALL on the award winning series INDEPENDENT LENS.
Where: In your home
When: TOMORROW...Tuesday, January 23rd in the evening. Check local listings for exact time in your area.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/beyondthecall
Why: Because you will be inspired and entertained.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDor-ovsKnE

MySpace page with film trailer:
http://www.myspace.com/beyondthecall

Synopsis:
In an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern-day knights travel the world delivering life saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of war.

More than five years in the making; nearly a year of theatrical screenings, festival showings, standing ovations and many awards, the time has come for BEYOND THE CALL to have its big TV premiere! We are very excited that BEYOND THE CALL will air nationwide on PBS's award winning series INDEPENDENT LENS this Tuesday, January 23rd in the evening. Please check your local listings for exact time in your area.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/beyondthecall
This will be the one-hour version. The language has been cleaned up so young people and those sensitive to naughty language can view safely.
Rumor has it that BEYOND THE CALL will have additional airings on other days and times throughout this opening week (January 22 - 28), but they will be at odd hours. Check local listings.

Please keep your eyes open for the 35mm feature film version of BEYOND THE CALL, still doing the film festival circuit and theatrical run across the US and around the world through the spring, summer, and into the fall. I and the stars (Ed Artis, Jim Laws and Walt Ratterman) will try to make as many of the screenings as possible.

We are working diligently putting together the extras-packed BEYOND THE CALL DVD that will go on sale in mid February. It will be available on the film's website www.beyondthecallthemovie.com and www.wadirum.com. We are putting the finishing touches on the www.beyondthecallthemovie.com website. It will be up in time for the PBS airing. On the site you will be able to leave your email address so that we can contact you as soon as the DVDs are ready. We will not use your emails for any other reason.
The initial production run of BEYOND THE CALL DVDs will be limited, so please sign up so you can be assured a DVD purchase as soon as it comes out.

Thank you so very much for your continued support and encouragement!
Any and all assistance that you can offer to help get the word out about this nationwide PBS airing through your press, organizations, websites, bloggers, etc. contacts would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Independent Lens publicist Mary Lugo at lugo@negia.net or you can contact me directly.
You can get in touch with the subjects of the film at http://www.kbi.org or http://www.onedollar4darfur.com.

Thank you,
Adrian Belic
Filmmaker
(415)716-0660 mobile
www.wadirum.com
http://www.myspace.com/beyondthecall
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/beyondthecall
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on December 07, 2007, 06:52:58 AM: WSJ
Not According to Script
Hollywood gets shown up by pro-war YouTube videos and a didactic antiwar cat.

BY BRENDAN MINITER
Friday, December 7, 2007 12:01 a.m. EST

The guns of war have fallen silent for Hollywood. Studio executives, who could once count on Americans filling theaters for just about any war movie they produced, are finding this year's war flicks to be a bunch of duds. "Lions for Lambs," Robert Redford's case against the war in Afghanistan, is a flop. It stars Mr. Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise and may not make back its $35 million price tag. Brian De Palma's "Redacted" played to empty seats. Even "The War," Ken Burns's much-anticipated World War II documentary that aired on PBS in September, met a less-than-explosive reception.

But Americans haven't lost their taste for war footage. They've just found a better place to see the type of war film they actually enjoy watching. Some of the hottest videos on YouTube are of actual battles that have taken place in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is footage that often hasn't made its way onto the nightly news or CNN--although some of it has--but it's largely unadulterated film that shows American soldiers in action, bringing the full weight of American military might to bear against the enemy. And in most of these films, it's clear who the enemy is.

Some of the are amateur productions and others are professionally produced, such as two films that have drawn about 700,000 viewers each: "Insurgent Snipers vs. U.S. Marines," put together by the History Channel, and "Iraq Marine Battle Fallujah." In the latter, U.S. Marines are seen assaulting Fallujah. The film, just 4 1/2 minutes, plays to the tune of Dire Straits' 1985 hit "Brothers in Arms," and is a better tribute to the men who fight the nation's wars that anything Hollywood has put out since John Wayne's 1968 film "The Green Berets."
Another film, this one billing itself as "Iraq War (The Great Footage Ever!)," was posted in February and has already drawn more than 1.3 million viewers. It runs a little less than 10 minutes and features shots of U.S. military attack aircraft and U.S. Marines in Iraq. The Marines, who fill the final half of the film, are shown kicking in doors, burning photographs of Saddam Hussein, and blasting insurgents with seemingly every weapon in the U.S. arsenal. It's raw, upfront military aggression targeted at bad guys, interspersed with lighter moments of kicking soccer balls around with Iraqi children and training Iraqi soldiers. It too is compelling video.

Yet another film winning attention--"Battle on Haifa Street, Baghdad, Iraq"--was posted nine months ago and has been seen by more than 1.8 million viewers. In nearly three minutes of combat footage, viewers can watch a battle scene play out where American and Iraqi soldiers attack and appear to kill insurgents in urban Baghdad. Another short film--"U.S. Marines in Iraq Real Footage Warning Graphic"--plays to American rock music, runs just five minutes. It is an adrenaline rush all the way through and has been seen by some 1.1 million people.

Not every online film is pro-war. One, available here, is a 23-minute discussion of whether the Iraq war is illegal under international law. Narrated by a talking cat, it has been seen by more than 600,000 people. It's anyone's guess how many of them have actually been swayed by the cat's arguments.

Today cameras are ubiquitous and production software is easy enough to use that nearly any American with an interest in doing so can put together a film and post it online for public viewing. That many of the videos showing up on the Internet are just as or even more compelling to watch than what Tinsel Town throws up on the silver screen is both an indictment of Hollywood as well as an opportunity. It's of little mystery now what kind of war films consumers want to see. Most of them involve the good guys winning.
Mr. Miniter is assistant editor of OpinionJournal.com. His column appears Tuesdays.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Boyo on May 10, 2010, 12:40:51 PM: Saw Iron man 2 really enjoyed it. Then came across this article. In the New York Post :-o

Little did Aaron Sorkin suspect, when he wrote the lefty drama "A Few Good Men," that the only thing anyone would ever remember about it was Jack Nicholson’s Col. Jessep speech, which Sorkin accidentally made more convincing than any liberal argument he ever offered: "Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. You want me on that wall — you need me on that wall. My existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives."

Col. Jessup, shake hands with your 21st-century equivalent: Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark.

Tony Stark -- hands off my business
In "Iron Man 2," not only is Stark’s existence grotesque to a prosecutorial senator in Washington even as he protects American lives, but the movie shows how much we need Tony Stark on another crucial wall — the wall between private industry and statism. The movie is written by Justin Theroux, but ideologically it brings to mind a slightly older screenwriter — Ayn Rand.

