A new film reveals the deadly cost of refusing to call jihad by its name.
NewsReal Blog Film Club: Is It Now Time to Buy The Lord of the Rings Trilogy?
April 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
NRB’s Managing Editor David Swindle used to be a film critic. He’s still a cinema enthusiast and DVD/Blu Ray collector.
“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy came out on Blu Ray on Tuesday. He had this to say:
Most reviews of the set are pretty negative for one reason: the films released are the theatrical editions, not [...]
NewsReal Blog Film Club: The African Queen Finally Available on DVD!
March 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The African Queen (Commemorative Box Set) [Blu-ray]
The African Queen [DVD]
Perhaps the greatest hole in the universe of what films are available on DVD has been filled today, with the release of the restored John Huston classic The African Queen.
If this film in not in your top 50, then you have no business making top 50 [...]
“The Stoning of Soraya M.” Out on DVD
March 11, 2010 By 12 Comments
Make a statement by getting the DVD that sits on Iran’s banned films list.
John Samples and Ilya Shapiro: Free Speech for All – Cato Institute
January 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
Will the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision destroy American democracy? You might think so given the responses of its critics. The Citizens United decision, far from signaling the fall of the republic, strengthens the First Amendment and freedom of speech.Let’s start with the facts of the case. Citizens United, a nonprofit political advocacy group, produced [...]
Lord of the Rings Commentary by Howard Zinn & Noam Chomsky
If we were living in Middle Earth what would Zinn and Chomsky’s political commentary sound like?
McSweeney’s presents the unused DVD commentary recorded by Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky for The Fellowship of the Ring (platinum series extended edition, natch):
Chomsky: A terrible thing the Orcs do here, isn’t it? They destroy nature. But again, what have [...]