Great TV Theme Music By Jay Nordlinger April 19, 2021 What makes a TV theme great? The music may be enjoyable on its own — but it should also sell the show.
No, Hank Azaria Doesn’t Have to Apologize to Indian Americans for Apu By Pradheep J. Shanker April 18, 2021 That a white man voiced an Indian character on The Simpsons is not the cause of anti-Indian racism in the United States.
NR PLUS Nobody’s Almost Normal Action Hero By Ross Douthat April 15, 2021 All that distinguishes Nobody from its action peers is the sheer emptiness of its violence.
NR PLUS Hollywood Won’t Really Leave Georgia By Kyle Smith April 14, 2021 Progressive values rarely come before profits in the movie business.
Zack Snyder’s Cyborg: The Black Kid Hollywood Ignored By Armond White April 9, 2021 A superhero who rejects martyrdom and vengeance.
The Big Chill: When Boomers Stumble on the Truth about Their Own Failings By Kyle Smith April 7, 2021 How the quintessential Boomer movie developed into an unintended parable about how the Flower Power generation missed what actually went wrong.
One Night in Miami Erases the True History of 1960s Black Icons By Armond White April 7, 2021 Craving heroes, the filmmakers contrive a celebrities-of-color fantasy that’s woke — and dull.
The Undying Glory of The Ten Commandments By Kyle Smith April 3, 2021 Why does Cecil B. DeMille’s retelling of the Moses saga still hold our attention 65 years later?
The Secret Pact of Godzilla vs. Kong By Armond White April 2, 2021 Juvenile consumer distraction is back.
NR PLUS The California Economy vs. Sacramento By Joel Kotkin April 1, 2021 Progressive governance has diminished opportunity and raised costs.