As I mentioned last week in this space, Captain America: Civil War rocked!! Well, if you stick bamboo slivers under my nails, I will admit to having one nitpick with the film, but I don’t want to go into it right now because of the off-chance that you haven’t seen it yet. That’s almost a tough pill to swallow, since (a) I don’t think you’d be here if you weren’t a lover of comics and geek culture – with a nice healthy dose of politics thrown in; and (b) Civil War has topped the $1 billion globally, with domestic gross profits adding up to $347,390,153 – and the weekend isn’t over yet as I write this. So I’m going to wait until next week to talk about that one nitpick, in case I forget, which, knowing me, could be quite likely – so somebody remind me, ‘kay?...
- 5/23/2016
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Donald Trump became an early Christmas present for New York Times columnists when he launched his rollercoaster ride of a presidential campaign. So columnist Gail Collins decided to give back to the Donald in the form of a new Christmas carol. Naturally, it oozed with sarcasm and criticism for the polarizing real-estate-mogul-turned-presidential-candidate. Headlined “The Donald Trump Days of Christmas,” Collins explained that his is a campaign “where the insults are meeting a new norm. Thanks almost entirely to the front-runner.” Also Read: 5 Most Horrifying Media Debacles of 2015 (Video) She then wrote a new Christmas carol, courtesy of the Donald’s most outlandish comments.
- 12/26/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Clint Eastwood biographer Patrick McGilligan, who wrote the damning, demythologizing 1999 Eastwood tome "Clint: The Life and Legend" (published in 2002 in the U.S. after weathering threats of litigation by the megastar's lawyers for a number of years) has released a new edition of the book that covers the last 13 years of Eastwood's life and career, including last year's hugely-controversial Iraq war drama "American Sniper." In a new interview with Salon, McGilligan addresses the "American Sniper" firestorm and suggests that its massive, unexpected success (not to mention the success of many of Eastwood's previous films) is reflective of larger societal problems -- namely American exceptionalism and our stubborn national love affair with firearms: "Gail Collins in the New York Times got it right: She said 'American Sniper' was ultimately a pro-gun film. Clint’s career has been a pro-gun career. He pioneered the huge body count and death toll in cop vigilante films,...
- 8/11/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
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