"Iron Man" shows its mettle early on when Tony is hauled before Congress to face down a snotty senator (Garry Shandling) who demands that he surrender his rights to Iron Man technology. Tony jokes that he isn’t interested in "indentured servitude or prostitution," echoes Col. Jessup when he notes, "I’d love to leave my door open, but this ain’t Canada" and sternly informs the senator, "You want my private property. You can’t have it." He adds, "I’ve successfully privatized world peace ... what’s wrong with these assclowns?"

Stark is threatened by the only force on earth comparable to his — what Rand’s John Galt called "the unpredictable power of the arbitrary whims of hidden, ugly little bureaucrats."

"Iron Man 2" is thrillingly aware that today’s disputes about the role of government in business are as critical as Cold War arguments ever were. The film is to economics what "The Dark Knight" is to national security.

It even features the best Barack Obama joke yet to appear in a movie: A spoof of the "iconic" (to liberals) Shepard Fairey "HOPE" poster. This one has an illustration of the heavy-metal superhero with the simple legend, "IRON MAN."

Liberals may read this as an homage to their idol, but it’s a wicked takedown — because Iron Man is so obviously everything Obama isn’t. He represents the profit-hungry corporation heedless of "responsibility," military saber-rattling rather than soothing placation, America first rather than just one of the pack, individualism rather than the committee and the community, the super-rich spending their money on toys rather than spreading the wealth — and impish wit instead of sonorous self-importance. (Quick: Name the five funniest one-liners Obama ever delivered off the cuff. Okay, name even one.)

Boyo
Title: The end of the human race?
Post by: ccp on October 01, 2010, 01:42:16 PM: I saw parts of this on cable the other night. The guy makes a lot of sense.

He predicts the end of humanity.

Crack pot or genius?

Anyone else see this? See trailer below:

http://www.collapsemovie.com/
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: G M on October 01, 2010, 06:26:07 PM: He's a truther, and peak oil advocate.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on October 02, 2010, 07:13:59 PM: He does not seem to grasp how the pricing mechanism of the market works. Increased demand=higher prices= more supply and/or alternative sources become viable.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on October 03, 2010, 08:18:02 AM: Truther? I didn't see the whole movie. Only saw around 20 minutes.

I think you mean by this adjective he believes 911 was a conspiracy?

I didn't see anything about 9/11 in the part of the movie I saw.

Mainly he states he predicted the stock market fall, the near collapse of our economy, and the sky rocketing debt and population explosion around the world does not portend well for the future of mankind.

I think it valid to question the expansion of human population across the globe on a relatively small planet that does not have infinite natural resources.

It is common sense we can't keep multplying forever. I agree the entire world could well be looked at as a ponzi scheme. We keep expanding and growing to maintain a level of growth.

Look at the historical population growth curve?

Looks like any stock market graph just before a crash.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: G M on October 03, 2010, 09:29:57 AM: http://www.rense.com/general14/intel.htm

Ruppert's truther screed.
Title: Bama, another Lincoln for 2012.
Post by: ccp on November 26, 2010, 10:18:14 AM: So the big hollywood lib Speilberg is going to make a movie on Lincoln with Daniel Day Lewis cast as Abe.
Of course the source is liberal historian Doris Goodwin Kearns ( the plagerizer) who wrote a book about Lincoln's cabinet.

Remember her and other liberal media types claiming that Obama picking his political adversary (Hill) and for his cabinet was just sooooo
Lincolnesque?

Lincoln, well known long before Kearns was ever born or able to lift lines from others, picked political adverseries for his cabinet because he thought they were best suited for the job.

So of course the comparisons between Bama and Lincoln were all over the MSM.

So now Spielberg wants to give Bamster a boost?

Guess when this movie will come out?

End of 2012. Is this just a business ploy or also political? Probably both.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Vicbowling on February 01, 2011, 12:10:57 PM: Anyone have any Oscar predictions for this coming year?
Everyone seems to think that Natalie Portman has it in the bag for Black Swan
- haven't seen it yet but I'm not really a fan of her acting so I don't know what to think about that.

association management software (http://www.alinity.com/)
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: JDN on April 10, 2011, 08:55:03 AM: 'Atlas Shrugged' finally comes to the screen

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-0410-atlas-shrugged-20110410,0,7583764.story
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on April 10, 2011, 02:56:14 PM: Although I am sympathetic to much of the philosophy in the book, I found it a horrible read. I can't even remember if I finished it. :lol:
Title: Cameron - not rich enough - just take it all.
Post by: ccp on December 10, 2011, 10:34:23 AM: Unfortunately it isn't just a matter of truth coming out. OF course he stole it. Of course he will lie. Of course many around him who have made money and have deals will be happy to lie. If one thinks that people with the technical know how to make a movie like this cannot also make "new" electronic evidence and back date it would be mistaken. Private investigators will likely be hired if not already and follow the acusers and his lawyers around. Don't think secretaries at the law firms can't be bought off (as well as the lawyers who would probably rather work for a billionaire rather than a ripped of poor artist) to supply all the info or help things diappear or get swithed. Supply someone with a key to get in and make a switcheroo with adjusted evidence. Even pay off copyright people. Think they won't get into your house or place of work. Think they can't bribe anyone around you to give them the inside info as to what you claim, what you have in evidence? Where it is, copies, etc.

Eavesdropping? The entertainment industry which cries foul everytime something of theirs is downloaded somewhere in the world does though they rip people off all day long. Politicians they can't or won't help you. They all get cuts donations, deals with the entertainers or get to meet with celebrities or have them sing at their fundraiser for free (promotional advertising for them).

It is nothing for them to hire full time people to go out and do these things. Even neighbors will do it to have a new fence put up or a roof fixed.

*****Home James Cameron Sued by Sci Fi Geek -- You Stole 'Avatar' from Me!!!
Celebrity Justice12/8/2011 5:55 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF.James Cameron Sued By Sci Fi Geek --
You Stole 'Avatar' From Me!!!

James Cameron is an idea stealing thief ... who ripped the story for "Avatar" from a science fiction nerd who once worked with Cameron's production company ... this according to a new lawsuit.

Cameron is being sued by a guy named Eric Ryder -- who claims back in 1997, he came up with a movie called "KRZ 2068" -- an "environmentally themed 3-D epic about a corporation's colonization and plundering of a distant moon's lush and wondrous natural setting."

Ryder claims the movie also involved "self-contained robotic exterior suits which house a single human operator" ... just like in "Avatar."

