This is too funny:

(LvDale)

Will want to check out this link-filled post by James Robbins, on The Corner this afternoon.

I know that I shouldn’t want to watch this movie, but I can’t help myself:

Hands down.

Publius has these interesting thoughts on “The Dark Knight.”

If you are a male, and you fail to see (or don’t attempt to see) ”The Dark Knight” this weekend, then you hate America.

That is all.

A classic scene from “The Patriot” (which every SA reader should watch over the Fourth of July weekend):

I apologize for the light posting today. I took a personal day to recover from a family trip over the weekend, and I’ve immersed myself in the John Adams HBO Miniseries (which is quite good).

Regular posting will resume tomorrow.

I just want to bring to your attention two conservative movie blogs I’ve recently discovered –

God, Man and Hollywood — Based on the book of the same name, it is dribbling out descriptions of “100 politically incorrect movies.”

Dirty Harry’s Place — Nuff said.

Andy Griffith’s 1957 masterpiece, A Face in the Crowd, is on Turner Classic Movies this evening at 7:00 Central Time.  (Sorry about the short notice.)  The political message — that folks in flyover country are dangerously susceptible to right-wingers’ manipulation via television – is tedious, but Griffith’s performance is inspired. 

Now, here’s a real Friday night treat for SA’s readers:

Crooked Timber asks its readers to name the worst movies of all time.

Personally, I really hated: (1) Pulp Fiction; (2) Moulin Rouge; (3) Catwoman; (4) Battlefield Earth; and (5) Freddy Got Fingered. All truly awful movies.

Feel free to make your own nominations in the comments section to this post.

I’ve been meaning to pen a glowing review of Bella, but RCM has saved me the trouble of doing so.

If you haven’t yet seen Bella, you should buy or rent the movie ASAP.

The ultimate “second banana” was 81.

“That’s Hedley!”

For an example of Tim Conway breaking up Korman on The Carol Burnett Show, click here.

I just finished watching Bella, and I absolutely loved it. I’ll have more to say about this movie later, but for the time being I simply want to encourage y’all to go out and purchase or rent Bella ASAP (preferably the former).

So, as many of y’all know, I also blog at the biggest and baddest conservative blog there is: RedState. Well, one of the major perks of being a RedState contributor is that I am allowed to participate in the ever-so-exclusive RedState/VRWC email list. As you might expect, there are all sorts of interesting “conversations” that take place between the contributors on this email list, and today one of the fellas sent out an email listing “Ten Beautiful Films You May Not Have Seen.” With the permission of my co-blogger, Leon Wolf, I am publishing one snippet of our email exchange on this topic:

Feddie: Ooooh, and “The Mission.” Y’all simply must see the Mission. So very good. One of the best movies ever.

Leon: I also liked the movie, except that it left one with the impression that the Jesuits believe literally in Christ.

Heh. That cracked me up.

Best. Superhero. Movie. Ever.

Update: Here’s the hidden ending that appears after the credits of the movie.

Here’s something I’ve been meaning to post since returning to SA.  The best movie I’ve seen lately — actually, in years — is “The Lives of Others.”  If you haven’t seen it yet, I strongly urge you to rent it.   It is a riveting portrayal of life in East Germany — particularly the surveillance activities of the Stasi.    That’s all I’m going to say about it.  My advice is that you not try to learn any more about it prior to seeing it; that’s why there are no links in this post.

It is quite a powerful film.  But you don’t have to take my word for it; on seeing it, William F. Buckley “turned to [his] companion and said, ‘I think that is the best movie I ever saw.’”

Once you’ve seen it, you should take a look at the film’s fine website, accessible via www.sonyclassics.com  The short interview with the director, Donnersmarck, is well worth reading. Don’t look at the website before you see the movie, though.  It gives away too much.

The soundtrack is fantastic, as well.

You can read his take on Ben Stein’s documentary here.

The always-interesting John McWhorter praises the documentary, and offers his personal experience of PC at UC Berkeley.

Requiescat in pace.

This looks like it is going to be hilarious.

O.k., I finally got around to watching Tombstone, and I have say that it is a national outrage that Val Kilmer did not receive a “Best Supporting Actor” Oscar (or even a nomination) for his portrayal of Doc Holliday.

What a great movie. And what a brilliant performance by Kilmer.

Like the writer of the story I’m going to link, I was horrified (and intrigued) to hear that Sylvester Stallone was going to make another Rocky film. I hated the fifth installment after enjoying the first four immensely.

But get this, Stallone is marketing the film to Christians. He says he wrote the first film with Christ in mind and that he has returned to his childhood Catholic faith. Stop sniggering!

Here’s a quote from Stallone that made me sit up:

“The more I go to church,” he said, “and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus and listening to His Word and having Him guide my hand, I feel as though the pressure is off me now.”

And you Catholics will dig this one to the max:

“You need to have the expertise and the guidance of someone else. You cannot train yourself,” he said. “I feel the same way about Christianity and about what the church is: The church is the gym of the soul.”

Read the story from Stuart Shepard and think about checking it out. I’ve already decided to walk the aisle, the movie theatre aisle, that is.

Who appears in the new Will Ferrell movie, “Stranger than Fiction,” as “Dave.”

I could not be prouder of you, bro. 

Everyone should celebrate this day by watching this inspiring clip from Kenneth Branaugh’s Henry V.  The feast day itself has nothing to do with the Battle of Agincourt, fought on October 25, 1415, but any excuse to watch this clip is a good excuse.  You can read about St. Crispin and his brother St. Crispinian here.

Turner Classic Movies is scheduled to show a lengthy 1972 interview of Hitch by Dick Cavett, this evening at 7:00 and again at 10:00, Central Time.  In addition, TCM is showing Suspicion, Foreign Correspondent, and North by Northwest.

Since I’ve posted a couple of items about this movie, I feel duty-bound to report that reviewers are panning it with enthusiasm.  The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern lit into it on Friday:

What a botch.  “All the King’s Men” . . . has no center, no coherence, no soul and no shame.  What it does have is a preening lead performance; a bizarre concatenation of accents; a dreary, pseudo-gritty look; a nonsensical change of period; a surfeit of soul-sickness and a score that could be used for torturing prisoners without violating the Geneva Convention.

There.  You’ve been warned.