What Movie Will Obama Adminstration Be?
Dave Schuler has an amusing -- and yet insightful -- view of what the Obama administration will look like as seen through the lens of classic movies.Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 6, 2008 13:13
‘The Kingdom’: US-Saudi Relations on Film
Review: 'The Kingdom' Watching the trailers for 'The Kingdom' over the past several months, I was curious about how the film would portray Saudi Arabia and Saudis. I had personal experience with terrorist bombings of residential compounds in Riyadh and wanted to see how accurate the film might be. The film could have taken the low and easy road, pandering to stereotypes, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 23, 2007 11:20
Bourne Ultimatum’s Anti-Americanism
Jonathan Last echoes a criticism I've seen of the final installment of the Bourne movie trilogy but articulates it better than others: The structural problem was the rampant anti-Americanism. I hate being predictable, but here goes: I get that the Bourne movies are anti-imperial; I get that the U.S. government is doing shady stuff at Langley and that Treadstone is a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 8, 2007 11:39
Michael Bay Doesn’t Suck
Matthew Yglesias seeks to justify his "reputation in the blogosphere as a leading Michael Bay apologist" by providing a video of a Levis whereby readers might "truly glimpse the man's skillz." The commercial is rather entertaining. Then again, I'm not sure where the near-consensus among movie critics that Michael Bay makes terrible moves comes from. For example, a profile in ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 6, 2007 14:01
Thumbs Up for Roger Ebert
After surgery for cancer of the salivary gland that removed part of his jaw, operations to replace his mandible, and complications from unanticipated bleeding, film critic Roger Ebert “ain't a pretty boy no more”: I have been very sick, am getting better and this is how it looks. I still have my brain and my typing fingers. Although months in bed ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 24, 2007 18:14
Fictional Politics
Given that it is Saturday night, let's set aside any more serious discussions and ponder the idiocy that is the political machinations of the Jedi Knights. As I mentioned at my place earlier today, my two oldest boys are sick and so we took advantage of Cinemax's Star Wars marathon. Hence, I have had my memory of Episodes ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 11, 2006 22:56
Superman Returns Movie Review
My wife and I went to the 10:00 p.m. showing of "Superman Returns" last night. No real spoilers below for any who have seen any of the pre-release publicity but my review is hidden after the jump just in case. Overall, it was an enjoyable movie but not one that lived up to the hype, let alone an eighteen year ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 28, 2006 11:26