According to the suit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Ryder claims his reps pitched the movie idea to Cameron's production company back in 1999 ... and it was so well received, they had multiple serious meetings with high ranking execs about the development of the project.

But Ryder claims in 2002, the company officially shut down the project -- telling him, "No one would go see an environmentally themed feature length science fiction movie."

So when "Avatar" hit theaters in 2009 ... and made bazillions ... Ryder was furious.

In his suit, Ryder alleges he complained to Cameron's people in 2009 -- but when they finally got back to him earlier this year, they told him to kick rocks, claiming J.C. had written the story before 1999.

Ryder says Cameron's people are lying -- claiming there are way too many similarities between the two projects -- including Ryder's idea for one of the characters to be played by Sigourney Weaver.

Ryder is suing for unspecified damages -- probably a bloody fortune.

Attempts to reach Cameron's people were unsuccessful.

1:30 PM PT: Reps for Fox and James Cameron just released a statement, claiming "the suit is baseless and we will vigorously defend our position."*****
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on December 10, 2011, 10:37:24 AM: That is a taste of the power of money - it is everything. That is one theme of the 99% that is absolutely true and unfair in this world.

I wouldn't mind hearing a Republican at least address this kind of stuff. I will die waiting.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: prentice crawford on December 10, 2011, 09:12:48 PM: Woof,
Oh come off it ccp, Repub's don't like crooks in business anymore than anyone else does and they go after them all the time. Bernie Madoff ripped off anyone that gave him money and there were plenty of Repub's taken in just like Dem's. Besides that, this is not a political thread.
P.C.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on December 11, 2011, 07:11:41 AM: As the saying goes here in LA, "There's just two things not to like about Hollywood people; their face." It would not surprise me at all were the accusation against JC to be true; folks at that level of the game have a sense of entitlement and being beyond the rules that is hard to imagine.

Combine this with the fact that Hollywood is an industry whose highest ideal is acting. What is acting? It is to believably pretend that something not true is real. Ordinary people might call this lying. In other words, the industry has skillful lying as its highest ideal.

I have often spoken of how one of President Reagan's greatest preparations for the Presidency was having been the president of the Screen Actors Guild. If you can climb to the top of that snake pit of vipers, Washington is nothing. :lol:
Title: Knuckle
Post by: bigdog on January 10, 2012, 08:05:28 AM: A documentary on Irish bare knuckle fighting blood feuds.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX8qcOWFr-w[/youtube]
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on January 10, 2012, 01:18:48 PM: I want to see that!

At the complete other end of the spectrum is Martin Scorcese's "Hugo" to which we took our children this past weekend. Slow, thoughtful, no chase scenes, no cute smartass children, and ultimately quite powerful. Recommended!
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: bigdog on January 10, 2012, 04:37:37 PM: Quote from: Crafty_Dog on January 10, 2012, 01:18:48 PM
I want to see that!

At the complete other end of the spectrum is Martin Scorcese's "Hugo" to which we took our children this past weekend. Slow, thoughtful, no chase scenes, no cute smartass children, and ultimately quite powerful. Recommended!

I've not seen the movie, but the book was excellent.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on January 11, 2012, 06:33:29 AM: A good read for a smart 12 year old boy?
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: bigdog on January 11, 2012, 06:48:20 AM: I think so, although I read it aloud to my kids, one of whom is much younger. The illustrations in the book are amazing if art is an interest.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on January 11, 2012, 09:04:56 AM: Conrad and Summerlin both have more than a passing interest in drawing.

Sounds like I should look for this book.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: JDN on June 13, 2012, 10:06:05 PM: I watched an excellent movie, made in 2008,, rather moving, "The boy in the stripped pajamas". It says a lot....
I highly recommend.
Title: first color movie short
Post by: ccp on July 09, 2013, 08:28:46 PM: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/worlds-first-color-movie-_n_1879388.html
Title: First movie star
Post by: ccp on February 12, 2014, 08:14:02 PM: Was also the father of body building.

People were more interested in his physique than his strongman's feats of strength. He made kinetiscopes for Edison and was part of the first marketing of these movies. Thus it could be argued he was the first "movie star". Within a few years movies that followed a theme like the Great Train Robbery of 1903 supplanted the earlier kinetoscope which just followed objects, animals, or people moving around but with no particular theme and projected the image into a viewer not a screen.

The ideal body for those into sculpting bodies in those days (late 1800s) were represented by the ancient statues of the Greeks and Romans or probably later Renaissance depictions of the same body types (for ex. statue of David). Sandow was the first person known to literally try to shape his body into the ideal Greek image:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Sandow
Title: 300 sequel not so liked
Post by: ccp on March 10, 2014, 05:40:10 AM: But at least it has the politically correct warrior-broad in it:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/300_rise_of_an_empire/
Title: Go to next post on this thread
Post by: ccp on September 11, 2014, 06:13:12 AM: Better link
Title: cheerful way to start our mornings
Post by: ccp on September 11, 2014, 06:22:46 AM: Notice the horse drawn carts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOb5Yq-mQsw
Title: panic in the streets, again
Post by: ccp on October 02, 2014, 09:46:52 AM: Good movie with Richard Widmark frantically controlling a plague outbreak. Jack Palance's first role:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_in_the_Streets_(film)
Title: Oscars are racist; of course, Sharpton Spiked Lee and the rest
Post by: ccp on January 16, 2015, 06:48:11 PM: Roger L. Simon

Oscar Report: Al Sharpton Calls Me a Racist!

January 15th, 2015 - 9:48 pm

Maybe it’s actually a badge of honor — after all Sharpton himself makes Bull Connor seem like Martin Luther King — but the Rev Al has called me a racist because I am one of those (white!) Academy members who did not vote for Selma as an Oscar nominee. I cannot tell a lie. He’s right. Not only that, I did not vote for the movie for screenplay either, the only other category for which I can nominate, since I am in the writers branch.

Of course, it was a group accusation. Al didn’t come to my house or anything, not that I would have let him in. But I do acknowledge my vote publicly, although it’s a secret ballot taken online, known only to the Academy and fifty thousand North Korean hackers. On my behalf, I will say I only nominated three films (Birdman, Boyhood and The Imitation Game) instead of the permissible ten. I’m one of those elite snobs who thinks nominating ten films for best picture is the cinematic equivalent of grade inflation. (Also, I’m easily bored.)

Nevertheless, it was a bit depressing to wake up this morning to find myself accused of racism on the top of Drudge. I tried to tweet Matt the truth that I voted for Twelve Years a Slave last year — I thought maybe he’d put something up — but didn’t get an answer. So I’m stuck.

But I have bad news for Al. I’m not going to pay him one penny to get one of his pseudo-papal absolutions saying I’m not really a racist (even though I was in the civil rights movement and a financial backer of the Black Panthers, to my ever-lasting shame). He’s going to have pay his millions of back taxes by himself when the Republicans take the presidency, as people like him and the jihadists are making it likely they will.

And as for Chris Rock, who is also complaining about the white skin privilege or whatever of the Oscar voting and general Hollywood behavior (mostly in excluding Chris Rock), I have news for him. Some years ago I wrote for and worked with his most famous predecessor in African-American comedy, a certain Richard Pryor. And Richard was wildly more talented than you, Chris. You see, some of us old white guys vote for talent and accomplishment, not skin color. I know that doesn’t fit in with your narrative or whatever you want to call it, but as anyone who has worked in Hollywood knows, it all comes down to the ol’ box office-arooney. Blame whoever you want, but Pryor got them into the theater in his time like nobody else around. Chris Rock doesn’t. End of story, whether you’re black, white or heliotrope.

Now back to Sharpton. The big deal on the Drudge Report this morning was a link to the Hollywood Reporter with a complaint that no acting awards for black people at the Oscars this year showed a lack of “diversity.” Sacré bleu! Let me tell you what this old lefty thinks of “diversity.” Diversity IS racism. It’s the biggest shuck to come down the pike since, well, Al Sharpton. It divides people and turns them into objects, but that’s probably over your (meaning Al’s) head, so I’ll leave it at that.

But I will add this. I’m shocked anybody cares who wins the Oscars anymore. At least Al Sharpton does, or says he does. We should be grateful for that.
Title: NRO on Chappaquiddick
Post by: Crafty_Dog on April 05, 2018, 05:32:17 AM: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/chappaquiddick-exposes-ted-kennedy-at-last/

Tangential trivia: In 1968 in support of the Eugene McCarthy candidacy that eventually would lead to unseating President Johnson my mother and future Congresswoman Bella Abzug co-chaired a committee that met at our home. Among those in attendance a couple of times-- the Ted Sorenson mentioned towards the end of this article.
Title: 25 Movies that made Nihilism Hip
Post by: Crafty_Dog on July 31, 2020, 07:02:33 PM: https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/07/antifa-films-25-movies-that-turned-generation-into-nihilistic-anarchists/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-07-31&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart
Title: Soros movie
Post by: ccp on November 21, 2020, 04:57:33 PM: gets 78% on Rotten Tomatoes by critics:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/soros

I am still baffled by calling life as a 14 yr old under the Nazis as the most exciting time of his life
when asked about how he felt aiding them find Jews to send to their deaths.

I understand that few youngsters and most adult would have had the courage to refuse with a gun pointed to their head , but his over lack of remorse or sadness about it strikes me.

Is he subconsciously or consciously suppressing his emotions or does he just not give a shit.

I don't know.
Title: Re: Soros movie
Post by: G M on February 07, 2021, 05:13:58 PM: He is a sociopath.

Quote from: ccp on November 21, 2020, 04:57:33 PM
gets 78% on Rotten Tomatoes by critics:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/soros

I am still baffled by calling life as a 14 yr old under the Nazis as the most exciting time of his life
when asked about how he felt aiding them find Jews to send to their deaths.

I understand that few youngsters and most adult would have had the courage to refuse with a gun pointed to their head , but his over lack of remorse or sadness about it strikes me.

Is he subconsciously or consciously suppressing his emotions or does he just not give a shit.

I don't know.
Title: 50 y ago Bruce Lee on "Longstreet"
Post by: ccp on May 07, 2021, 10:13:00 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xycs5kJMHMw
Title: Shannon Lee vs. Quentin Tarantino on Bruce Lee
Post by: Crafty_Dog on July 05, 2021, 03:14:28 PM: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shannon-lee-quentin-tarantino-hate-bruce-lee-or-sell-books-1234977088/
Title: Shannon Lee vs. Quentin Tarantino on Bruce Lee
Post by: Crafty_Dog on July 05, 2021, 03:23:36 PM: Many levels on which this can be addressed.

In a certain sense Shannon is making a turf play-- matters pertaining to her dad should be run through here because , , , white men , , , genetics , , , she talked to people who knew her dad , , ,people are too stupid not to take this movie scene seriously , , , whatever.

People of all colors get to comment on and be wrong about action movie stars all the fg time-- and that includes her dad. Does a white person get to comment on what a schmuck Steven Seagal is because they are both white, but not BL because he was yellow?

Of course she is right that her dad was an exceedingly legit martial artist and of course QT is just being QT but for me this is all rear view mirror.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on July 05, 2021, 03:52:51 PM: well,

yes

I was just wondering if he was cocky
as for the brad pitt hollywood movie
I could not stand to waste my time for more than ~ 10 minutes watching
it . Not a good Tarantino movie
IMO

though I did see the staged pitt - lee scene

I knew a well martial artist who met Lee
his only comments were that he was serious about his acting (said same of Chuck Norris)
and that Lee was " very fast"
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: G M on July 05, 2021, 05:13:57 PM: https://variety.com/2019/film/features/bruce-lee-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-dan-inosanto-1203287237/

Quote from: ccp on July 05, 2021, 03:52:51 PM
well,

yes

I was just wondering if he was cocky
as for the brad pitt hollywood movie
I could not stand to waste my time for more than ~ 10 minutes watching
it . Not a good Tarantino movie
IMO

though I did see the staged pitt - lee scene

I knew a well martial artist who met Lee
his only comments were that he was serious about his acting (said same of Chuck Norris)
and that Lee was " very fast"
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on July 05, 2021, 07:04:20 PM: Good find.
Title: Bruce Lee
Post by: ccp on July 06, 2021, 04:46:23 AM: yes
thank you GM

too bad Brandon Lee died

he would have had some insight
Title: Re: Bruce Lee
Post by: G M on July 06, 2021, 06:44:05 AM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lee_Cadwell

Quote from: ccp on July 06, 2021, 04:46:23 AM
yes
thank you GM

too bad Brandon Lee died

he would have had some insight
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on July 06, 2021, 07:50:55 PM: I knew Brandon. Class act!

That said, he was very young was his father died.
Title: Question for martial arts experts
Post by: ccp on August 23, 2021, 09:29:50 AM: In the last ~ 20 yrs we always see in movies
now
someone approaching another person from behind
and grabbing their head and rapidly twisting it with the impression
they just killed that person by snapping the neck

Is it really possible to do this or is this just Hollywood nonsense?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVFleoPysjE

it reminds me of the movies showing the criminal holding the gun sideways fad for a while......
Title: Re: Question for martial arts experts
Post by: G M on August 23, 2021, 11:45:32 AM: No. You have to limit range of motion in the neck first, such as pinning someone face down, then violently rotating the head.

Quote from: ccp on August 23, 2021, 09:29:50 AM
In the last ~ 20 yrs we always see in movies
now
someone approaching another person from behind
and grabbing their head and rapidly twisting it with the impression
they just killed that person by snapping the neck

Is it really possible to do this or is this just Hollywood nonsense?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVFleoPysjE

it reminds me of the movies showing the criminal holding the gun sideways fad for a while......
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on August 24, 2021, 10:37:42 AM: amazing how we see this in multiple movies
now

there was a time when head butts also became a popular thing

I like realism not dopey stuff like this though

or having young girls always in tight body outfits beating up everyone is another fad that has gotten old
the day it began.
Title: Battle of Algiers - correction
Post by: ccp on September 07, 2021, 12:06:51 PM: sat through and watched entire movie last night:

I meant this link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Algiers

It has historical significance as inspiration for may urban guerrilla tactics
later on :

***The release of The Battle of Algiers coincided with the decolonization period and national liberation wars, as well as a rising tide of left-wing radicalism in Western nations in which a large minority showed interest in armed struggle. Beginning in the late 1960s, The Battle of Algiers gained a reputation for inspiring political violence; in particular, the tactics of urban guerrilla warfare and terrorism in the movie supposedly were copied by the Black Panthers, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front.[35] The Battle of Algiers was apparently Andreas Baader's favourite movie***

Reportedly shown by the Pentagon for training purposes.
Title: The Outlaw Josie Wales
Post by: Crafty_Dog on November 27, 2021, 08:31:03 AM: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/11/25/nolte-gloriously-inappropriate-problematic-outlaw-josey-wales-1976/?fbclid=IwAR2ddz7C1jY29Evf40oc9Q9NjOvQgH--B8o39kkXrBi3ChY3fsL1qX-P-iM
Title: Power of the Dog
Post by: Crafty_Dog on December 07, 2021, 08:10:05 PM: https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/07/the-predator-and-the-prey-in-jane-campions-the-power-of-the-dog/
Title: John Wayne vs. Stalin
Post by: Crafty_Dog on December 26, 2021, 01:47:10 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGKD6qL6Vas
Title: movie : The Chairman 1969
Post by: ccp on February 01, 2022, 04:39:53 PM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chairman_(1969_film)

Greg Peck goes to China to steal their technology!!

:-P

well that is a switch.
Title: 2000 Mules review by ccp
Post by: ccp on May 22, 2022, 11:38:32 AM: saw last night

theater about 1/2 full
mostly older and all white like me

no younger people I would say under 35 or 40

very good movie STRONGLY RECOMMEND

PROVES BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT MASSIVE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OCCURRED
on a NATIONAL scale!

with the support of the DNC and media cover up

I am 100 % certain Trump would have won without the fraud.
He was robbed - end of story.

Using only very conservative estimates in only 50 locations
the numbers show he would have clearly won Arizona Georgia and Pennsylvania and been closer in Wisconsin Michigan .

If one were to extrapolate to other locations with less productive "mules"
he would easily have won those states
to the scale of 810,000 less Biden votes
and even this is conservative

One thing he did not discuss enough for me was the involvement of DNC lawyers

the Lawiors to the tune of 600 [I read] were directed to blanket the country with changes in election rules to benefit the DNC.

They were all in on the mobster style scale of this . but he does not mention it.
Which I thought was an important part of it by laying the groundwork for the dark money "nonprofits" groups to illegally spread the cash around to bribe the collectors of ballots and the mules to then drop into the drop boxes. Most paid for by Zuckerberg and Soros and a few groups also mentioned - I forget now.

Stacy Abrams would have these election centers were the fraudulant ballots would be collected and then the "mules " would pick them up and deliver small numbers to deposit into multiple drop boxes set up by lawyers and Zuck bucks etc.

They would not go in with large satchels of ballots but only maybe average of 5 at a time to be able to keep the numbers low and under the radar.

The evidence is irrefutable
and everyone played their well choreographed and planned part to a T.

We all knew it happened
and now we have proof

It is legitimately asked why did so many Republicans ignore this , prior to, during and after it happened
Why did they allow it to happen

The conclusion is Republicans focus too much on campaign while the crats concentrate more on process.

In conclusion , the movie answered my question

WE ALL KNEW FRAUD TOOK PLACE .

BUT WAS IT ENOUGH TO HAVE SWUNG THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?

ANSWER : WITHOUT A DOUBT IT DID

THE ONLY BIG LIE WAS NOT THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN BUT IS THE LIE THAT IS WASN'T

review by
CCP 5/22/22
Title: Re: 2000 Mules review by ccp
Post by: G M on May 22, 2022, 01:00:22 PM: Thanks.

I was going to see it today, but work happened.

I will try to see it this week.

Quote from: ccp on May 22, 2022, 11:38:32 AM
saw last night

theater about 1/2 full
mostly older and all white like me

no younger people I would say under 35 or 40

very good movie STRONGLY RECOMMEND

PROVES BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT MASSIVE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OCCURRED
on a NATIONAL scale!

with the support of the DNC and media cover up

I am 100 % certain Trump would have won without the fraud.
He was robbed - end of story.

Using only very conservative estimates in only 50 locations
the numbers show he would have clearly won Arizona Georgia and Pennsylvania and been closer in Wisconsin Michigan .

If one were to extrapolate to other locations with less productive "mules"
he would easily have won those states
to the scale of 810,000 less Biden votes
and even this is conservative

One thing he did not discuss enough for me was the involvement of DNC lawyers

the Lawiors to the tune of 600 [I read] were directed to blanket the country with changes in election rules to benefit the DNC.

They were all in on the mobster style scale of this . but he does not mention it.
Which I thought was an important part of it by laying the groundwork for the dark money "nonprofits" groups to illegally spread the cash around to bribe the collectors of ballots and the mules to then drop into the drop boxes. Most paid for by Zuckerberg and Soros and a few groups also mentioned - I forget now.

Stacy Abrams would have these election centers were the fraudulant ballots would be collected and then the "mules " would pick them up and deliver small numbers to deposit into multiple drop boxes set up by lawyers and Zuck bucks etc.

They would not go in with large satchels of ballots but only maybe average of 5 at a time to be able to keep the numbers low and under the radar.

The evidence is irrefutable
and everyone played their well choreographed and planned part to a T.

We all knew it happened
and now we have proof

It is legitimately asked why did so many Republicans ignore this , prior to, during and after it happened
Why did they allow it to happen

The conclusion is Republicans focus too much on campaign while the crats concentrate more on process.

In conclusion , the movie answered my question

WE ALL KNEW FRAUD TOOK PLACE .

BUT WAS IT ENOUGH TO HAVE SWUNG THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?

ANSWER : WITHOUT A DOUBT IT DID

THE ONLY BIG LIE WAS NOT THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN BUT IS THE LIE THAT IS WASN'T

review by
CCP 5/22/22
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on May 22, 2022, 05:33:05 PM: Thank you CCP.

I too will try to see it this week, and if possible, take my family.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on May 23, 2022, 06:08:37 AM: slight correction :

"If one were to extrapolate to other locations with less productive "mules"
he would easily have won those states
to the scale of 810,000 less Biden votes
and even this is conservative"

I should state to SAME locations and other locations with less productive "mules"
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on May 23, 2022, 08:29:59 AM: let me know your thoughts conclusions

as well
8-)
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on May 23, 2022, 01:35:05 PM: My clueless Boomer self is having a hard time finding showings in the Southern Pines/Aberdeen area.
Title: Tracking us through our phones
Post by: Crafty_Dog on May 23, 2022, 04:22:55 PM: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html?fbclid=IwAR3czwoczWQyyHHnHFs5OQywMJ_giSnKYiU8UTwkzB8SuiInb3wEQsuEV5c
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: G M on May 23, 2022, 04:49:54 PM: Quote from: Crafty_Dog on May 23, 2022, 01:35:05 PM
My clueless Boomer self is having a hard time finding showings in the Southern Pines/Aberdeen area.

https://www.tributemovies.com/movie/North-Carolina/2000-Mules/162361/

It looks like you'll need to go to bigger cities in NC.

Or stream it/ go DVD.
Title: Re: Movies, 2000 Mules, free
Post by: DougMacG on May 24, 2022, 02:24:37 AM: Quote from: Crafty_Dog on May 23, 2022, 01:35:05 PM
My clueless Boomer self is having a hard time finding showings in the Southern Pines/Aberdeen area.

https://ugetube.com/watch/2000-mules-2022-full-film-hd_wQY15vUYd3sgsg8.html
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on May 24, 2022, 06:25:48 AM: good job finding this Doug

And one even gets to see the millionth Mike Lindell commercial in case you were rip van winkle for the past 5 yrs .

:-o
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on May 26, 2022, 01:13:06 PM: has anyone else seen 2000 mules ?

no thoughts comments?
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on May 26, 2022, 07:44:13 PM: I have the URL, but I have been super busy the last few days assembling the chicken coop with my wife; the chicks are growing quickly, and the time pressure is on. We still have quite a bit to do predator proofing the coop now-- snakes and raccoons are both major issues in the area around our back fence.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: G M on May 26, 2022, 09:30:08 PM: Quote from: Crafty_Dog on May 26, 2022, 07:44:13 PM
I have the URL, but I have been super busy the last few days assembling the chicken coop with my wife; the chicks are growing quickly, and the time pressure is on. We still have quite a bit to do predator proofing the coop now-- snakes and raccoons are both major issues in the area around our back fence.

That would be a priority!

I ended up working, so I ordered the video from the website.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on May 28, 2022, 11:49:14 AM: Turns out we can watch it on the Youtube channel on our TV!

Maybe this evening , , ,
Title: Coulter does not like Dinesh movie
Post by: ccp on June 16, 2022, 10:28:33 AM: https://anncoulter.com/2022/06/15/dineshs-stupid-movie/

of course she has been a huffing anti Trumper for yrs now

after supporting him early on.

so not clear

why she does not see her criticism of movie (same as Barr) was answered in the movie
Title: Re: Coulter does not like Dinesh movie
Post by: G M on June 16, 2022, 09:02:23 PM: 2000 Mules is a litmus test.

Do NOT trust anyone who hates it.

Quote from: ccp on June 16, 2022, 10:28:33 AM
https://anncoulter.com/2022/06/15/dineshs-stupid-movie/

of course she has been a huffing anti Trumper for yrs now

after supporting him early on.

so not clear

why she does not see her criticism of movie (same as Barr) was answered in the movie
Title: Sniper rates sniper movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on July 21, 2022, 03:31:14 PM: https://www.foxnews.com/media/teachers-union-survey-backfires-turns-epic-self-own-democrats-education-policy-expert?fbclid=IwAR11RT5AzljT_x6Dq3xSZ29kvC0II6jWXI5E86JcFCF9nYQV3d70IS8xRM4
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on July 21, 2022, 03:40:29 PM: wrong link?
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on July 21, 2022, 04:04:36 PM: :oops: :oops: :oops:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB0CZ_5sPPw
Title: "superhero movies " on decline ?
Post by: ccp on August 06, 2022, 07:43:40 AM: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/08/06/poll-superhero-movies-garnering-less-fanfare-disney-blames-pandemic-for-marvel-fatigue/

it is about time
nothing new about them except more woke then before

the only superhero show I ever liked was the ORIGINAL superman TV show (when I was a kid )
"Truth Justice the American Way!'

has now given way to
"POLITICALLY CORRECT , INJUSTICE, AND GLOBALIST WAY!"

George Reeves is still THE BEST superman
to heck with
superwomen
or supergay
etc
Title: Re: "superhero movies " on decline ?
Post by: G M on August 06, 2022, 07:46:08 AM: People are tired of the endless groomer propaganda.

Quote from: ccp on August 06, 2022, 07:43:40 AM
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/08/06/poll-superhero-movies-garnering-less-fanfare-disney-blames-pandemic-for-marvel-fatigue/

it is about time
nothing new about them except more woke then before

the only superhero show I ever liked was the ORIGINAL superman TV show (when I was a kid )
"Truth Justice the American Way!'

has not given way to
"POLITICALLY CORRECT , INJUSTICE, AND GLOBALIST WAY!"

George Reeves is still THE BEST superman
to heck with
superwomen
or supergay
etc
Title: next movie to see
Post by: ccp on August 24, 2022, 12:44:48 PM: I had not been to a movie theater for many yrs till I saw the documentary 2000 mules .

Next one I want to see is this

"My Son Hunter"

"teaser looks good"

Nice change from all the Hollywood BS leftist stuff that we get flooded with

doubt this movie will be nominated for oscar. :wink:
Title: My Son Hunter
Post by: ccp on September 08, 2022, 03:31:19 PM: I give it 2 thumbs up.

:-D :wink:
Title: I'll be looking for this one
Post by: Crafty_Dog on October 23, 2022, 03:15:35 PM: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/an-acclaimed-war-epic-that-flew-too-far-under-the-radar-takes-to-the-battlefield-of-drum-up-fresh-support/ar-AA13hbrC?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ab62f1082c86463896bf2083bf5c5c19
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on October 24, 2022, 10:07:48 AM: sounds like a good movie

I will look out for it too

I also am waiting for the new version of All Quiet on the Western Front.
( I don't get netflix)

I. don't know how it could be better than the original but reviews state it at last as good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf8EYbVxtCY
Title: Early horror movie perhaps the first 1896
Post by: ccp on January 07, 2023, 09:24:14 PM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Devil_(1896_film)
Title: Star Wars vs. WW2 flick
Post by: Crafty_Dog on January 22, 2023, 05:42:50 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M&t=9s
Title: Worth it or Woke?
Post by: Crafty_Dog on June 13, 2023, 01:23:58 AM: https://worthitorwoke.com/
Title: Blind Side's Oher says family blindsided him
Post by: Crafty_Dog on August 15, 2023, 09:08:24 AM: Blind Side’ Subject Says Family Lied About His Adoption and Made Millions Off Him
Former NFL player Michael Oher says Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never actually adopted him and instead enriched themselves through a conservatorship
By Andrew Beaton
Updated Aug. 14, 2023 3:33 pm ET

Michael Oher, the retired football player whose upbringing was chronicled in the book and movie “The Blind Side,” has filed a petition with a Tennessee court that alleges he was never adopted by the family that took him in and then they profited from his story.

Oher’s petition alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who he moved in with as a teenager when he was a rising football star, had him sign papers for a conservatorship, which he says they used to make millions off his name and likeness.

The filing in a probate court Shelby County, Tenn., says the Tuohys “have enriched themselves at the expense” of Oher and that he only “discovered this lie” earlier this year. It says Oher was duped into the conservatorship, which has cost him the windfalls of his well-known life story.

A representative of the Tuohy family didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Oher became a household name before he made the NFL, owing to the 2006 book that chronicled the evolving importance of his position—left tackle—and his unusual upbringing. After growing up in poverty and the foster care system, Oher sometimes stayed at the houses of other classmates, which included the Tuohys.

In 2004, when Oher was a legal adult and had moved in with the family, the petition says he was presented with legal papers that they told him were a necessary step in the adoption process. Instead, he alleges, they were documents for a conservatorship that gave the Tuohys full control over his ability to enter any contract.

Oher’s petition says the Tuohys have falsely and publicly represented themselves as his adopted parents—Leigh Anne’ Tuohy’s website refers to him as their “adopted son”—and enriched themselves off his story. Specifically, it says they used their status as his conservators to strike an agreement that allowed members of the Tuohy family to receive royalties and profit off the 2009 movie “The Blind Side.” The film, which netted Sandra Bullock an Oscar for her portrayal of Leigh Anne, made over $300 million worldwide.

The lawsuit seeks an end to the conservatorship and to recoup money that the Tuohys have reaped based on the arrangement.

The book and movie cast a bright spotlight on Oher’s career. He went on to play at Ole Miss, the Tuohys’ alma mater, and became an All-American before being selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft. Oher, now 37 years old, last played in the league in 2016.

Write to Andrew Beaton at andrew.beaton@wsj.com
Title: Mr. Right
Post by: Crafty_Dog on October 01, 2023, 01:31:09 PM: Very well done based on a true story of a British reporter who broke the Holodomor famine.
Title: Blacks in Hollywood
Post by: ccp on November 04, 2023, 09:21:49 AM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_representation_in_Hollywood

Who was in charge of most of the studios during "old Hollywood"?

" African American roles in Old Hollywood
The roles that the African-American community were generally offered, usually fell into one or more of three themes; a tale of rags to riches, thug life, or segregation.[citation needed] These roles often followed old stereotypes.[citation needed] There was the Tom who was someone who served white people; the Coon who acted goofy (like a clown or naive); the "Tragic Mulatto" who was someone who tried to "pass for being white"; the Mammy who was seen as asexual, helped to raise the young, and helped families; and the Buck who was often a male who was hyper-sexualized and seen as a threat.[6] Though the roles were demeaning for the communities with darker skin tones, some actors and actresses were so desperate to represent their communities or to change the ways of Hollywood they knew that any part is a part.[citation needed]

Performers such as Sidney Poitier and Hattie McDaniel would do whatever they would have to in order to pave the way for other African-American actors and actresses.[citation needed]The first black Oscar winner, Hattie McDaniel, received the Academy Award in 1940 for her portrayal of the loyal maid in Gone with the Wind. When criticized for often playing a mammy on film, McDaniel once stated, “I can be a maid for $7 a week. Or I can play a maid for $700 a week.”[citation needed] Despite the Academy Award, McDaniel faced struggle of both racism and sexism over the next decade, even within the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).[7] Its leader, Walter Francis White, looked down on her and other actors (such as Stepin Fetchit) that he perceived to "playing the clown before the camera".[7] By 1942, White and the NAACP had tried to force Hollywood into giving more opportunities for African Americans in film roles; McDaniel on the other hand believed it should be the fellow black actors of the Screen Actors Guild, not the NAACP, responsible for the push.[7]"
Title: Denzel Washington as Hannibal?
Post by: ccp on December 13, 2023, 06:52:37 AM: oh come on......

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/casting-of-denzel-washington-as-hannibal-sparks-racial-controversy-historical-error/ar-AA1lrukw?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=27c7277b92a34c459b011bbdb70f07f2&ei=13

he was probably olive skin or maybe had some brown but Denzel ( a great actor but....)

I love the historical story except the ending. A lousy version of Hannibal in the 50's had Victor Mature playing Hannibal. He was better in Samson and Deliliah with that awsome Hungarian Jewish lady of the screen Heddy.

Well I guess this is better then picking a trans woman to man or a woman to play Hannibal or make his character gay............
Title: Jewish guy can't sell anti christian movie in US
Post by: ccp on February 20, 2024, 03:08:49 PM: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/02/20/nolte-like-all-rob-reiner-movies-god-and-country-flops-38k-opening/

I am thinking he might recoups his losses distributing this overseas to the Muslim World.

But again, if they know the producer is Jewish he is screwed.

Maybe the (still) Meathead could gain recognition for a razzi award:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Awards
Title: Golda
Post by: ccp on February 26, 2024, 01:12:01 PM: watched it on cable last night.
Thought is was very good actually.

A scene in the movie has Moshe Dyan panicking and thinking Israel needed to using a nuc to stop the Syrian advance in the north. I presume it was true.

She was and still is blamed for being unprepared and not acting sooner in 1973 when intelligence suggested an attack was very likely.

Perhaps similar to Netanyahu now.
Title: rumor: Jewish James Bond
Post by: ccp on March 25, 2024, 09:42:36 AM: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/rumor_that_a_jewish_man_might_be_the_new_james_bond_sends_hamas_s_friends_in_the_west_into_boycott_mode.html

with the predictable anti semitic muslim responses

first movie should be James Bond busting Jahadis !

:wink:
Title: Christy Marin movie
Post by: ccp on May 12, 2024, 02:54:38 PM: I met her and husband in Orlando for half an hour.
She and he were pleased I recognized her from her name and then looking up at her.
I asked didn't you open and undercard for Mike Tyson.
He seemed older than her but was a gentleman and she a lady. Indeed, she was quite cute in person and I would never guess she could have knocked me unconscious with one punch from looking at her.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/sydney-sweeney-to-star-as-legendary-female-boxer-christy-martin-in-upcoming-biopic/ar-BB1m6MCZ?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Title: 'Suddenly" Frank Sinatra/Sterling Haydan movie
Post by: ccp on July 20, 2024, 06:43:32 AM: Very good movie about sniper set up waiting to shoot President

can see whole movie right here on Wikipedia. Frank plays a very bad man:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suddenly_(1954_film)
Title: Ronald Reagan movie Cal Thomas
Post by: ccp on August 26, 2024, 07:08:34 PM: https://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas082224.php

open on the 30th.
Title: Reviewer score of Reagan movie
Post by: ccp on September 01, 2024, 07:12:17 AM: I was going to post directly from Rotten Tomatoes the same yesterday but for some reason I could not log in so here it is from Fox:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/reagan-movie-trashed-by-liberal-film-critics-as-worshipful-propaganda-but-reviewers-loved-obama-tribute/ar-AA1pMjUd?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=6f14217fe41e4bffab2f06938a077cf4&ei=22

Who would have thought movie reviewers are predominantly crats? ( :wink:)

Add this niche to the Democrats media domination.
Title: "Am I a Racist?"
Post by: ccp on September 15, 2024, 09:57:02 AM: Saw the movie last night and it was good. I got many laughs in.

As one critic pointed out, half the audience will laugh as I did, and the rest will walk out.

My observation is those that would walk out will not go to start with.

I did not observe anyone leaving though one went to the BR.
Title: 98% audience review
Post by: ccp on September 19, 2024, 09:20:32 AM: 80% critics - but only 10 critic reviews and two libs who call it tired and not as bigoted as another movie.

:wink:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/am_i_racist

There is usually multiple times the number of critic reviews. Most would not even see it or comment.

Dems dominate movie critiques .
Title: “Civil War”
Post by: Body-by-Guinness on September 24, 2024, 08:03:43 PM: Got around to seeing said flick as it’s now on HBO.

Holy. Shit.

The unorganized militia scenes produced strong visceral reactions. I’ve done my share of bad day on the planet runnin’ and gunnin’ training stuff, but it’s really creepy to see it executed in a fictional real life scenario.

Using jaundiced journalists as the narrative vehicle worked, IMO, and indeed contained ironies, though I thought the mentorship theme heavy handed and guessed the way it would shake out long before it did.

Very surprised I can’t find anything on IMDB or by watching the credits who did the small unit tactic coaching as well as who did the weapons training. It was pretty good throughout, even making the militia types look enough less competent than regular military types.

Biggest hole? There are some very secure places in the building we are in at the end that would have required heavy equipment and explosives to root any occupants out. No idea why they felt the culmination should embrace so unlikely a locale.

All in all I’ll be watching it repeatedly.
Title: Megyn Kelly bashed 'Conclave'
Post by: ccp on January 05, 2025, 12:05:24 PM: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/01/05/megyn-kelly-blasts-conclave-as-most-disgusting-anti-catholic-film-i-have-seen-in-a-long-time/

During the movie were discussions of conservative vs the woke lib themes such as for or against the gays women in the Church but I otherwise thought the movie was really good till the end.

I cannot think of another movie that had an ending that was such an abomination to my sensibility that drove me to leave the theater totally annoyed.
Title: Re: Megyn Kelly bashed 'Conclave'
Post by: DougMacG on January 05, 2025, 03:37:00 PM: Quote from: ccp on January 05, 2025, 12:05:24 PM
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/01/05/megyn-kelly-blasts-conclave-as-most-disgusting-anti-catholic-film-i-have-seen-in-a-long-time/

During the movie were discussions of conservative vs the woke lib themes such as for or against the gays women in the Church but I otherwise thought the movie was really good till the end.

I cannot think of another movie that had an ending that was such an abomination to my sensibility that drove me to leave the theater totally annoyed.

Spoiler :
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/10/28/spoilers-conclave-movie-ending/75895185007/
Title: Bezos takes over Bond movies franchise
Post by: ccp on February 21, 2025, 03:09:40 PM: https://variety.com/2025/film/global/james-bond-amazon-mgm-gain-creative-control-1236313930/

I guess he now likens himself to James Bond
but to me I fancy himself to one of the megalomaniac super rich villains who want world dominance :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Stavro_Blofeld#/media/File:Blofeldpleasance67.jpg
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on February 21, 2025, 03:56:55 PM: They were bantering on The Five today about which actor should become the next Bond. One suggested Vin Diesel! Which actually I could see as being a masterstroke haha.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: ccp on February 21, 2025, 05:21:58 PM: did they mention Elon as J Bond

or a bollywood version staring our very own Vivek ?

JD might work

or Don Jr.

AOC - the evil vamp

not sure who could play the good conservative Bond "girl"

one of these newsmax anchors ?

sans Greta of course.
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on February 22, 2025, 04:21:41 AM: Chanel Rion (sp?-- hot Filipina)?
Title: Chanel Rion
Post by: ccp on February 22, 2025, 10:24:13 AM: https://oneworldinformation.com/chanel-rion/

====> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF2SA6uRhKw

I see a billion dollar world wide movie release coming......
Title: Not sure if I should see this
Post by: ccp on March 06, 2025, 10:09:35 AM: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/music_night_live_from_nashville

I am sure many of these song lyrics were stolen and not written by those claiming them
Title: Re: Movies
Post by: Crafty_Dog on March 09, 2025, 08:50:24 PM: Tough one for you!!!